Item
Identifier:
2023_06_01_017
Repository
Kaatza Station Museum and Archives
Repository Web Site
https://www.kaatzastationmuseum.ca/
Repository Identifier
N01757.tif
Date
September 4 1950;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 photograph : b&w
Format
still image
Description
Photo of Gurdev Hari, the winner of the 1950 Lady of the Lake beauty pageant in Lake Cowichan, B.C. She is seated on a parade float. She is wearing a white saree with a corsage on the right shoulder along with the regalia given to the pageant winner - a paper crown, a scepter and a sash reading "Lady of the Lake". The parade float is decorated to resemble a boat.
Location
British Columbia;Vancouver Island;Cowichan Land District;Lake Cowichan
Language
English
Notes
Caption reads "Lady of the Lake, Lake Cowichan, Sept. 4 - 50"
Lake Cowichan, 1950. Kaatza Station Museum & Archives, N01757, IWA Local 1-80, Wilmer Gold Photo Collection, ©United Steelworkers Local 1-1937.
The Lady of the Lake pageant is held on Labour Day. The winner in 1950 was Gurdev Hari.
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian teenage girls;Sarees
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Beauty contests [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012724];Beauty contestants [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012723]
![[Photo of the 1950 Lady of the Lake on a parade float, Lake Cowichan, B.C.]](https://sacda.ca/media/collectiveaccess/images/1/2/2/28501_ca_object_representations_media_12242_large.jpg)