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Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre

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Date: 1950-05-03
Semifinalists in bathing suits. Lineup also includes a muscular man in a bikini top. Master of ceremonies Crosby L. Smith at the microphone.

Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre

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Date: 1950-05-03
Semifinalists in gowns. Master of ceremonies Crosby L. Smith at the microphone.

Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre

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Date: 1950-05-03
Walter Strine Jr. playing marimba, with piano accompaniment, part of the entertainment while contestants changed from evening gowns to bathing suits.

Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre

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Date: 1950-05-03
Event organizers and judges. No identifications provided on negative envelope. Sponsored by the Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). Event chair, Walter J. Wood. IDs gleaned from newspaper sources and other photographs, left to right: 1. ? 2.…

Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre. Finals

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Date: 1950-05-10
Patty Highfield, winner, left, with Doris Mooney, the reigning Mrs. Philadelphia.

Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre. Finals

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Date: 1950-05-10
Seven finalists on stage. Left to right: Arianne Scholz, Jeannine Olson, Leona McGowan, Virginia Merion, Margaret Young, Patty Highfield, Joanne Goodwin.

Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre. Finals

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Date: 1950-05-10
Doris Mooney, reigning Mrs. Philadelphia, pinning a corsage on Patty Highfield's bathing suit. Walter J. Wood, who chaired the event for the Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees), is at microphone.

Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre. Finals

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Date: 1950-05-10
Patty Highfield with Walter J. Wood, publicity director for Pennsylvania Military College in Chester, Pa., who chaired the event for the Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees).

Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre. Finals

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Date: 1950-05-10
Patty Highfield with Crosby L. Smith (right) and unknown man.

Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre. Finals

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Date: 1950-05-10
Patty Highfield with Jack Kelly, Jr., Olympic rowing champion, one of the judges of the contest.

Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre. Finals

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Date: 1950-05-10
Patty Highfield with Crosby L. Smith (right) and unknown man.

Media Centennial Celebration. Miss Greater Media Beauty Contest, at the Media Theatre. Finals

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Date: 1950-05-10
Patty Highfield with Doris Mooney (right), the reigning Mrs. Philadelphia. On left may be Jane Crossett, a former Miss Philadelphia 1947, or Marion Pedlow, a local radio commentator. (Chester Times, May 11, 1950)

Media Centennial Celebration. Storefront historical displays

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Date: 1950-06-06
W. W. Morhard Co. “Robert G. Burk 3d, originally from Virginia, has a display of objects long in his family's possession in Morhard's window. One interesting item is a gavel Burk says is the authentic symbol of authority used at the secession meeting…