Subject: Beauty contestants--California--Los Angeles / Subject: Beauty contestants--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: 28th Governor of California Frank Finley Merriam (back right) and actress/musician/politician Adele Arbo (back left) with five young women, presumably participants in a beauty contest. Contestants include (left to right); Sibyl D. Slinkard, Betty Meguire, Laura Kerr, Marjorie Owens, and Helen Gilbert. Photo may possibly have been taken at the San Bernadino Orange Show. Dates given for the photo are based on the dates of Merriam's tenure as Governor.
Date:: between June 2, 1934 and January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Frank L. Shaw accepts an invitation to the formal opening of the Nsei festival from "Miss 'Lil Tokio" Alice Watanabe and her attendants. In front, left to right, Fukiko Hori, Alice Watanabe, Frank L. Shaw, and Kay Okamoto. In the back, left to right, Miye Fujioka and Mary Ota.
Date:: August 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Frank L. Shaw accepts an invitation to the formal opening of the Nsei festival from "Miss 'Lil Tokio" Alice Watanabe and her attendants. In front, left to right, Fukiko Hori, Alice Watanabe, Frank L. Shaw, and Kay Okamoto. In the back, left to right, Miye Fujioka and Mary Ota.
Date:: August 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Winner of the Miss Lil Tokio pageant Alice Watanabe poses with a fan in a traditional kimono in honor of the annual Nsei festival.
Date:: August 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Winner of the Miss Lil Tokio pageant Alice Watanabe poses with a fan in a traditional kimono in honor of the annual Nsei festival.
Date:: August 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Winner of the Miss Lil Tokio pageant Alice Watanabe poses with a fan in a traditional kimono in honor of the annual Nsei festival.
Date:: August 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: "Nisei" are the second-generation Japanese Americans who founded the annual festival in 1934 to attract business to the Little Tokyo area and promote goodwill in Los Angeles.
Date:: 1953
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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