Georgette Lesch crowned miss day in the sun

Item Information

Title:
Georgette Lesch crowned miss day in the sun
Description:
Fifteen year old Georgette Lesch of 19 Woods Lane, Scarsdale, was named 'Miss Day in the Sun' today (Thursday, June 18, 1959) as the Institute for the Crippled and Disabled held its 30th annual boat ride and 'Day in the Sun' for more than 2,000 handicapped people from this area. Bruce Barton, left, President of the Institute and Rear Admiral Schuyler N. Pyne, U.S.N. Commander, New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn, presented Miss Lesch with her honors as Willis C. Gorthy, right, Director of the Institute, handed her the queen's bouquet of flowers.
Date:
June 18, 1959
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Black-and-white photographs
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 29 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
International Center for the Disabled Records
Subjects:
Barton, Bruce, 1886-1967
Gorthy, Willis C.
Lesch, Georgette
Pyne, Schuyler Nielson, 1903-1987
Extent:
3 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums792-b029-i417
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
New York (N.Y.)
Language:
English
Notes:
Digitization sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Identifier:
mums792-b029-i417