Harlem fashion show showcased La Pearl Oliver designs
A packed Baby Grand room on West 125th Street hosted a fashion show by La Pearl Oliver, famed Uptown New Yorker designer. Models including Ethel L. Potter delivered dramatic gowns. attendees, from Elwood Smith to Muriel Rahn, praised the outfits and mingled with Oliver’s circle of prominent Harlem creatives.
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New York
ANP
la Pearl Oliver
Bainbridge, Ga
New Yorker
Harlem
Baby Grand
West 125Th Street
la Pearl’s
Miss Oliver
Merrit Oliver
Lump
Ethel L. Potter
Gay Paree
Europe
Ella Young
Kleber Willis
Willrose Musical Club, Inc
Joe Wells
Marlowe Morris
Steinway
Wells
Muriel Rahn
West Coast
Daily Press
California
Orion Adams
Peter (Creole) Robertson
Louisiana
Dansant
Byrd Harris
Helen Braynon Crowned Queen of Fashion Fiesta
The Third Annual Eyellocs Fashion Fiesta crowned Miss Helen Braynon of Dorsey High School Queen of the Fiesta in a grand coronation. Attendants included Miss Leila Burden and Miss Anne Bell Blue, with guest models and school skits enhancing the event.
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Helen Braynon
Dorsey High School
Braynon
Leila Burden
Carver High School
Anne Bell
Booker T. Washington
Constance Albury
Marilyn Hadock
Carver High
Leila Gray
Melvin Zanders
Dorsey
Jeanette Reynolds
Albertha Nelson
Egelloc Club
Eckstine Says Old South Is Fading During Southern Tour
Jazz star Billy Eckstine told Variety the old South is fading and segregation is easing. He noted 60 percent of his 35 southern concert audiences with Count Basie were White, with some cities like New Orleans Miami and Columbia reporting no segregation. He plans 40 to 45 southern dates starting next February.
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New York
ANP
Billy Eckstine
Paramount Theater
Variety
Eckstine
Columbia University
Count Basie
New Orleans
Miami
Columbia
S.C
South
Five Buildings Dedicated at Arkansas AM&N College
Pine Bluff Arkansas ANP reports five new buildings costing 1 7 million were dedicated during Founders Day ceremonies marking Arkansas AM and N college 79th anniversary. About 4 000 people attended the inauguration of Dr Lawrence A Davis as president. Buildings are agriculture infirmary physical education science and student union begun in 1949. Governor Sid McMath received keys to the buildings and Howard University President Mordecai Johnson delivered the principal address.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
ANP
Arkansas Am&n College
Lawrence A. Davis
Sid McMath
Dr. Davis
Mordecai Johnson
Howard University
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Louis Jordan
OPD
Mount Sinai
University of Pittsburg
Benjamin B
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Miami, Fla
Nassau
Miami - Nassau
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U. S. Gov’s
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North’s Travel Bureau
3Rd Ave
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NAACP
Miami Avenue
Mrs. Schoen
Dtotel Shorosa
Wim H. Brown
Mar
Seventh Avenue
125Th Street
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3Rd Avenue
Kotex
Mexana
Bayer
Johnson
Johnson’s Baby Oil
Carter
Yardley Soap
Bond Street
Yardley Hand Cream
Yardley Night Cream
Yardley Foundation Cream
Yardley
King’s Men
Cologne
Fostoria
Corey Percolator
P Boys
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