Note to self: Remember how I mugged for the camera in 1959 when I’m attempting to photograph the grandchildren in 2014!
Pittsburgh Public Schools was closed today. I did some sorting and found some old family photos. My family didn’t own a camera that I know of but I think my sister took this photo somehow and I will ask her tomorrow and add any details. My cousins may have been involved. Paul? John B?
An iPhone photo of a photo isn’t the best quality but you get the idea.
And thanks to Kathryn of Vastly Curious blog I went and found the front page from New York Times August 23, 1959 Steven Rockefeller‘s Wedding to a Norwegian (Anne Marie Rasmussen )in the photo
LOL I call that expression on my daughter her tiger snarl. 🙂 I especially love the gloves and hat, those were cute outfits…
Thanks Brenda. Yes those outfits were something. And I remember slips, crinolines or organza.
Oh, I remember heinous polyester slips from the 70s. Like wearing a plastic bag! Ding, dong the slip is dead, the big bad slip, the evil slip is dead!!
That looks just like you! I still wear slips. Is that not a thing anymore?
LOVE it Ruth ! I wonder why you were holding so tightly to the newspaper and what was the headline? I tried to look !
Thanks Kathryn. I googled Sundays in August 1959 and found the headline. Thanks for the cool idea. i never would have done it otherwise.
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Thats awesome and I will. We are the same age approx so I am interested : )
Just gorgeous; it looks like a modern photo designed to look retro, if you know what I mean. Love it!
Thanks for your take on it. A fun find!
and just added the Headline to the post thanks to Kathryn at Vastly Curious who had a good idea. I was able to find it by googling Sundays dates in August and then looking at each front page for the month. thanks for the visit.
Whew – who would mess with that little lady??!!
Awwww, what a cute photo Ruth! Love the dress! 😀
Great post hon. 😀 *hugs*
I am loving the pictures of young Ruth E!
Priceless
Totally cool Wedding but better yet that you clutched a newspaper with such tenacity!
. . . and I can just picture your mom, wearing her no-nonsense expression, making you wear those white gloves before heading off to church. : )
Great pics, Ruth. The hat and gloves were ‘de rigueur’ for my sister and I too. We disliked them intensely. 🙂
Ha – cute!
I guess all kids like taking silly photos. Some of us still do as adults too. 😉
Oh goodness, what a ham you were! I see hints of Maura in your expression. 🙂
Ruth – that must have been an Easter dress picture! My mom used to dress up the 3 of us and every Easter, I loved shopping for a new dress which I outgrew each year and never wore again. The dresses and underthings were always itchy! And of course, a new hat and shoes!
So gorgeous and funny!!!