1941 Press Photo New York Mary V. McKinley of N.Y. in Novel Beauty Contest NYC.

This bespectacled beauty Mary V. McKinley of Brooklyn N.Y. is one of the contestant entered in the Novel Beauty Contest open only to girls who wear glasses sponsored by the community Opticians Organizations which will be held April 26th at Palisades Park, N.J. Dorothy Parker's famous quip " Men seldom makes passes at girls who wear glasses"

Photo is dated 1941.

Photo measures 6 x 8 inches.