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Jun. 06, 1954 - Schoolgirl Wins National Sewing Contest. The Prize Winning Outfit. A rehearsal was held at the May Fair Hotel for the Sewing Contest Fashion Show. First prize winner of the National Sewing Contest organised by the National Needle Artists Bureau Ltd. was 14-year-old Edinburgh Schoolgirl Dorothy Weir, who wins a holiday and £50 for the best beachwear outfit made by an amateur home dress maker. Keystone Photo Shows:- Model Madeline Hobbs wears the prize winning beachwear outfit of white pique shorts and halter-neck sun-top - with sun-hat and accessories of earrings and bracelet - She holds the checked brown and white poplin skirt fringed with jade green Strutts candlewick - at the rehearsal

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13169699
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46158615
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4466px x 5546px (990KB)
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Editorial Use Only - No Property or Model Releases. For any non-editorial use, please contact Mary Evans direct
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Keystone Pictures USA

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14-year-old Amateur And Pound Beachwear Bureau Checked Fringed Hobbs Jade Madeline Needle Organised Pique Poplin Schoolgirl Strutts Weir


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