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Miss America With Campus Lovelies
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Miss America of 1948, BeBe Shopp, second from left, rides in the back seat of a convertible with Jaenne Faber, Suzaanne Wheeler, and Anne Barber. BeBe Shopp was brought to Madison to reign as queen of the Faville-Gilman-Noyes houses formal Tophatter dance in the Park Hotel on Saturday night.
April 2, 1949
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Oldsmobile Automobiles
July 30, 1949
Four Oldsmobile convertible automobiles park in front of the Loraine Hotel, 119-125 West Washington Avenue. Photo taken for Pyramid Motor Company, 434 West Gilman Street.
Dairy Foods Festival
May 14, 1954
Alice in Dairyland, grand marshall of Madison's Dairy Foods Festival, sits in the back of a convertible parked in front of a building.
Audrey Connell, Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
December 3, 1949
Portrait of Audrey Connell, Waukesha, a member of Delta Gamma sorority crowned as the Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.
West High School May Dance King and Queen
May 4, 1949
Bob Trotalli and Beata Besserdich, who are to reign as King and Queen of West High School's May dance.
Sigma Chi Sweetheart Candidates
November 29, 1949
Sigma Chi Sweetheart candidates from left to right: Audrey Connell, Waukesha, Delta Gamma pledge; Sally Schaefer, Appleton, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Sharon Scoftt (standing), Wauwatosa, Kappa pledge; Eve...
University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest
February 18, 1952
University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest finalist Nancy Smith is shown wearing a bathing suit, and transparent rain coat, and holding an umbrella to portray her campaign motto: "If She Reigns, Sh...
