Queen of the Holy Ghost Festival - photo by Russell Lee.

Photograph by Russell Lee - May 1942.

Dorothy Bettencourt, Queen of the Holy Ghost Festival of the Portuguese-Americans at Novato, California, in front of the altar in the I.D.E.S.I. hall.  She holds the crown which she will wear after special mass is said.

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, P&P Division.

 

 

 


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Credits:
Dorothy Bettencourt, Queen of the Holy Ghost Festival - photograph by Russell Lee.  Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.  Call Number: LC-USW3-003276-D [P&P], Reproduction Number: LC-USW3-003276-D.  Created/Published, May 1942.  From the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection.

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