Item
Identifier:
2023_06_01_024
Repository
Kaatza Station Museum and Archives
Repository Web Site
https://www.kaatzastationmuseum.ca/
Repository Identifier
N01771.tif
Date
September 4 1954;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 photograph : b&w
Format
still image
Description
Group photo of the winner of the 1954 Lady of the Lake pageant and her attendants seated in a car in Lake Cowichan, B.C. A large crowd is visible behind them. Further back, the edge of the town of Lake Cowichan gives way to forested hills and distant mountains. Each young woman is wearing a white gown with a corsage pinned to the right shoulder. The pageant winner, seated in the rear of the car, also has her regalia - a decorated crown, a scepter and a sash reading "Lady of the Lake". The car is decorated with paper streamers.
Location
British Columbia;Vancouver Island;Cowichan Land District;Lake Cowichan
Notes
Lake Cowichan Labour Day, 1951. Kaatza Station Museum & Archives, N01771, 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.
This photo appears to be cropped. It is neither a clean portrait or landscape like Gold's other photos.
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - SACDA
White Canadian teenage girls
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Beauty contests [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012724];Beauty contestants [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012723]
![[Group photo of the 1954 Lady of the Lake and attendants in a car, Lake Cowichan];[Group photo of the 1954 Lady of the Lake and attendants in a car, Lake Cowichan]](https://sacda.ca/media/collectiveaccess/images/1/2/3/61152_ca_object_representations_media_12313_large.jpg)