New Jersey - Annual Miss America Contest… 1937

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Full title reads: "NEW JERSEY".

Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States of America (USA).

Several shots of the contestants in Miss America beauty competition being pulled in rickshaw style vehicles through the crowded streets of Atlantic City. Beauties being photographed with Mayor...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13840
Sort Number:
37/074
Time in/Out:
01:53:57:00 / 01:54:27:00
Canister:
37/74
Film ID:
933.62
Issue Date:
16/09/1937

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