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Title:

Beauty contest winner meets Olympic diving champion

Date of Original:

1933-1934

Identifier:

COP_17_0004_00157_001.tif

Permalink:

https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3qb9v58m

Type:

Image

Caption:

Louise Schwartz, 16-year old winner of the beauty contest conducted by the American legion at Vincennes, Ind., meets Jane Fauntz, former Olympic Games girl's diving champion at Swift Bandshell at the World's Fair. By winning the contest from a field of 30 other contestants, Louise and her mother, Mrs. Gladys Schwartz, earned trips to the Century of Progress. Louise expressed a wish to see some of the famous swimmers in action. She did; moreover she met them and went into the water with the stars. In this picture you see Louise, left, with Miss Fauntz, featured on the diving springboard of the Streets of Paris.

Rights:

In copyright

Access:

Public access

Subject--Topic

Beauty contests

Diving

Swimmers

Swimming

Women Olympic athletes

Young women

Subject--Name:

American Legion

Photographer:

Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:

Photographs

Color:

Black and white

Extent:

9.25 x 7.5 in.

Collection Information

Collection:

Century of Progress records

Show more details:

Series:

Series 17: Iconographics

Box:

4

Folder:

157

Repository:

University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)

Repository Collection Type:

Manuscript Collections

Repository Location:

Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White

Secretary of State.