Archaeo-Histories on Nostr: A portrait of Lota Cheek, an American actress and beauty pageant winner who became ...
A portrait of Lota Cheek, an American actress and beauty pageant winner who became known as one of America's first modern celebrities.
The photograph was taken around 1923 by George Maillard Kesslere...
Born in Pavo, Georgia, in 1898, she was the daughter of a farmer. Cheek won a $1,000 prize in a 1921 beauty contest, which helped launch her career as a model and Broadway actress.
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