Tricia (left): "So, as I was saying—" Julie: "I'm out of here. Already heard this one."
Here I am at ten months old in 1959. We lived in Braintree, Mass. My three older siblings liked to squeeze me a lot. Can you blame them?
Random tidbits from 1959
o Cost of a movie ticket is $1.00; a loaf of bread—20 cents
o Popular films include Ben-Hur, Some Like It Hot, and North by Northwest
o Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone premieres on CBS
o Mattel introduces the Barbie Doll
o First Grammy Awards ceremony
o The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the “sheaves of wheat” design.
Major events during 1959
o Alaska become 49th state; Hawaii becomes the 50th
o St. Lawrence Seaway linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes opens to shipping
o Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba
o The Dalai Lama is forced to flee Tibet
Hey! Where’s me with you?
I was going to use that one, but it wasn’t as in focus as this one is.
Darling photo!! And those are some fantastic movies from 1959, very cool.
Thanks, Catrina! Yeah, they are good movies, aren’t they?