The Collective Misses

The wonderful world of "titled" pageant winners

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miss jukebox. 1959.

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Miss Florida Sun

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Miss Mixette

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Gary Cooper with Dorothy Andree, Miss Average Girl of 1940, who also appeared in film “Meet John Doe”. September 1940.

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Miss Voter Registration (circa 1972)

(via Online Archive of California)

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Sonja Scott being crowned ’Little Miss Dogwood’  by Twilla Priutt, in Atlanta, Georgia (1975)

(via Georgia State University Digital Collections)

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In 1952 Marilyn Monroe was chosen as “Miss Torpedo” by The Torpedo Gang of the destroyer U.S.S. Henley.

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miss jukebox. 1959.

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This photo shows American actress and iconic beauty Martha Vickers, who had been named Miss Danger Signal by the Motor Vehicle Bureau of California in order to publicize its anti-accident campaign. The shot was made in 1946.

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Miss Speed Weeks 1971

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Miss I-75 U.S.A.

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“Miss Boat Show” Bi Egnell at the Ambassador Hotel in 1964. (LAPL 00124786)

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Ann Blyth meets Miss Slick Chick, 1947

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Miss Golf, 1966

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Miss Welder of 1952

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Shirley Temple ~ Baby Burlesk “Kid ‘In Hollywood” 1933

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Happy Valentine’s Day from the Detroit Historical Society!

For more of the Department of Street Railways’ Miss D.S.R. campaign, visit our online collection.