Culver City Fiesta La Ballona Queen

Fiesta Queen finalists -- These ten girls are finalists in the Culver City Fiesta La Ballona queen contest to select five girls to reign over the community celebration Aug. 3-5. They will appear at Veterans Memorial Auditorium Friday night. July 14, when judges will pick the five finalists. From left they are Sally Adler of Westchester; Merry Allison of West Los Angeles; Marie Bailey of Culver City; Sandra Bettin of Santa Monica; Sally Jane Hutchison of Culver City; Mickey Jines of Venice; Doris Turner of Westchester; Barbara McMillan of Westchester; Connie Sue Moore of Culver City; Darlene Bevington of Culver City".

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Posted By: Paul - Tue May 14, 2019 - Comments (2)
Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Regionalism, 1960s

World Black Pudding Throw Championship

The Wikipedia page.

Posted By: Paul - Wed May 08, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Eccentrics, Food, Regionalism, United Kingdom

Stoney Burke

Jack Lord AND Bruce Dern AND Warren Oates? How did this show not succeed?

Posted By: Paul - Thu May 02, 2019 - Comments (2)
Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Regionalism, Television, 1960s

Miss Los Angeles Teenager of the Year 1960

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Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 25, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Regionalism, Teenagers, 1950s

Lodi Grape Festival Queen

Here is the first holder of the honor.



Read article here.

The festival continues to this day, but I find no reference to a queen.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 12, 2019 - Comments (5)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Food, Regionalism, 1930s, Alcohol

Wisconsin Queens

A bevy of contest winners from Wisconsin, including "Miss Wisconsin Rural Electrification."

Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 05, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Regionalism, 1950s, 1960s

The Hero Thrill Show Queens

"Hero Scholarship Thrill Show Queen competitors [1969] Carolyn McNish and JoAnne Bream are crowned by Police Captain Philip Baumgardner, Fairmount Park Lt. Joseph Salamone and Deputy Fire Chief Frank Bowen."



"Northeast Regional finalists for Thrill Show queen [1974] are Denise Needham, nominated by the police department, and Sandra Hartman nominated by the fire department. Standing are John Craig, chief police inspector, and Martin Preite, deputy fire chief."

What is the "Hero Thrill Show?" Their Wikipedia page has the answer.

Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 31, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Law, Regionalism, 1960s, 1970s

How We Do Things in Kansas

I love this genre of postcards that feature oversized common things like fish and various crops. This is one I had not seen before.



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Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 19, 2019 - Comments (1)
Category: Agriculture, Enlargements, Miniatures, and Other Matters of Scale, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Horticulture and Gardens, Humor, Regionalism, Surrealism, Twentieth Century, Postal Services

The Lobster Waitresses of Hackney’s

Short entertaining history of Hackney's here.

Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 09, 2019 - Comments (3)
Category: Animals, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Culture and Civilization, Food, Forgotten Figures and Where Are They Now?, Regionalism, Twentieth Century

Chester Greenwood, Inventor of Earmuffs

Article source.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 06, 2019 - Comments (0)
Category: Inventions, Regionalism, Nineteenth Century, Head