Queen's mail, 1953

2 images. Queen's mail, 16 January 1953. Leah Feland (Rose Queen), reading giant letter from a cousin whom she has never seen -- part of more fan mail letters received by her. ; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Richardson. Date: 1953-01-15. Reporter: Swaim. Assignment: Queen's mail (retake). K7-8: Rose Queen Leah Feland reading giant letter from a cousin whom she has never met, part of 400 or more fan mail letters received by her. Supplementary material reads: "Dave Swaim -- Pasadena. Queen's mail. Illustrated. For Monday. La Canada, Jan. 11: Rose Queen Leah Feland's postman rang many times during the dimpled brunette's reign over the Tournament of Roses. Today Leah was still trying to catch up with her reading of the 400 or more fan mail letters. Most of the friendly missives were from men in all branches of the armed forces, many of them in Japan and Korea. Nearly all contained respectful pleas that she correspond with them. 'And I am going to if I possibly can.' Leah said today. 'I'm going to answer as many as possible.' One letter was from a little boy who sent her a home made necklace. Another, from a small boy, said: 'I say a picture of you and your pet cat, and wondered if you could give me a kitten, if she has any.' Still another was from a button collector, who wanted one of hers. Letters from New York and Florida, and Wisconsin. But among them all, not one proposal of marriage."本数据集包含2张照片，主题为“玫瑰女王的来信”，拍摄于1953年1月16日。画面中，利·费兰（Leah Feland，玫瑰女王（Rose Queen））正在阅读一封来自素未谋面的表亲的巨型信件——这是她收到的众多粉丝来信中的一封。照片标注条显示：“摄影师：Richardson；拍摄日期：1953年1月15日；记者：Swaim；拍摄任务：玫瑰女王的来信（补拍）。K7-8：玫瑰女王利·费兰阅读一封来自从未谋面的表亲的巨型信件，该信件属于她收到的400余封粉丝来信之一。”补充说明材料记载：“戴夫·斯威姆（Dave Swaim）——帕萨迪纳。玫瑰女王的来信。配有插图，供周一刊发。拉肯纳达，1月11日：在这位有着酒窝的深棕发女孩执掌玫瑰锦标赛（Tournament of Roses）期间，利·费兰的邮递员多次登门投递邮件。时至今日，利仍在赶读这400余封粉丝来信。这些饱含善意的书信大多来自各军种的男性官兵，其中不少人驻扎在日本与朝鲜。几乎每封信都恳切地希望能与她通信。“只要条件允许，我一定会回信。”利当日说道，“我会尽可能多地回复这些信件。”其中一封信来自一名小男孩，他随信寄来了一条手工制作的项链。另一封信则来自一名小男孩，信中写道：“我看到了你和你的宠物猫的照片，想问问如果你的猫生了小猫的话，能不能送我一只。”还有一封信来自一位纽扣收藏家，他想要一枚她的纽扣。来信分别来自纽约州、佛罗里达州与威斯康星州。但在所有信件中，没有一封是求婚的。