The Snapshots in Time Collection
Beauty Pageant Contestants in Swimsuits with Sponsor Sashes, Likely Helldorado Days, Las Vegas, c. 1949
Local beauty pageant contestants pose poolside, each sash naming the Las Vegas-area business or organization she represents, including the Pioneer Club, Boulder Dam, and the Hotel Last Frontier. This photograph likely dates to the 1949 Helldorado Days celebration in Las Vegas, Nevada, an event General Jonathan Wainwright is documented to have attended as an honored guest. Project: 218338