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A Star Is Born
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Evelyn Canfield, in Madison General Hospital bed, looks to her newborn baby, David, who won the Orpheum Theatre's fourth anniversary "A Star Is Born" contest. David is held by nurse Florence Louthain. Standing beside the bed from left to right are A.O. Paunack, Frances Ahlborn, E.A. Babcock and Phil Savidusky, representing companies who sponsored the contest.
May 18, 1937
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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