Eastern Air LinesLane, Dan (Jack Daniel), 1913-1976United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers (Atlanta, Ga.)1956-07-29Envelope description: Eastern Air Lines; Watermelon Queen at Airport. Description in 1956 Lane Brothers Assignment Book (p. 291): "Eastern Air Lines; [commissioned] by Jim Watkins; 3 photos of Dorris Hayes with watermelon; & prints; his port, 2 prints to W. comp." Dan Lane photographed the flight of the Watermelon Queen on a Sunday.image/jp2LBCE7-025bPhotographic CollectionsEvents / Corporate Eventshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University LibraryBeauty contestsWatermelon industry--GeorgiaBeauty contestantsAirplanesWatermelonsCandler Field (Atlanta, Ga.)Eastern Air LinesDorris Hayes, the Georgia Watermelon Queen, in bathing suit, on stairs in front of Eastern Air Lines plane, Candler Field, Atlanta, Georgia, July 29, 1956. The sign at the foot of the steps reads "Flight of the Ga. Watermelon Queen, Atlanta to Chicago, Eastern Air Lines." Two suited men on either side of Hayes are holding watermelonsStillImage