Imported car show, 1958 (6)
Imported car show, 9 January 1958. Couldn’t be at the Sports Arena, too early by a year but no indication on the negatives where the thing was held.
USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Imported car show, 1958 (5)
Actress Nobu McCarthy poses with a Japanese car, the Datsun.
USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Imported car show, 1958 (4)
Naomi Mooney leans against black Mercedes-Benz, is framed by Mercedes, left, and Jaguar, right.
USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Imported car show, 1958 (3)
Sherli Hill, rear, and Melody Ward, foreground, in Janus car. I don't know about you but when I see THAT girl in THAT backseat, I'm struck by how woefully inadequate it is.
USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Imported car show, 1958 (2)
Shari Stennette, queen of show, poses with Czech car, Skoda (destined for the dustbin of history).
USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Imported car show, 9 January 1958.
Georganne Hunter Nichol, 4, poses with Berkeley car. Don't know what they mean by the 'Berkeley' car, I'm not familiar with it. Frankly it looks like an AC to me.
USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
These foreign car people don’t seem to know what a Car Show Girl is supposed to look like…well they know over at the Pan Pacific Auditorium…
Motorama Show at Pan Pacific, 1951 (2)
June Lyden, 18, assists Motorama Queen Barbara Ruick, 19, of MGM, into 25T modified roadster (hot-rod model).
USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Motorama Queen comes from good show business stock…and her contract is legal
Contract approval, 1951 (3)
Contract approval, 28 August 1951. Lurene Tuttle (mother and actress); Barbara Ruick -- 18 years (actress).
USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Motorama Show at Pan Pacific, 1951
I’m including this one just because I love the car which, alas, didn’t go into production (they never do).
Phyllis Avedon enhances the appearance of the new Buick XP-300 model.
USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961