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Beauty contest at Parkridge Country Club

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Print is unavailable.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Image is a reproduction.Parkridge was a popular country club located in the Riverside County city of Corona. After it was closed in the late 1920s due to financial difficulties, it was purchased by African American businessmen, who developed it into the most prominent and largest African American country club in the country.A beauty contest at Parkridge Country Club in Corona.
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Shades of L.A. is an archive of photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were chosen from family albums and include daily life, social organizations, work, personal and holiday celebrations, and migration and immigration activities. Made possible and accessible through the generous support of the Security Pacific National Bank, Sunlaw Cogeneration Partners, Photo Friends, California Council for the Humanities, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
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