Historical information

This is a photograph of young women from the Orbost district, dressed in ball gowns in 1955. The occasion was the Orbost Hospital Ball MISS SPRINGTIME CANDIDATES, 1955. Names are included.

Significance

This photograph is significant because it dates from 1955, shows the ball-gowns from that era, and has all of the young women named.

Physical description

A b/w photocopy of an original b/w photo. The photo has been laminated. It shows 11 young women in long ball-dresses.

Inscriptions & markings

MISS SPRINGTIME CANDIDATES, 1955.
l to r. Miss Lorna Rankin, Miss Sandra Ingram, Miss Beverley Reed, Miss Maria Lavell, Miss Marion Wilkinson, Miss Edna Wait, Miss Margaret Cavagna, Miss Dorothy Seehusen, Miss Velma Brooks.
Centre front. Miss Wendy Lynn, Miss Judith Tracy.