Becky Thatcher Contestants Pose Next to the Becky Thatcher Railroad Car

z7020

Title	Becky Thatcher Contestants Pose Next to the Becky Thatcher Railroad Car
Date of Original	25 October 1935
Date of Digital	19 October 2003
Description	HANNIBAL, MO - The Becky Thatcher contestants are decked out in costume as they pose before the Becky Thatcher car of the Mark Twain Zephyr. Each girl represents a different town on the Zephyr's route. They are, in no particular order, Pary Bash (far right), Betty Stephens (winner, 5th from right), Irma Heinze (3rd from right), Clarajo Strate, Louise Owens, Becky Holstein, June Hatfield, Margaret Butler, Beulah Clark, Bobette Ringland, Patricia Wilson, and Judith Patricia Burrows (2nd from left).
Creator	CB & Q Railroad
Contributor	Hayden, Archie
Publisher	Hannibal Free Public Library (Hannibal, MO)
Subject	Mark Twain Zephyr (railroad train)
Subject	Mark Twain Zephyr Dedication.
Subject	Hannibal (MO)
Subject	Stephens, Betty.
Subject	Bash, Pary.
Subject	Strate, Clarajo.
Subject	Owens, Louise.
Subject	Holstein, Becky.
Subject	Hatfield, June.
Subject	Butler, Margaret.
Subject	Clark, Beulah.
Subject	Ringland, Bobette.
Subject	Wilson, Patricia.
Subject	Burrows, Judith Patricia.
Subject	Heintze, Irma.
Original Format	Photograph, black and white, 9" by 7"
Digital Format	jpg
Identifier	Z7020