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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated August 22, 1962 reads, "Yang-Ja Sohn, left, Miss Korea in the recent International Beauty Congress, explains a native custom to Mrs. Charles Compton, wife of Burbank's mayor, during luncheon Tuesday in the beauty queen's honor at the Castaway Restaurant. The 18-year-old beauty will bring greetings from Burbank to its sister city of Inchon, Korea, upon her return."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Compton, Charles E.--Family Castaway (Restaurant : Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) Restaurants--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Women--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Luncheons--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Beauty contestants--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Award winners--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Kimonos--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Women's hats--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Pearls--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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