The Snapshots in Time Collection

Miss California 1960 Suzanne Marie Reamo Visits California National Guard Installation

Miss California 1960 Suzanne Marie Reamo Visits California National Guard Installation

In 1960, beauty pageant titleholder Suzanne Marie Reamo, Miss California, made a ceremonial visit to a California National Guard installation, a common goodwill gesture pairing civic pageantry with military public relations during the Cold War era. She is pictured here with a National Guard officer and a pageant chaperone beside a hand-painted identification sign, in front of an armory building typical of the period's National Guard architecture. Project: 218661