1953

[susandennis]

From left:

Daddy, age 30
Nancy (sister), age 3
Mom, age 31
Bill (brother), age 0
Moi, age 4

This was in the living room of the last apartment. Shortly after this photo was taken Daddy bought our first house. Kansas City, MO.

Daddy worked as a salesman for Hanes Knitware. He sold underwear to wholesalers who, in turn, made sure there were whitey tighties on the store shelves.

Mother looks like she was shanghaied.  While she was a great mother and, according to Daddy, the best wife ever, I know that had the mores of her day allowed her to remain single and childless, she would have.

We did not have a TV yet which was OK cause there wasn't that much on TV yet anyway. We did get one in the new house but there was nothing on until mid afternoon when finally finally finally that damn test pattern was replaced with Howdy Doody and Pinkie Lee.  I spent a lot of time waiting and watching this:

Comments

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Three kids under five... even when you like kids, that is one tough gig.

[susandennis]

No shit and Daddy was a traveling salesman. He finally got promoted a couple of years later and got to cut down his travel to about 1.5 weeks a month. I'm not entirely sure why she didn't just shoot us all. Gun laws, probably.

Especially since only one of those three children was perfect.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Wh... No, not going to ask the obvious question.

[susandennis]

Because the obvious question comes with an obvious answer... obviously!!

[rosegardenfae.livejournal.com]

Enjoyed seeing the test pattern, been a long time. Dad brought home our first TV circa 1956.

[susandennis]

It was such a presence for us, wasn't it? Really hard to imagine now.