Sun Queen Coronation
La coronación de la Reina del Sol

Sun Queen Coronation

The Sun Queen Coronation has been part of the Sun Bowl since the first‐ever college Sun Bowl game was played in 1936, it has played a huge social role in the “Sun Carnival”, the week long pageantry associated with the Sun Bowl. Princesses and the queen serve as ambassadors for the city of El Paso. Ruth Staten was the first queen in 1936 and Rebecca Gutierrez the 2014 reigning Sun Queen. Cornation event 1961-62 theme Williamsburg. Chairwoman Mrs Robert Given and Mrs Ellis Mayfield . .. Furniture on the set was donated to the El Paso Museum by Mrs Ruth Schwartz Zork which were her parents furniture Adolph and Fannie Schwartz . Mrs Robert Given's grandparents and loaned for this event. http://www.sunbowl.org/system/documents/documents/8/original/Sun%20Court%20History%20-%20Past%20Queens.pdf

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Historical Society

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Comments

Add a comment
Thank you for your comment

Report this entry

Choose the most important reason for this report

Your name

Your email address

Optional detail

Thank you for your report

More from the same community-collection

Bonnie Low - Gibson Group

As Associate Producer with the Visitor Experiences team Bonnie ...

Allan Smith - Gibson Group

Allan Smith - Director of Exhibitions - installing the Digital ...

Chalk the Block Public Arts Festival 2014

Chalk the Block is a free 3 day Public Arts Festival that takes ...

Bonnie Low & David Crossan

Construction for the Digital Wall - January 13, 2015.

DIGIE

Special glass from Germany arrives. Contruction for the Digital ...

DIGIE

Special glass from Germany arrives. Contruction for the Digital ...

DIGIE

Special glass from Germany arrives. Contruction for the Digital ...

DIGIE

Special glass from Germany arrives. Contruction for the Digital ...

DIGIE

Bonnie Low stands in front of special glass from Germany. ...

Behind the Digital Wall

Stairs behind the Digital Wall. January 13, 2015.

Behind the Digital Wall

Stairs behind the Digital Wall. January 13, 2015.

DIGIE

Back of the screen that will hold the weight. January 13, 2015.

DIGIE

Allan Smith, Director of Exhibitions from the Gibson Group.

DIGIE

The Gibson Group --left to right: Allan Smith, Bonnie Low, and ...

DIGIE

Back of the 95 inch screen that will hold the weight. January ...

DIGIE

Photograph taken behind the Digital Wall - January 13, 2015.

DIGIE

Behind the Digital Wall --January 13, 2015.

DIGIE

The five 95 inch screens are installed - January 14, 2015.

DIGIE

The five 95 inch screens are installed - January 14, 2015.

DIGIE

Allan Smith - Director of Exhibitions for Gibson Group - making ...

DIGIE

David Crossan from the Gibson Group installing the five 95 inch ...

DIGIE

The five 95 inch screens are installed - January 14, 2015. David ...

DIGIE

The five 95 inch screens are installed - January 14, 2015.

home.search_collection