- Date
- circa 1973-07
- Kind
- Award
- Where
- Ludington
- Participants
- Martha Gallagher Zalusky (participant)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationcommunityheritage
Summary
Martha Gallagher Zalusky placed third in a five-woman judging at Ludington’s 1973 Centennial Homecoming. Her letter says she wore her mother’s old hat and brown satin dress and received a silver tray and a color photograph.
Evidence and limits
This is a letter-based recollection of an off-island event, not an official contest record. The identity is kept source-bounded rather than merged with other Gallagher records.
Sources
- Martha Gallagher Zalusky’s letter says Ludington’s July Centennial included beard and moustache judging, where she placed third among five women wearing her mother’s hat and dress; it names no official results record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the combined September–October publication; it does not expand the published source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-09_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Ludington Centennial beard and costume judging, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/ludington-centennial-beard-judging-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September–October 1973, “Horns.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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