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#The 1921 Atlantic City Pageant’s main event kicked off with the rolling chair parade, where hundreds of flower-adorned floats and chairs rumbled down the boardwalk, the city's bustling central artery. The floats represented businesses, amusements, and civic groups, from the Rotary Club to the Press-Union Company, the latter showcasing a nine-foot-long replica of the Atlantic City Daily Press with a headline announcing the pageant. The nearby town of Ventnor’s procession stretched an entire block, with the mayor at the front, accompanied by the police and fire departments. The contestants, dressed as beauties, flaunted their charms in hopes of winning one of the many prizes that would be awarded later that evening at the crowning ceremony. Margaret Gorman, Miss Washington, DC, stood ou...