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You searched for: Start Over Topic Beauty contestants Remove constraint Topic: Beauty contestants Region Seaside >> Clatsop County >> Oregon >> United States Remove constraint Region: Seaside >> Clatsop County >> Oregon >> United States Collection Lee D. Drake (1882-1957) photographs, ca. 1910-1957 Remove constraint Collection: Lee D. Drake (1882-1957) photographs, ca. 1910-1957

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Description: Miss Oregon contestants compete onstage dressed in formal evening gowns. One woman is posing at the front of the stage; she is dressed in a long, flared gown, and wears full-length white gloves and high heels. A ribbon displaying the number 6 is attached to her dress at her waist line. Near the back of the stage stand three contestants dressed in similar attire with ribbons that display the numbers 1, 3, and 5. A man wearing a suit and bow tie stands behind a microphone. In the background a balcony is filled with spectators. On the bottom level are doors below a sign that reads "EXIT". Mounted floor lights are visible on the front of the stage.

Description: A man stands in front of a convertible car with signs taped to its exterior, which read "Doreen Morasch Miss Eugene of 1957", and "Eugene Ore. Home of Emerald Empire Roundup Aug. 2-3-4". The man is dressed in a hat, button-up shirt, dark jacket with patch, light-colored pants with a belt, and dark leather shoes. Behind the car are buildings with multiple windows and numbered doors; the windows are covered with blinds. The building appears to be part of a motel or apartment complex. In front of the man is a sidewalk and a patch of lawn.

Description: Three women dressed in swimsuits and identified as Miss Oregon Contestants pose next to an indoor swimming pool. The women are posed between the pool's metal handrails, with the first woman standing on the outside of the pool and the other two women standing on the steps of the ladder leading out the pool. They are all dressed in white one-piece swimsuits with straps with an attached sash. From left to right the women's sashes read Miss Portland, Miss Yamhill, and Miss Eugene. Miss Portland wears white clip earrings. In the background are windows, people, and metal beams that extend from the ceiling. The ceiling appears to be made from glass.

Description: Twelve women wearing white swimsuits with sashes stand posing on a sandy beach. The women are identified as contestants in a Miss Oregon Contest. The sashes read from left to right Miss (?), Miss Yamhill, Miss Park Rose, Miss (?), Miss Portland, Miss Astoria, Miss Lincoln County, Miss Columbia County, Miss Eugene, Miss Coos Bay, Miss Hermiston, and Miss Roseberg. The ocean is visible behind the women.