DescriptionBlack-and-white photo of Rosemary Gilligan, 1955 National Tulip Queen, posed with tulip bulbs on the S.S. Westerdam of the Holland America Line, Hoboken, September 27, 1955. 7" x 9" high print. Photo by United Press; credit in integral caption to left of image. Reverse had dated file reference stamp: Reference Oct 19 1955 N.E.A. [Newspaper Editors Association] Also written slug: Tiptoe Time [cataloguer's note: as in 'tiptoe through the tulips'] An example of an event that took place in Hoboken at the docks. Hoboken was the American home port for the Holland America Lines at its Fifth Street Pier. Caption text left of image: NXP08 - 9/27 - HOBOKEN, N.J. - When you get past the stems, take a gander at part of one of this Fall's first shipments of tulip bulbs from Holland. Blonde Rosemary Gilligan, who among other things is 1955 National Tulip Queen, is togged out in Dutch-style finery as she serves as welcoming committe aboard the Dutch liner Westerdam here 9/27. Planted in the next two months, the bulbs should bloom in the Spring of 1956. UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO. jo ==== legs / sexist/ arriving / tubers / gardens / gardening / publicity / press op / ship / passenger