GALVESTON, Texas – During the early 20th century, Galveston Island launched a “bathing beauties contest” to strengthen the city’s tourism and economy and celebrate the summer holiday. The event ...
Answer Man thought the beauty contests were just a footnote, a mere bagatelle in the larger story he told in this space last week about how, until 1925, many Washingtonians used the Tidal Basin for ...
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