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Date Original
1905-05-12
Description
Black and white photograph of a young woman, possibly Fern Dean Bryan, posing for a glamor shot that was part of her entry into the 1959 Miss Arkansas State College Pageant. The picture was taken in Fordyce, Arkansas, which is most likely her hometown. An annual scholarship beauty pageant is still held at what is today known as Arkansas State University.
Physical Description
Photograph, 10" x 7"
Subjects
Beauty; Beauty contestants; Beauty contests; Pageants; Photographs; Women
Contributor
Alexander Photograph
Geographical Area
Fordyce, Dallas County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
PHONE0001052, Box 15, Folder 1052
Resource Type
Image
Collection
NEARA photo collection
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives
Recommended Citation
1959 Arkansas State College beauty contestant, NEARA photo collection, Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives, Powhatan, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
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Comments
Isn't she gorgeous?! Sadly, this is one of many unidentified photographs we have. Somewhere out there is a little old lady whose grandchildren would be shocked, hopefully in a good way, to see their grandma rocking her beauty contest photo shoot. There are so many faces of the past and bits of people's history that remain unseen because we don't know the names that accompany them. It's my hope that someone will recognize this lovely lady and gives us her name. Maybe it'll inspire someone to go write down who is in their photos too. - Meredith McFadden