Florida Memory • Miss Paradise Park pageant on Labor Day in 1954.

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Miss Paradise Park pageant on Labor Day in 1954.

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Image Number

MOZ00104

Photographer

Mozert, Bruce, 1916-2015.

Date

1954-09-06

Date Note

Photographed on September 6, 1954.

Collection

General collection
Bruce Mozert collection N2018-20, Box 1

Geographic Term

Silver Springs (Fla.)
Marion County (Fla.)
Silver Springs (Fla. : Spring)

Subject Term

Personal Subjects

Archie, Earlene
Pasteur, Gloria Johnson

Corporate Subject

American Legion.
Paradise Park (Silver Springs, Fla.)

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 60 mm.

General Note

Among the contestants were Gloria Johnson Pasteur (left) and Earlene Archie (center).

Owners of the Silver Springs attraction Carl Ray and W.M. "Shorty" Davidson opened Paradise Park in 1949 as a tourist attraction for African Americans only. The park was located just south of Silver Springs and stayed in operation until the late 1960s.

Miss Paradise Park pageant on Labor Day in 1954.

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Mozert, Bruce, 1916-2015. Miss Paradise Park pageant on Labor Day in 1954. 1954-09-06. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/340934>, accessed 29 January 2023.

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Mozert, Bruce, 1916-2015. Miss Paradise Park pageant on Labor Day in 1954. 1954-09-06. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 29 Jan. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/340934>

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(State Archives of Florida/Mozert)

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Miss Paradise Park pageant on Labor Day in 1954.