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Artist Edward Eggleston paints a publicity portrait of New York model,nineteen year old Edith Backus, to advertise the 1937 season of the Great Lakes Exposition. According to the verso "Backus''smiling face' will greet visitors on millions of posters…

This cartoon appeared in the May 7th issue of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The promoters of the Great Lakes Exposition originally took a stand against the idea of burlesque type entertainment that had been featured at other expositions.

These hostesses at the Ohio Building present a more matronly image than the young women known as "yeomanttes," chosen for their youthful looks to represent the Great Lakes Exposition in various official capacities.

Marguerite Bacon, a descendant of Moses Cleaveland, was chosen to open the Great Lakes Exposition in 1936. Cleaveland led the surveying party to the Western Reserve in 1797, and laid out the plans for the town that would bear his name. Cleaveland…

Young women from local communities were chosen as official hostesses for the 1936-37 Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland. Called,"Yeomanettes," these young women were chosen for their attractive looks, and dressed in nautical themed uniforms.

The exposition was held in 1936 and 1937 to commemorate the centennial of Cleveland’s becoming a city. The exposition buildings were on land that is today used by the Great Lakes Science Center, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Burke…