Marilyn Meseke wins 1938 Miss America. The contestants wearing costumes lined up during the pageant at the Steel Pier (1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Miss Ohio Marilyn Meseke wins. Marilyn with Miss America crown. The winner poses with a sash.
European swimmers gather for the 26th annual 'Across Rome' water race contest in Rome, Italy. Swimmers jump and swim across the Tiber River. Tugboats and few small boats escort the swimmers. Swimmers swim past the Castel Sant’angelo (Lungotevere Castello, 50, 00193 Roma RM, Italy). Swimmers under the Ponte Sant'Angelo. Spectators on the riversides follow and cheer for the swimmers. Italian swimmer Renato Bacicalupo is the winner of the race.
United States wins outboard race in New Smyrna, Florida. Horace Tennes of Chicago leads at the international outboard race contest. Hydroplanes race on water. Spectators watch.
Japanese women archers in an archery contest in Japan. The target, a painted bull's eye. The archers enter the field, take positions and bow to the target.
Three hundred and fifty men and women swim in the Seine River in Paris, France during a swimming contest. The swimmers swim past boats. Spectators watch the race. The swimmers swim under a bridge. Notre Dame cathedral overlooks swimmers. French champion Jean Taris swims and wins the race.
A freckled boy crowned at the National 'Sunspot' contest at Germantown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Freckle-faced children lined up. Boys look through a lens. A boy named Bob Noonan is crowned.