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CTyankee

(68,260 posts)
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 07:04 PM Wednesday

Blast from the past: photo of me and my daughter in Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1968

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Summer of 1968: MLK and Bobby Kennedy assassinated, riots in DC, Chicago, Baltimore. The computer mouse was invented. The Beatles White Album appeared.
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Blast from the past: photo of me and my daughter in Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1968 (Original Post) CTyankee Wednesday OP
Coupla cutie-pies! AZJonnie Wednesday #1
Lovely photo! biophile Wednesday #2
Adorable 🥰 Clouds Passing Wednesday #3
❤️ underpants Wednesday #4
Great picture! Beautiful mother and daughter. MIButterfly Wednesday #5
When we were young malaise Wednesday #6
Thank you. That was quite a year... CTyankee Wednesday #7
Love the photo! Solly Mack Wednesday #8
That is a very lovely photograph. I love those glasses. LoisB Wednesday #9
Thanks. The glasses were so "in" then. And the dress was a minidress, another hallmark fashion of the late '60s. CTyankee Wednesday #10
Damn....where was i in 68. Oh yeah, 11. Lochloosa Wednesday #11
I know. I'm old... CTyankee Wednesday #12
We are about the same age... oldsoldierfadingfast Wednesday #22
Lol. I think you took that wrong. I wish i had been 22. Lochloosa Wednesday #26
Beautiful! some_of_us_are_sane Wednesday #13
Beautiful! I think my MiL had those exact glasses! ms liberty Wednesday #14
That's a beautiful photo - TBF Wednesday #15
Thanks for sharing this, CTyankee. littlemissmartypants Wednesday #16
Wow! You both look like movie stars! senseandsensibility Wednesday #17
Two very special people. Thank you for sharing that lovely photo niyad Wednesday #18
And I was drafted. Mblaze Wednesday #19
Man... Tom Dyer Wednesday #20
Precious photo! gademocrat7 Wednesday #21
i LOVE that photo! orleans Wednesday #23
We were outside on a deck on the back of our house. I forget exactly what we were doing...I'll ask her! CTyankee Yesterday #29
Beautiful, just beautiful! CaptainTruth Wednesday #24
Beautiful! MLAA Wednesday #25
Beautiful yankee87 Wednesday #27
Wow! Beautiful picture of mother and daughter! Hey Joe Wednesday #28

biophile

(1,436 posts)
2. Lovely photo!
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 07:09 PM
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I was 12 that year! My mom and dad divorced that year. I remember the assassinations (never cared much about the Beatles, though)

MIButterfly

(2,829 posts)
5. Great picture! Beautiful mother and daughter.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 07:27 PM
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I was 14 in the summer of 1968, about to turn 15 in October. That was quite the year.

Thank you for sharing this picture with us!

CTyankee

(68,260 posts)
10. Thanks. The glasses were so "in" then. And the dress was a minidress, another hallmark fashion of the late '60s.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 08:07 PM
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22. We are about the same age...
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 09:45 PM
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neither of us is old! We are just got trapped in old ladies bodies and can't find the exit door!

1968-I was 28, 2yrs. married and living in Manhattan.

Lochloosa

(16,751 posts)
26. Lol. I think you took that wrong. I wish i had been 22.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 09:58 PM
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Then I could have chased after you. I

ms liberty

(11,263 posts)
14. Beautiful! I think my MiL had those exact glasses!
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 08:32 PM
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There are photos of her in that time period that your photograph reminds me of.

TBF

(36,804 posts)
15. That's a beautiful photo -
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 08:53 PM
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I would've been turning 2 that summer

My mom would've been 24, and my dad 22. My dad is still doing well up in Wisconsin.

littlemissmartypants

(33,857 posts)
16. Thanks for sharing this, CTyankee.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 09:04 PM
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What I wouldn't give to go back in time and be with my mother again. ❤️

senseandsensibility

(25,052 posts)
17. Wow! You both look like movie stars!
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 09:05 PM
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Thanks for sharing. I might be around your daughter's age and kind of looked like that in 1968.

niyad

(132,712 posts)
18. Two very special people. Thank you for sharing that lovely photo
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 09:15 PM
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with us.

I turned 18 that tumultuous year. So many painful memories.

orleans

(36,983 posts)
23. i LOVE that photo!
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 09:50 PM
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i love your expression, and your daughter's expression, and the nature background.

so where are you? (backyard, picnic table, park?)
what are you and your daughter doing?

CTyankee

(68,260 posts)
29. We were outside on a deck on the back of our house. I forget exactly what we were doing...I'll ask her!
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 12:17 AM
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