Seven finalists on stage. Left to right: Arianne Scholz, Jeannine Olson, Leona McGowan, Virginia Merion, Margaret Young, Patty Highfield, Joanne Goodwin.
Doris Mooney, reigning Mrs. Philadelphia, pinning a corsage on Patty Highfield's bathing suit. Walter J. Wood, who chaired the event for the Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees), is at microphone.
Patty Highfield with Walter J. Wood, publicity director for Pennsylvania Military College in Chester, Pa., who chaired the event for the Media Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees).
Patty Highfield with Doris Mooney (right), the reigning Mrs. Philadelphia. On left may be Jane Crossett, a former Miss Philadelphia 1947, or Marion Pedlow, a local radio commentator. (Chester Times, May 11, 1950)
W. W. Morhard Co. “Robert G. Burk 3d, originally from Virginia, has a display of objects long in his family's possession in Morhard's window. One interesting item is a gavel Burk says is the authentic symbol of authority used at the secession meeting in Virginia. There is also an interesting powder horn of 1840, with the owners name, Clark Notingham, and the date, scratched in.” (Chester Times, June 6, 1950, page 17)
B. Frank Berry Plumbing. Sign in window reads "Articles in this window from 75 to 100 years old. Mrs. Henry Pierson, Wallingford, Pa." Mostly vintage clothing. Negative envelope reads: "B. Frank Berry. State St. north [sic: west] of Orange. North side." Address found by comparing photograph to Google Street View.
Griffith's Barber Shop, with a display of lotion bottles and shaving mugs, each with the name of its owner, including C. W. Pierson, Mingin, Clement F. Allen, Habbersett, and other local people. This was formerly Schuchardt's Barber Shop and later Beauty Shop, founded in 1870. Newspaper research confirmed this address for Robert M. Griffith, who owned the building in 1950. (Chester Times, June 6, 1950, page 17)
