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D27072-1
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- 1947-03-20 (Creation)
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On March 20, 1947 a panel of local news photographers selected blonde, 5 foot 4 inch Joan Eidson out of a group of 30 contestants to be the Queen of the 1947 Daffodil Festival. Miss Eidson was a 17-year-old senior at Puyallup High School. Her two attendants were Patricia (Patsy) Buffum a Lincoln H.S. senior, and Patricia (Pat) McMahon a senior at Sumner H.S. The Daffodil Queen and her attendants made several appearances prior to the official start of the Daffodil festival. Queen Joan sat on a bench on the Puyallup H.S. auditorium stage, holding a bundle of daffodils, while five news photographers took her picture. (T. Times, 3/21/47, p. 1). TPL-8800
Eidson, Joan; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1947 : Puyallup) ; Beauty contestants--Puyallup; Daffodils--Puyallup; Puyallup High School (Puyallup); Students--Puyallup--1940-1950; Photographers--Puyallup;