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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest
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Sally Riblett, a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, is shown in a beauty salon getting her hair sprayed blue as part of her "The Girl With the Blue Hair" campaign for votes. The salon operator is Meredith Hansen.
February 18, 1952
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest
February 18, 1952
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest
February 18, 1952
Nancy Wetzel, a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, is shown putting pretzels in the mail boxes at Elizabeth Waters Hall, as part of her "Take a Pretzel and Vote for Wetzel"...
University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest
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Group portrait of four University of Wisconsin women in formal dress, finalists in a contest for prom queen. Left to right: Phyllis Berg, Nancy Wetzel, Nancy Smith, and Donna Erickson.
University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest
February 18, 1952
Seated at right is Phyllis Berg, a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest. As part of her campaign theme, "The King and I," four of her costumed YMCA supporters hold large king...
University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest
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Shelia O'Neil (left), a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, holds up a fish (yellow perch) as part of her "Fishing for Votes" campaign. With her are Kappa Sigma supporters, ...
University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest
February 18, 1952
At extreme right is Lois Hunter, a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, with three Chi Omega sisters dressed in hunter's caps and carrying home-made bows and arrows as part o...
