Beauty pageant contestants
Title
Beauty pageant contestants
Description
Black and white image of a group of women in swimsuits playing on swings at a beach. All but one of the women wear one piece swimsuits. The styles of the swimsuits vary, and one woman, seated in a swing at the image left, wears a two-piece suit, a headscarf. She also holds a beach ball in her lap. The ocean is just visible in the background of the image beyond the beach. Museum records identify some of the women by name. Carol LeCrone holds the beach ball in her lap. Joanne Karns Kramer kneels in the middle of the image. Jean Furby sits in the swing on the right of the image. The 'woman in back with her arm up' is identified as Varina Henrich; most likely this is the woman with her elbow up in the air above her head. The picture was taken in Seaside, circa 1953. This image was part of the Herbert McMullen bequest. McMullen was a local photographer who also collected other images of daily life in the area.
Date Created
circa 1953
Subject
Photography of women
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Bathing suits
Beauty contests
Beauty contestants
Arts & Entertainment (General)
Cultural Studies
Place
Seaside, Oregon
Medium
gelatin silver prints
Identifier
WCMpic_014516
Rights
Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.
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Source
Robert L. Benson Research Library, Five Oaks Museum
Type
Still Image