Top Models by Samuel Claesson - HTML preview

Acknowledgements

I would like to give a special mention to June Przybysz and Mildred Plate, as well as her son James Plate. They were instrumental in my research. Sadly, June passed away at the age of 94 before this book was published. Shawn Fredrick and Linda Doom, Suzanne Ames ' daughter and half-sister, gave some great stories about her as well as photographs. Sylvia Lewis and Barrie Chase were friends with Larri Thomas, and the contributed with stories about her. Christian Robert Rotter of Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen provided photographs of the models, while Stella Starr of Those Obscure Objects of Desire provided information on Suzanne Ames. Nuvia Cabrera, who was a finalist in Miss San Francisco, gave good information too. Maxine Fitzpatrick and Carol Kapan were models on Queen for a Day who told of their experiences with June Kirby, Jann Darlyn, and Suzanne Ames.

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Jolene Brand, Lisa Davis, Maxine Reeves, and Carol Silversparre appeared alongside Suzanne Alexander on Queen for a Day, and they were helpful in my research about her. Elaine Devry and Barbara Wilson worked closely with Suzanne as well. I spoke with several people who knew Pat Sheehan well, including Teresa Sheehan, Edward R. Sheehan, Shecky Greene, Kathryn Grant, Barbara Blitzstein, Myrna Hansen, Elizabeth Logue, Dottie Harmoney, Elaine Shendal, Kathy Raymond, Barbara Eden, Sisvan Der Harootunian, and Pat Sinclair,

The San Francisco History Center, the San Francisco Public Library, the University of California, Los Angeles ' Film and Television Archive, Ancestry, The Paley Center, WorthPoint, the University of Southern

California, Calisphere, Historic Images, Mike ’s Camera, Internet Archive, Classic Images, and Newspapers are websites that were helpful in my research.

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