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Miss Fiesta contestants posing on lifeguard stand during the Fiesta of Five Flags in Pensacola.

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Image Number

DC004239

Photographer

Monts de Oca, C. Morris.

Date

1954

Date Note

Photographed in May 1954.

Rights

Collection

Department of Commerce collection

Geographic Term

Escambia County (Fla.)
Pensacola (Fla.)

Subject Term

Heritage tourism--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola
Service industries--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola
Celebrations
Amusements
Entertainment events
Festivals--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola
Beauty contests--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola
Beaches--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola
Lifeguard stations
Flags--Great Britain
Flags--United States
Flags--Confederate States of America
Flags--France
Bathing suits
Beauty contestants--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola
Flags--Spain

Physical Description

1 transparency - col. - 5 x 4 in.

General Note

The Fiesta of Five Flags, one of the oldest and largest heritage festivals in the State, was formed to celebrate the founding of Pensacola and promote tourism.

Note Miss Fiesta 1954 in back row at left.

Miss Fiesta contestants posing on lifeguard stand during the Fiesta of Five Flags in Pensacola.

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Title

Miss Fiesta contestants posing on lifeguard stand during the Fiesta of Five Flags in Pensacola.

Subject

Heritage tourism--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola

Service industries--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola

Celebrations

Amusements

Entertainment events

Festivals--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola

Beauty contests--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola

Beaches--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola

Lifeguard stations

Flags--Great Britain

Flags--United States

Flags--Confederate States of America

Flags--France

Bathing suits

Beauty contestants--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola

Flags--Spain

Creator

Monts de Oca, C. Morris.

Date

1954

Identifier

DC004239

Image URL

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Date Note

Photographed in May 1954.

Geographic Term

Escambia County (Fla.)

Pensacola (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 transparency - col. - 5 x 4 in.

Series Title

Department of Commerce collection

Shelf Number

Shelf number: 35-005.

General Note

The Fiesta of Five Flags, one of the oldest and largest heritage festivals in the State, was formed to celebrate the founding of Pensacola and promote tourism.

Note Miss Fiesta 1954 in back row at left.

Subject - Meeting

Fiesta of Five Flags (Pensacola, Fla)

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Chicago Manual of Style

Monts de Oca, C. Morris. Miss Fiesta contestants posing on lifeguard stand during the Fiesta of Five Flags in Pensacola. 1954. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/339001>, accessed 12 August 2026.

MLA

Monts de Oca, C. Morris. Miss Fiesta contestants posing on lifeguard stand during the Fiesta of Five Flags in Pensacola. 1954. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/339001>

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(State Archives of Florida/Monts de Oca)

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