Speaker greets southern beauties. Washington, D.C., May 14. Past and present beauty queens of South Carolina were given a warm welcome by Speaker Bankhead when they visited the Capitol today. In the photograph, left to right: Rosemary Reilly, "Miss Charleston of 1936," Helen Libby, this year's "Miss
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"Speaker greets southern beauties. Washington, D.C., May 14. Past and present beauty queens of South Carolina were given a warm welcome by Speaker Bankhead when they visited the Capitol today. In the photograph, left to right: Rosemary Reilly, "Miss Charleston of 1936," Helen Libby, this year's "Miss" (1937). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Speaker_greets_southern_beauties._Washington,_D.C.,_May_14._Past_and_present_beauty_queens_of_South_Carolina_were_given_a_warm_welcome_by_Speaker_Bankhead_when_they_visited_the_Capitol_LCCN2016871691.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 296708.
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