Allison Hayes (right), a Hollywood starlet who visited Evansville in late October 1955 to promote her new movie at the Grand Theater, crowns Bosse High School student Sally Lowe as “Miss Americade.†(The U. S. Marines are unidentified.) Americade was an exposition sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers in cooperation with the Evansville Chamber of Commerce and other local organizations. Its purpose was to promote America’s “tremendous advances†and potential. Nearly 20,000 people attended the four-day event, which was held at the Coliseum.
