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Beauty Pageant
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A local beauty pageant for Wisconsin-wide media outlets and community organizations. The line-up of contestants are wearing one-piece bathing suits (with and without straps), kitten heels (peep- and closed-toe), red lipstick and sashes identifying their sponsor ("Miss Eau Claire Press," "Miss WISN-TV," "Miss Lake County Reporter," and "Miss Ripon Commonwealth Press"). Standing to face the camera, most of the women have their hair pulled back, and some are wearing studded earrings. They group is standing in a turquoise painted room with a high-ceiling before a blue photographer's backdrop.
Boyum, Sid, 1914-1991
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WHi 137514
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Beauty Pageant
A local beauty pageant for Wisconsin-wide media outlets and community organizations. The line-up of contestants are wearing one-piece bathing suits (with and without straps), kitten heels (peep- an...
Beauty Pageant
A line of female contestants at a local beauty pageant for Wisconsin-wide media outlets and community organizations. They are standing before a turquoise curtain pulled over a similarly colored swe...
Faye Geise with Aqua Form
Faye Geise, wearing a bikini, is standing outdoors and posing with Aqua Form, a local invention. She is standing on colored gravel next to a building with a large window.
Faye Geise with Aqua Form
Faye Geise, wearing a bikini, is standing and posing with the Aqua Form on her head.
Aqua Form
Faye Geise, wearing a bikini, is sitting on a lawn and posing with Aqua Form, a local invention.
Sid with Sister in Group Portrait
Group portrait of Sid and his sister Bernice standing with three other men and two women in front of a white clapboard house. Two of the men are wearing military-style coveralls.
