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"Eldonna Raye" was apparently her stage name. See from Find-A-Grave Marcella Aldona Zubavich DeFord (1922-1990)

Born in the United States to Marcella & Adomas Zubavichius, who immigrated from Lithuania around 1910. Performed jobs in musicals, burlesque, vaudeville and straight plays. Traveling though out major cities such as Chicago, California, Las Vegas, Atlantic City, NY, New Orleans, all across the USA & Canada. Was an acrobatic stage dancer, Chorus line, Show Girl and a Model, working with some of the great performers on show stage like The Three Stooges among others. In later professional years worked Burlesque shows, using many stage names for her marques. Some of her descriptions that described her in Billboard & Playbill magazines were an Eiffel Tower of a girl, did walk- on's, some of them with bit talk. Her marque names were Eldona Raye, Aldona Zuber and Sherry Williams. . . .

This blonde beauty, Mitzi Strother, went on to compete as Miss Miami in the 1941 Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City. As part of a pageant questionnaire, she revealed she could trace her ancestry to Davy Crockett, among others. (Miss California won the 1941 Miss America title.) She married Lieut. Corbin Dekalb Stevens in 1942. [1] [2] [3]  

Pixel Wrangler Great information as always. Thanks!

love that vintage suit, and that optimistic smile.

I am sure it did cheer them up also

Nice Smile.

she cheeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr me upppppppppp

but this is so old picture i don't know now that she is now also same or has become old

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I like the way this scene is observed by the photographer. He is an outsider and obviously keeps his distance but the distance is physical, not emotional. What also fascinates me, is the backdrop of floating letters on the stage truck 'canvas'.

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I love the little kid playing nearby, unaware that these women were scorned by society.

What I find interesting is how looking at this photo, if you were not given the context, you might think it has been taken last week. Unlike most of the photos from this era, there clothes are more like what we where today. Leather Jacket, jeans, even the 'girls' outfit is reminiscent of somethig I could or have seen girls whearing today.