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[UCLA homecoming queen coronation, Los Angeles, California, October 28, 1957]
Maker
Rafu Shimpo
Maker
Toyo Miyatake Studio
Date1957
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LinePhotograph by Toyo Miyatake Studio, Gift of the Alan Miyatake Family
Object number96.267.459
Description1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. , Published in Rafu Shimpo, October 31, 1957.;Coronation of a young Caucasian woman as University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) homecoming queen at a special afternoon coronation ceremony held outside on campus in Los Angeles, California, October 28, 1957. View from low perspective, an older Caucasian man, UCLA president Robert Gordon Sproul, places a crown on the head of smiling Phyllis McKeen who is dressed in a white dress and holds a bouquet of roses. Smiling June Shintani, homecoming week junior princess, stands beside her in a white strapless dress holding a bouquet of white roses. Open sky above tops of buildings in background.
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