Esther Williams and Ben Gage with beauty contest winners

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PARTNER

Dennis M. Ogawa Nippu Jiji Photograph Collection
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OBJECT ID

ddr-njpa-1-2404 (G903.004)

PARENT COLLECTION

Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Gaijin" Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption on reverse: "Williams and hubby pose with U.H. beauty queens: Screen actress Esther Williams and her husband, Ben Gage, presented trophies and bouquets to the six co-eds corwned as queens of the University of Hawai'i's 1950 Ka Palapala beauty contest at Andrews outdoor theater. With Miss Williams and her husband in the foreground, the Ka Palapala beauty queens are, left to right, [?] Caucasian; Lorraine Loo, Chinese; Caroline Lee, Cosmopolitan; Mabel Jean Cortezan, Filipino; Nancy Onaga, Japanese and [?] Korean. (Hawaii Times photo.)"

DATE

c.1950

LOCATION

Honolulu, Hawai'i

OBJECT GENRE

Photographs

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

TOPICS

FACILITY

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CONTRIBUTOR

Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation

RIGHTS

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