Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945 photograph Franck as Joseph Balsamo first

Franck as Joseph Balsamo first published April 4

colonnade facade

Prior to remodeling this was one of Washington's finest examples of Art Moderne architecture

Printed in France

Melville from official ground plans

Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945 photograph Franck as Joseph Balsamo firstBess Myerson became the first Jewish woman to win the Miss America pageant in 1945. Later in life Myerson was New York City's first Commissioner of Consumer Affairs (under Mayor John Lindsay), later serving as Commissioner of Cultural Affairs under Mayor Ed Koch. Throughout the late 1970s and the beginning of his mayoral ambitions, Myerson was a frequent public companion of Ed Koch. In 1980, Myerson ran for the Democratic nomination for New York's U.