Figure 1.--Beautiful baby comtests were not always called that, but his was basically hoing on. Some were done as royal pagents. Children's literature still included a lot of royalty stories, expcially princess and prince stories. These usually appealed more to girls than boys who preferred stories with a little more action. So it was quite natural that some of these beautiful baby contests as royal aogents. This is one such exaple. Unfortunaterly wee have no information about it, even the dates. This looks like it wa proabaly taken in the early-30s. Notice that the pages are girls. This is probalhy bcause boys were no intetestedvin such frivolities. Of course the interest in riyalty was higtened when King Edward the VIII decidided to renounce the throne because of his affair with a married divorcee and to make matters worse an American (1936).

Beautiful baby comtests were not always called that, but his was basically hoing on. Some were done as royal pagents. Children's literature still included a lot of royalty stories, expcially princess and prince stories. These usually appealed more to girls than boys who preferred stories with a little more action. So it was quite natural that some of these beautiful baby contests as royal aogents. This is one such exaple. Unfortunaterly wee have no information about it, even the dates. This looks like it wa proabaly taken in the early-30s. Notice that the pages are girls. This is probalhy bcause boys were no intetestedvin such frivolities. Of course the interest in riyalty was higtened when King Edward the VIII decidided to renounce the throne because of his affair with a married divorcee and to make matters worse an American (1936).

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