Long Beach float contest, 1951

2 images. Long Beach float contest, 8 December 1951. Carol Kodama; Janet Makiyama; Yvonne Iwamizu; Emmie Takeda; Alice Nakagawa; Helbi Tudeberg; June Romero; Viive Klein.; Supplementary material reads: "Early Monday release. Picture shows girls who will compete for the honor of riding on Long Beach's $10,000 float in the Tournament of Roses Parade in a contest at the municipal Auditorium in Long Beach on Wednesday evening, Dec. 12, starting at 7:30 p.m. The contest is unique in that it is open only to girls of foreign descent. The girls are sponsored by Southern California nationality clubs and will wear costumes of more than a dozen foreign countries. 1: Left to right: Helbi Tudeberg, 21, Estonia; June Marie Romero, 19, Mexico; Viive Klein, Estonia, 16. 2: Left to right: Carolyn Kodama, Janet Makiyama, Yvonne Iwamizu, Jeanne Wakatsuki, Emmie Takeda, Alice Nakagawa, all American Japanese girls".