Miss Jacksonville Contest Winner Elaine Gerstlauer Receives Crown during 1947 Summer Carnival

Creation Date

8-12-1947

Decade

1940

Photographer

unknown

Subject

Jacksonville State University -- History, Jacksonville State Teachers College -- History, Jacksonville State Teachers College -- Students, Alumni and alumnae, United States. Congress. House -- Speakers

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Description

Elaine Gerstlauer received the honor of being named "Miss Jacksonville" during the annual summer carnival held at Jacksonville State Teachers College August 12, 1947. Speaker of the House and an alumnus of the college, William Beck, crowned Miss Gerstlauer "Queen of the Carnival" in a ceremony held on the terrace of Bibb Graves Hall.

Date Digitized

September 2017

Names of Persons Pictured

Elaine Gerstlauer, William Beck, W.M. Beck [sic]

Source

Alabama Gallery Special Collections

Is Part Of

Historical Image Collection

Rights

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Location

The original printed photograph is housed in the Houston Cole Library Alabama Gallery, Box 3, Item 637.

Identifier

http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psp/psp1940/PSP1940msjville_00637.tif

Technical Metadata

Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 300 dpi. The file name is PSP1940msjville_00637.tif; file size is 20.8 MB. Original image is 8 by 10 on glossy photographic paper