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     Hartford Queens 1926 - 1937
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Miss Hartford 1926
Evelyn Reames

Contestants

First year Hartford participated in Blossomtime Contest.

Beauty contest held at Hartford High School.
 
Miss Hartford 1927

No Contest

 
Miss Hartford 1928

Contestants
 
Miss Hartford 1929

Contestants
 
Miss Hartford 1930

Contestants
Miss Hartford 1931

Contestants

 

Miss Hartford 1932

Alice Jane Shafer


 
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Miss Hartford 1933
Florence Hradecky, Miss Hartford 1933
Florence Hradecky

Contestants
Velva Burr, Marcella Furlan, Georgia Kime, Libbie Podogil, Virginia Smith, Geraldine Ringer, Ada May Root, and Mildred Conklin

Newspaper article submitted by
Virgina Meachum 4-10-2004

 
Miss Hartford 1934
Thelma Shafer

Florence Harley - Runner Up

14 Contestants
Marjorie Buckman, Martha Jane Deisch, Natalie Engle, Eleanor Fisher, Florence Harley, Aliene Hawks, Barbara Lee, Sally Lee, Helen Rush, Lois Scherwitz, Rowena Shafer, Thelma Shafer, June Slavin

Held at the State Theatre in Hartford
April 25, 1934

Master of Ceremonies
Scotty Moore, Benton Hartford

Mrs. Ward Estes, Chairman
 
Miss Hartford 1935
Pearl Cook

Contestants

 
Miss Hartford 1936

Harriet Deisch

Sally Lee - Runnerup

12 Contestants
Helen Combes, Vera Taylor, Helen Shafer,
Iris Yeckley, Laure Kime, Eleanor Straw,
Eleanor Shafer, Carolyn Meachum,
Sylvia Garner, Barbara Lee

Contestants listed in
Hartford Day Spring
article of 4-15-1936

Photo submitted by
Helen Olds Link Richter 5-10-2004
 
Miss Hartford 1937
Evelyn May Straw - Miss Hartford 1937

Evelyn May Straw

Mary Walker - Runner-up

11 Contestants
Vera Taylor, Edith McBain, Anne  Rudell, Phyllis Wotowis, Juanita Gearing, Lucille Weston, Inez Stickney, Evelyn Robinson, Sally Lee

Contestants listed in
Hartford Day Spring
article of 4-14-1937

 
Miss Hartford 1938
 
Miss Hartford 1939
 
Miss Hartford 1940

No pageant
Miss Hartford 1941
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Revised: May 09, 2008