Title	First Bass Lake Beauty Contest 1926
Subject	Starke County (Ind.) Beauty contestants Beauty contests Lakes & ponds women
Type	Photograph
Technical Metadata	300ppi, 1873x1291x24b, Tiff
Item ID	im-starkehs-bass-082
Local Item ID	PL1_BassLakeBox_Bass Lake Beauty Contest 2.tif
Usage Statement	Digital image © 2006 Starke County Historical Society. This material may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code), which governs reproduction, distribution, display, and certain other uses of protected works. The user of this material is responsible for compliance with the Law.
Date Original	1926
Date Digital	2002
Creator	Klopot Studios
Description	In 1926 Miss Bonnie Rodgers (first on the left) won the first Miss Bass Lake Beauty Contest. While the suits may seem very old-fashioned, they are actually very risque for the year of the contest. Women still had to wear stockings to cover at least part of their legs at this contest. Her bathing suit is on display at the Starke County Historical Society Museum.