Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues
Miss Printer’s Devil 1953
Miss Printer's Devil. Joanne Sullivan, Harbor Jr. College's 'Miss Printer's Devil' will reign over College's First Annual Printer's banquet and ball tonight (Friday). She is shown puzzling out words in galley in school's print shop. Joanne Sullivan (see above) is being shown how to press keys of Linotype by Ronnie Wilson, 18, printer major, who is studying to be a print shop teacher. Linotype requires exact touch to prevent pie (?) of type fonts."
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 04, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Newspapers, Technology, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #385
Our shoes are comparable to hideous sea monsters.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 22, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Business, Advertising, Shoes, 1940s, Fictional Monsters
Miss National Defense
I can't find any evidence that this contest occurred in any year other than 1941.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 09, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Military, 1940s
Follies of the Madmen #381
If you're going to make an outrageous claim for your product, why not go big!
Alice Pearce.
Joey Heatherton.
One source I have seen credits this ad to the famous George Lois.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 06, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Body Modifications, Business, Advertising, Cosmetics, 1960s
Wisteria Princesses
Wisteria Princesses. L to R: Christine Dinwiddie, 15, Linda Nehls, 17, Janet Dickson, 15, Susan Glass, 15, and Meredith Mitchell, 17, princesses of the 1958 Wisteria Vine Festival, Sierra Madre.
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Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 01, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Parades and Festivals, 1950s
Miss Cold Potato of 1966
All will be explained at the link.Many many thanks to WU-vie Fred Goebel for this charming discovery.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 28, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Food, 1960s
Million Dollar Legs Contest
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 27, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, 1960s, Women
Alice in Dairyland
I can see having a beauty queen to represent the dairy region. But what's the Lewis Carroll connection? The website is not forthcoming. Does she have surreal adventures or not?
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Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 18, 2018 -
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Category: Agriculture, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Food, Regionalism, Twentieth Century
Arcadia Broiler Dairy Days
This festival, in its 65th year, elects a Queen.Here are some contenders from 1975.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 10, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Regionalism, 1970s
Skipperette of the Fishermen’s Fiesta
The skipperette and her two mates will reign over Los Angeles Harbor fishermens fiesta during Oct. 1 & 2. L.R.: Mate Doris Spanje; Skipperette Amelia Nizetich and mate Deana Trutanich.
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 03, 2018 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Regionalism, 1950s
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