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Dorris 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 watermelons

MLA

Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers (Atlanta, Ga.). "Dorris 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 watermelons." Georgia State University. Special Collections. 1956-07-29, http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/lane/id/1367.

APA

Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers (Atlanta, Ga.) (1956-07-29). Dorris 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 watermelons. Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/lane/id/1367

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Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers (Atlanta, Ga.). "Dorris 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 watermelons." 1956-07-29. April 25, 2026. http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/lane/id/1367.
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