The Martin Clan, circa 1957
Here's the "Smiling"Martin Clan in 1957 - I was 10 or11 years old (just like Penny ). I remember there was a door to door photographer who came and my mother got us all together for this fun picture. ( My dad was probably working ) All of us had big smiles except for that cat that my sister Gay is holding or strangling. We really had the look of a typical 50's family. Barney was probably 16, John 15, Jeanne' 14, Gay 13, Hal 12, and Olen 7 or 8. I'm glad for all the great adventures we shared during this wonderful times of our lives.
posted by auntibeck at 6:51 AM
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What a wild time.
Orange County in the prime of it's life.
It's good to be from there, from them.
In 1957, Russia launched Sputnik I. Central High in Little Rock integrated. Leave it to Beaver premiered. Noam Chomsky published Syntactic Structures. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the NY Yankees for the World Series. Humphrey Bogart died. The pacemaker was invented, as well as a temporary artificial heart. West Side Story opened on Broadway. Around the World in Eighty Days won best picture.
The Martin Clan summed it all up in one classic snap shot.
Do photographers still do that down there in CA? - Door to door? How convenient!
Great picture, by the way. Isaac looks so much like his dad.
annie looks so much like her aunt gay!
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