EARLY 1950s NYC BEAUTY PAGEANT & BOXING GYM INTERIORS PHOTO ALBUM de Ben McGinty

Circa 1950, New York City photo album measuring 8.75" x 12.5". There are approximately 130 in total including black and white gelatin sliver prints and four Kodachrome color prints which measure between 3-3/4" x 4-3/4" to 6-3/4" x 4-7/8." Photos include fashion and a beauty pageant, featuring young women dressed up and parading in their bathing suits. There is also a small group of images documenting a photography contest and the interior of a boxing gym/room interior.

Inside the front cover, is a photo of a bathing beauty and a business card for Ben McGinty, "Professional Photographer." His address is in Jackson Heights, NY and he was a graduate of the New York Institute of Photography, a member of the Photographic Society of America, International Association of Glamour Photographers, member of Free Lance Photographers Guild and Universal News Photographers, Inc.
Many of the photographs carry his stamp.

There are two articles about models inside, one dated 1948 and the other 1951. A few pages of the album are detached. One photo is detatched and two photos are missing from the page.