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Title: Three pageant contestants
Creator: Rudy Spika of Perry Griffith Photographers (53-1071)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1953
Contributing Institution: Long Beach Public Library
Collection: Long Beach Photos
Rights Information: For information about copyright and ordering images from the LBPL Digital Archive, see https://www.longbeach.gov/library/research/long-beach-history-and-special-collections/.
Description: Three pageant contestants stand together in front of the pageant throne. Left to right: Thelma Brewis of Canada; Christine Martel of France, Miss Universe of 1954; and Wanda Irizarry of Puerto Rico. Miss Martel wears the pageant swimsuit, sash, and crown. Two others wear floor-length formal gowns with their pageant rosettes and ribbons. DATE NOTES: Noted on image front and back. ORIG. IMAGE: 8" x 10" B&W glossy print. NEGATIVE: No. KEYWORDS: Fashion.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: LBPL_3494.tif
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/2209
Subject: Beauty contests. Women
Source: Donated by Marian Spika.
Relation: Beauty Pageants - Miss Universe - 1954

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