Beauty Pageants
On this day in 1921, Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C., was crowned the very first Miss America. Today we look at the sparkly, perky, and congenial culture of beauty pageants. IOWA—1956.
| Previous Days | |||
 |  |  |  |
| Sep 7, 2011 | Sep 6, 2011 | Sep 2, 2011 | Sep 1, 2011 |
Book of the Week  RFK Funeral Train by Paul Fusco Thirty-nine years ago this week in Los Angeles, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. A funeral train carried his body from New York City to Washington, D.C. In RFK Funeral Train, Paul Fusco documents the funeral train procession. Despite the hot weather, hundreds of thousands of people stood along the train tracks waiting to pay their respects. | Join the Fray  © Marilyn Silverstone / Magnum Photos What do you think of these photos? Join the Fray, our reader discussion forum. The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda. Robert Capa |
