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Word: yeadon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1936-1936
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...beauties to appear that evening in the ballroom of the Steel Pier before a committee composed of Illustrators James Montgomery Flagg and Russell Patterson, Vincent Trotter of Paramount Pictures' Art Department, George B. Petty of Esquire, Photographer Hal Phyfe. Black-haired, blue-eyed Rose Veronica Coyle, 22, of Yeadon, Pa. became "Miss America of 1936," won a trip by air to Hollywood and a screen test.* Convulsively clutching her loving-cup, Rose Veronica Coyle beamed, squealed: "I'm just thrilled to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Cultural Event | 9/21/1936 | See Source »

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