The KCTV News Collection - Miss Wool Breakfast and Swim Party (1968)

Duration: 2:47

Year Published: 1968

Format: 16mm

Sound: silent

Description: This silent news footage from the KCTV News Collection captures scenes of the 1968 Miss Wool of America contestants the week of the pageant in San Angelo. The ladies attend a community breakfast, go swimming together, meet a baby goat, and ride a donkey on a West Texas Ranch. The Miss Wool of America Pageant took place annually from 1952-1972 in San Angelo, sponsored by the National Wool Growers Association, the American Sheep Producers Council, and the Wool Bureau, Inc. Miss Wool represented the wool industry nationally, touring the country in the latest woolen fashions.