a runner-up for Miss Washington (in the 1921 Miss America contest) was Miss Dot Buckley -- of Bloomingdale

Some Bloomingdale history:

Dot Buckley of #BloomingdaleDC was a runner up for Miss Washington. The Washington herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, September 04, 1921, Image 49 - https://t.co/4nuL038VC2 https://t.co/8CpD2uWgc8

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