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Unidentified belle of the Cotton Ball, circa 1941
Acc 280 box 6 image 38. An unidentified belle of the Cotton Ball, ca 1941. "Brooks" is hand-written on right center of photo; on back is stamped "For Credit Line Arthur Brooks Studio Chattanooga, Tenn." See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file.
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Miss Vivian Barksdale
Acc 280 box 6 image 36. Miss Vivian Barksdale was a Junior Maid of Honor for the 1941 Cotton Ball. On back of photo is written "Credit Line - Arthur Brooks Studio" and "Ninth annual Cotton Ball." See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file.
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Josephine Walton
Acc 280 box 6 image 34. Miss Josephine Walton was the Queen of the Cotton Ball for the year 1941. "Ed Forstner Chattanooga 1941" written on center right side of photo; Forstner was a well-known photographer in the Chattanooga area. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file.
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Katherine Montague
Acc 280 box 6 image 31. Miss Katherine Montague was the Queen of the Cotton Ball for the year 1939. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file.
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1938 Court of the Chattanooga Cotton Ball
Acc 280 box 6 image 23. In the photo, from left to right, are Miss Katherine Bell of Trion, Ga.; Miss Virginia Guild, queen of the Cotton Ball; and Miss Billie Mason and Joe V. Williams, Jr., king of the Cotton Ball. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file.
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Charlotte Sterchi Fowler
Acc 280 box 6 image 21. Miss Fowler was Queen of the Cotton Ball for the year 1936. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file.
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Katherine Rawlings
Acc 280 box 6 image 16. Miss Rawlings was the Queen of the Cotton Ball for the year 1934. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file.
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Miss Zella Armstrong at a Cotton Ball luncheon with unidentifed companions
Acc 280 box 5 image 13. Miss Zella Armstrong, lower left in photo, at a luncheon for the Cotton Ball with several other unidentified guests. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file.
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Unidentified young girl at the Cotton Ball
Acc 280 box 5 image 8. Unidentified young girl in formal dress at the Cotton Ball, year not given. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file.
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Unidentified girl and boy (dressed as Davy Crockett)
Acc 280 box 5 image 7. Undated photo of young girl and boy dressed as Davy Crockett. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file.
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Captain Joseph Baker and Elise Davis Hayes, 1938
Acc 280 box 5 image 3. Captain Joseph Baker and Elise Davis Hayes are the couple at the left of the photo; others are unidentified. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file.
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Chattanooga Cotton Ball Council list
Page 33 of ledger book
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List of Knoxville belles with height measurements
Page 113 from a ledger book used in organizing the annual event, listing names and addresses of some Knoxville belles as well as height measurements for several of the women. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file. Acc 280 box 1.
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List of out-of-town Cotton Ball belles and sponsors
Pages 82, 83 from a ledger book used in organizing the annual event listing some belles from outside the Chattanooga vicinity and their sponsors. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file. Acc 280 box 1.
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List of Cotton Ball attendees from Chattanooga, Nashville, Knoxville, and Atlanta
1 heavily annotated page listing belles attending from Chattanooga, Nashville, Knoxville, and Atlanta, undated. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file
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List of chairpersons for the 27th Chattanooga Cotton Ball
Acc 280 box 1 folder 2. Sheet of paper apparently repurposed; typed list of some local associations and contacts on back of sheet See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file.
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Letter of recommendation for Rhea County TN debutante, 1957
Acc 280 box 1 folder 1. Letter recommending the inclusion of several young women in the 1957 Cotton Ball and introducing Mrs. Sidney Ruskin to Mr. Sherman Paul. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file.
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1935 Chattanooga Cotton Ball stationery
Acc 280 box 1 folder 1. Official stationery for the 3rd annual Chattanooga Cotton Ball, listing members of the Citizens Advisory Committee and the Executive Committee and noting the proceeds benefit the T. C. Thompson Crippled Children Fund and the Chattanooga Museum Fund. Apart from the letterhead the rest of the sheet is unused. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file.
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Draft of program for 1956 Cotton Ball with lighting cues
First page of a draft program for the 1956 Cotton Ball, giving the emcee's narration of events and lighting cues for the stage. See Chattanooga Cotton Ball clipping file
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Govenor's Ball and Third Annual Chattanooga Cotton Ball Floor Show and Fall Fashion Show
Front cover of program for the third Cotton Ball held September 13, 1935 in Chattanooga, TN
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Chattanooga Cotton Ball Floor Show and Fall Fashion Show program
Front cover of program for the second Cotton Ball held August 31, 1934 in Chattanooga, TN
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Fall Fashion Show and Floor Show, Chattanooga Cotton Ball program
Front cover of program for the first Cotton Ball held September 1, 1933 in Chattanooga, TN