Miss Singapore, 1958

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2 images. Miss Singapore, 16 July 1958. Marin Willis -- 19 years. (Handout).; Supplementary material reads: "From News Bureau, Pan American World Airways. Caption. 'I'm kind of scared', said pretty Miss Singapore, 19-year old Marian Willis, when she arrived at Los Angeles International Airport from Honolulu via Pan American Airways last night (7/16). The young beauty who was selected from 33 contestants in Singapore is on her first visit to the U.S. to compete for honors and recognition in the Miss Universe Contest in Long Beach along with other international beauties. She will be here for 10 days and is looking forward to some sightseeing. Her Universe chaprone [sic], Mrs. Ted Lewis, of Long Beach, met her upon arrival".

Asset Metadata

Title Miss Singapore, 1958

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Temporal Subject 1958-07-16

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Language English

Source Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 (subcollection), Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961 (collection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Date Created 1958-07-16

Creator Emery (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Access Conditions Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m18034

Identifier EXM-N-12383-013~1 (filename), examiner-m1663 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-94274 (legacy record id), examiner-m18034 (legacy record id), 12383-013 (sleeve number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 94274

Unique identifier UC11716524

Legacy Identifier EXM-N-12383-013~1.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.9 in × 28.4 in at 300dpi
58.3 cm × 72.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

Description The Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection consists of approximately 1.4 million prints and negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. It was a daily newspaper, published in the afternoon on weekdays (Herald-Express) and in the morning on weekends (Examiner). The afternoon and morning papers merged in 1962 (Herald Examiner).

? 1903-1989: Los Angeles Examiner (founded 1903)
? 1931-1962: Los Angeles Herald-Express (formed from the 1931 merger of Los Angeles Evening Express and Evening Herald)
? 1962-1989: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (formed from the 1962 merger of the Los Angeles Herald-Express and the Los Angeles Examiner)

Almost every event and individual receiving news coverage in Los Angeles during the period late 1920's to 1961 is represented in the collection. Coverage is broad including crime, sports, society, art, and entertainment. The collection forms part of the Hearst Collection and was a gift from the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Division of the Hearst Corporation in 1978.

The Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection (1950-1961) consists of approximately 215,000 4x5-inch negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

The Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection consists of approximately 1.2 million photoprints from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

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