Venice Mardi Gras Beauty Contest in August of 1938. Claire James, wearing the Miss Hollywood sash, was named Miss California a short time later and flew to Amarillo for the celebration of Route 66 being fully paved. Some of the others pictured here are Ann Walker (Miss Venice), Alyn Lockwood (Miss Santa Monica), Mitzi Uehlein (Miss Culver City), and Marjorie Wilson (Miss Crescent City).
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