Mary Ann Mobley's Miss America Trophy

Creator

Preview

Preferred Citation

"Mary Ann Mobley's Miss America Trophy" (1958). Photographs. 584.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-wilson-minor-photographs/584

Description

This black and white photograph shows a close-up of the trophy given to Mary Ann Mobley when she won the Miss America pageant in 1958. The trophy includes a statue of a winged woman holding a wreath over her head in the center of four columns. Winged creatures are on the top four corners with a small dome covering the columns. A figurine of a woman is on top of the dome though her head was "cut off" from the photograph The base of the trophy is square with a brass plaque that provides the winners information.

Contributor(s)

Minor, Wilson F. "Bill"

Subjects

Trophies; Beauty pageants; Photographs

Keywords

Miss American trophies

Date

1958

Geographic Location

Mississippi

Object Type

image

Format (Original)

photograph

Format (Digital)

JPG

Digital ID

MFM_MSS-80_Minor-Photograph_80-530_001

Physical ID

80-530

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Wilson F. (Bill) Minor Collection, Photographs

Repository

Manuscripts Unit

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.