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Three African American women at an event for contestants for the 1954 Miss Rheingold Contest

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Beauty culture

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Three African American women at an event for contestants for the 1954 Miss Rheingold Contest

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Three African American women at an event for contestants for the 1954 Miss Rheingold Contest
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Beauty culture

Beauty contestants

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1954
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Beauty culture
Topics
Beauty culture -- United States
Beauty contestants
Beauty contests -- United States
African American women
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Biographical/historical: The annual Miss Rheingold contest, held from 1941 to 1964, was a popular publicity campaign for the Brooklyn, New York, based brewery.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 21 x 26 cm ; black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16315058
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG05-F11356
Barcode: 33433076187743
Photo Order: 52488
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6d16f100-997d-0131-f800-58d385a7b928
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1954: Created
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Three African American women at an event for contestants for the 1954 Miss Rheingold Contest" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1954. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/84cbff90-a7ca-0131-6533-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Three African American women at an event for contestants for the 1954 Miss Rheingold Contest" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 19, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/84cbff90-a7ca-0131-6533-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1954). Three African American women at an event for contestants for the 1954 Miss Rheingold Contest Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/84cbff90-a7ca-0131-6533-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia Citation

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Three African American women at an event for contestants for the 1954 Miss Rheingold Contest