All dressed up with more tulle petticoats than Vivien Leigh wore in “Gone with the Wind.” Imagery from Southern California’s Coronet Debutante Ball. Various years. From TESSA by way of Calisphere.

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Coronet Ball debutantes – Los Angeles: Glamour and glory are all theirs for this one night at least, as the excited Coronet Ball debutantes, in white dresses and 18-button gloves, line up before the coming-out ceremony. American. James Ruebsamen, photographer. Published in the Herald-Examiner newspaper on February 3, 1985. Herald-Examiner Collection, TESSA, the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. Under copyright. https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/28371/rec/1
Debutantes prepare for Coronet Ball: to be presented – Among the 32 young women who will be presented to Southland society at the Coronet Debutante Ball are from left, Susan Knaggs, Judith Kent, Joyce Canaday, Adrienne Meehan and Randalla Richardson. American. Photographer not given but photographed for the Valley Times newspaper where it was published on November 7, 1960. Valley Times Photograph Collection, TESSA, the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. Under copyright. https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/66447/rec/2
Coronet Ball debutantes: Dolled-up debutantes, top, cluster in nervous groups to await their presentation Saturday at the 38th annual Coronet Debutante Ball. The traditional blast was held at the Beverly Hilton, and a whopping 37 debs celebrated their coming out. Their dapper escorts ditched the highfalutin togs after midnight and all watoosied until 3 in the morning. American. Photographed for the Herald-Examiner newspaper where it was published on December 2, 1986. Herald-Examiner Collection, TESSA, the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. Under copyright. https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/28370/rec/4
Coronet tea announces 32: Coronet dreaming – Holding replica of symbolic coronet and dreaming of November’s presentation ball are five Valley 1960 Coronet Debutantes of National Charity League of Los Angeles, Misses Randalla Richardson, Joyce Meehan, Joyce Canaday, Judith Kent and Susan Knaggs, from left. Names were announced at afternoon Bel-Air tea yesterday. American. Photographer not given but photographed for the Valley Times newspaper where it was published on August 31, 1960. Valley Times Photograph Collection, TESSA, the digital collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. Under copyright. https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/66446/rec/8

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