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Kaatza Station Museum and Archives collection ➔ [Photo of the 1950 Lady of the Lake standing before a parade float, Lake Cowichan, B.C.]

Item
Identifier:
2023_06_01_019
Repository
Kaatza Station Museum and Archives
Repository Web Site
https://www.kaatzastationmuseum.ca/
Repository Identifier
N01746.tif
Date
September 4 1950;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 photograph : b&w
Format
still image
Description
Photo of Gurdev Hari, winner of the 1950 Lady of the Lake beauty pageant, standing in the grass in front of a parade float in Lake Cowichan, B.C. 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 - 1950" Lake Cowichan, 1950. Kaatza Station Museum & Archives, N01746, IWA Local 1-80, Wilmer Gold Photo Collection, ©United Steelworkers Local 1-1937. The Lady of the Lake pageant is held on Labour Day, in Lake Cowichan BC. The winner in 1950 was Gurdev Hari. Most of Gold's photos are oriented in landscape format. This is one of the few in portrait format.
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]