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BeeLady
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posted 19 October 2019 08:04 PM
This was a PR campaign whereby young women were featured on placards in the subway cars in NYC.

My Dad's sisters, The Keeler Twins, identical twins, were featured... Miss Subways

The placards were cardboard and have two sides..so they could flip them the next month.

My cousin came for a visit this week and gave me a copy of our beloved aunts, Miss Subways in 1958. I took it to the framer today...My Dad LOVED the copy he had..

You can see an original upstairs at Ellen's Stardust Diner in Times Square

So fun..


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posted 19 October 2019 08:11 PMHide Post
The good old days.
Today similar posters would draw stalkers.


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posted 19 October 2019 08:22 PMHide Post
Miss Subways were pretty diverse for their time.

Miss Subways Interviews

What I love about them is not just their looks or diversity..they did have many bios that included their college studies.


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posted 19 October 2019 08:52 PMHide Post
Wasn't the Miss Subways contest part of the musical On the Town?
 
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posted 19 October 2019 08:53 PMHide Post
Nice! ThumbsUp ThumbsUp


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posted 19 October 2019 08:59 PMHide Post
Very forward thinking for the time. I liked “two cigarettes in a pack”.


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posted 20 October 2019 09:26 AMHide Post
How cool!


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posted 20 October 2019 01:23 PMHide Post
That's a great bit of history!


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posted 20 October 2019 05:38 PMHide Post
wow! I'm impressed!


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