Beauty queen event
| Description: |
Silent film.; Paul Cooley, Muncie Mayor, receiving a kings crown and the beauty queen receiving a crown in a meeting attended by other beauty queen contestants. This film originated from WLBC-TV and was (possibly) a part of a segment titled, Week in Review. The station was created in 1953 by Don Burton. WLBC-TV Channel 49 was sold in 1971 to a local non-profit group, who changed the stations callsign to the current WIPB-TV, now licensed by Ball State University. This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about |
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| Origin: | 1968-02-08 (Outtake from broadcast) |
| Source: |
http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/MunDelFilms/id/663 |
| Collection: |
Muncie and Delaware County Films and Videos |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
Muncie Delaware County Indiana United States North and Central America |
| Subjects: |
Beauty contests Pageants Beauty contestants Awards Award presentations Cooley, Paul J., 1914-2007 |
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