Maid of Cotton, Beverly Louise Pack, 1954, with John Wayne. [black and white photoprint]
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content: AC1176-0000034.tif (AC Scan No.)
label: Exhibitions Note
content: Displayed in Archives Center exhibition, "The Experience of a Lifetime: The Maid of Cotton Story, 1939-1993", from December 1, 2010 to March 25, 2011. Craig Orr, curator.
name: label: Collector
content: Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange
label: Names
content: Pack, Beverly Louise
label: Names
content: Wayne, John, 1907-1979
label: Collection Creator
content: Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange
label: Collection Creator
content: National Cotton Council
topic: label: Topic
content: Beauty contestants
label: Topic
content: Beauty contests -- United States
label: Topic
content: Cotton industry
label: Topic
content: Cotton textile industry
creator: label: Collector
content: Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange
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content: Maid of Cotton Records
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content: Maid of Cotton Records / Series 1: Organizational and Pageant Files / 1.1: Maid of Cotton Files / Beverly Louise Pack
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., 10" x 8-1/4".)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Box No. New blue photo file box #1.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 1940-2000
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content: "'The weather's highly unusual'...screen star John Wayne assures Beverly Louise Pack, 1954 Maid of Cotton, as she shelters him from California showers with an umbrella (cotton, of course) during her recent Hollywood visit. Wayne took time out from preparing for his forthcoming role in RKO's 'The Conqueror' to meet the American cotton industry's beautiful ambassadress, who is on a 6-month international tour during which she'll display 54 wardrobes made of cotton. A junior at Texas Western College, the 20 year old brunette won the 1954 Maid of Cotton title by defeating 19 other finalists in Memphis, Tenn. last January."