There is nothing written on them, so I have no idea who I am looking at. But, using a magnifying glass, I was able to make out some of the words on the display table identifying this as an event in some way associated with Kromex Kitchenware. A quick Google search tells me:
"KROMEX ALUMINUM KITCHENWARE WAS MADE BY ALCOA ALUMINUM COMPANY AROUND 1957. ALCOA WAS MAINLY AN INDUSTRIAL FIRM AT THE TIME. THEY WERE PURCHASED BY REYNOLDS ALUMINUM IN THE EARLY 1960'S. IT WAS AROUND THAT TIME THAT METALWORKING COMPANIES CHANGED TO INDUSTRIAL AND NOT DOMESTIC PRODUCTION."
I am guessing, then, that these photos are from the late 1950s. Is this a Kromex Queen (or should I say Kromex Kween) we see before us? Or was Kromex the sponsor or prize associated with this event? Can anyone tell me more?
Uncle Bob thought this was Marcy crowning the queen around 1952 or 1953. But that doesn't mesh with the info on the company I found, which says this product was made around 1957.
Auntie Di said, "When Marcy and I lived in Canora, SK, we belonged to a Young People's Group in the Ukrainian Catholic Church and both pictures represent a kind of festival where members ran for queen. Marcy is the one crowning the queen and speaking. Among all the papers, there is a newspaper clipping from the Canora Courier which is headed 'Marcella Ron becomes President of Young Ukrainian Group' (I cannot remember what the club was exactly called). The runner-up (in the crown) was Nellie Yawney from Rama".
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