[Photo of the 1950 Lady of the Lake on a parade float, Lake Cowichan, B.C.]

1950-09-04

Photo of Gurdev Hari, the winner of the 1950 Lady of the Lake beauty pageant in Lake Cowichan, B.C. She is seated on a parade float. She is wearing a white saree with a corsage on the right shoulder along with the regalia given to the pageant winner - a paper crown, a scepter and a sash reading "Lady of the Lake". The parade float is decorated to resemble a boat.

Caption reads "Lady of the Lake, Lake Cowichan, Sept. 4 - 50" Lake Cowichan, 1950. Kaatza Station Museum & Archives, N01757, IWA Local 1-80, Wilmer Gold Photo Collection, ©United Steelworkers Local 1-1937. The Lady of the Lake pageant is held on Labour Day. The winner in 1950 was Gurdev Hari.

1 photograph : b&w

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