Japs pick queen of beauty...

Color drawin of Mitsuko Iwasaki, winner of the Miss Nippon beauty pageant. Accompanies an article about the first Japanese beauty pageant, comparing Japanese women to other American and European women. A caption reads, "in striking contrast to the idea of pulchritude in Japan is the beauty queen of today of the island empire..."

Publication date: 1934-08-19

Size: 42 x 20 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: color

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Japan

Subject(s):

• Beauty contestants--Japan--1930-1940
• Iwasaki, Mitsuko
• Women--Japanese--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Portrait drawings

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (August 19, 1934), Graphic Section/Camera News Review, p. 1

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Cohen, Ben