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- 1924-07-21
Part of Marvin Boland Photographs
Miss Tacoma, Chonita Lazelle Rudides (center), and her maids of honor smile for the camera on July 21, 1924. The seven very modestly dressed young women are standing on the steps of an unidentified building. Dropped waistlines were in style with straight silhouettes and hemlines falling to mid-calf or ankle length. Miss Rudides was chosen as Miss Tacoma from a field of 15 contestants representing the city's improvement clubs. Born in Madrid, Spain, she was the daughter of an Army surgeon, and came to Tacoma from St. Louis, where she graduated from high school. Included in her court, in no order, were Hazel Hayden, Marion Johnson, Sarah Cook, Mercedes Durant, Jeanne Wolner and Esther Purcell. G42.1-139 (TNT 6/21/1924, pg. 2)
Beauty contestants--Tacoma--1920-1930; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1920-1930; Rudides, Chonita Lazelle;