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["Miss La Purisma" contest on Friendship Day, May 20, 1951]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1951
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.117
Description5 negatives : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.;Beauty contest on Friendship Day at Fresno playground in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, May 20, 1951. Includes young women in gowns on stage with numbers, one wearing a sash, "Miss La Purisima", riding in convertible, and 1950 Nisei Week queen and attendent. Sixteen year old Louise Kawasumi is featured amongst contestants.
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