Poolside at the Ambassador, 1954

In the batch of slides I received of the El Mirador hotel in Palm Springs were these from the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. It appears that they show the 1954 Miss Ambassador Hotel contest, held at the pool. 



Which lovely lady would you pick?



Some slides had names of the people featured, and some didn’t. No idea who orchid lady is.



This table shows the judges of the contest; again, no names, but the gent with a tie and no jacket looks darn familiar. Nanook?



This shot shows comedian Lou Costello:



Here’s a closeup of the score sheet he was keeping for the contest:



This image appears to show the winner; wonder what happened to her?



An overall shot of the Ambassador Hotel pool from the same batch:



Looks like it was a fun day!



Last shot which I “assume” was part of the Ambassador event (but could have been the El Mirador) shows Rosemarie Bowie. I know her identity because that particular slide was labeled! As it turns out, she married actor Robert Stack in January 1956. They had two children and were together until Stack’s death in 2003. Amazing things do happen in Hollywood!



See more Ambassador Hotel photos at my main website.