Oh to be the queen of something and ride in convertibles in parades for a year. Various photographers, years and archives.

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Mary Ann Mobley, rides in a white convertible. The sign reads, “Mississippi’s 1955 Travel Queen.” Jackson, Mississippi. 1955 photograph. American. Hugh W. Shankle, photographer. Hugh W. Shankle Photograph Collection, Mississippi Department of Archives and History. https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/shankle/detail/4839
Linda Lackey rides in a white convertible. The sign reads, “Linda Lackey Of Forest 1961 Maid of Cotton.” Mississippi, USA. 1961 image. American. Hugh W. Shankle, photographer. Hugh W. Shankle Photograph Collection, Mississippi Department of Archives and History. https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/shankle/detail/4846
Miss Flame for the Civitan Club riding in a convertible in the Fire Prevention Week parade down Dexter Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama. October 4, 1954 image. American. John Engelhardt Scott, photographer. John Engelhardt Scott Negative Collection, Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama. https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/27999/rec/7

Alabama Poultry Queen riding in a convertible during the Peanut Festival parade in downtown Dothan, Alabama. October 1967 image. This image was taken for (but not used in) the photo spread “Two of Everything,” which appeared on page 3 of The Southern Courier for October 28-29, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website). American. Jim Peppler, photographer for The Southern Courier Newspaper. John Pepper Southern Courier Photograph Collection, Alabama Department of Archives and History. https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/peppler/id/4770/rec/28
Miss Wichita Falls in Armed Services Parade: Photograph of Miss Wichita Falls, Kathy Green, on the back of a convertible, and Doyle Davis, Jaycees president, driving the convertible past the reviewing stand in the Armed Forces Day parade in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas. Undated image, ca. 1965. American. John Cochran, photographer for the Wichita Falls Times. Jimmy Cochran Photographs Collection, The Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1276365/?q=convertible
Princess of Port Neches Texas: Postcard of a man driving a woman in a convertible in a parade. The woman is sitting underneath an umbrella, and a sign on the car reads, “Princess of Port Neches.” The man driving is wearing a suit and a hat, and the car is decorated with streamers. There is a large building or house in the background with spectators watching from the porch. There are two other visible cars behind the one in the foreground. 1923 postcard. American. Museum of the Gulf Coast via The Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth201824/?q=convertible
Two women riding in Armed Forces Parade: Photograph of two beauty contestants riding on the top of a convertible in the Armed Forces Day parade in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas. Undated image, ca. 1965. American. John Cochran, photographer for the Wichita Falls Times. Jimmy Cochran Photographs Collection, The Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth802702/?q=convertible
North Texas Homecoming Princess riding through campus in a convertible. Denton, Texas, USA. 1963 image. American. Photographer not given. University of North Texas Special Collections via The Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth164248/
Photograph of a beauty queen riding on the top of a convertible in the Armed Forces Day parade in downtown Wichita Falls Texas. Her sash reads, “MISS MISSLE 1965.” American. John Cochran, photographer for the Wichita Falls Times. Jimmy Cochran Photographs Collection, The Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth802358/
Kendall County Fair Queen in Parade: Contact print of people sitting in a convertible car decorated for the Kendall County Fair parade, including an unidentified man in the driver’s seat and a young woman in a formal gown and gloves perched on top of the back seat. There are garlands, the car fringe is attached along the bottom, and a sign that says “1954 Queen Kay Cartwright.” The car is parked at the side of a road and houses with fenced yards are partially visible in the background. 1954 image. American. Friedrich Gustav Hillmann, photographer. Patrick Heath Library via The Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1560409/

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