1960s family memories

There is something about the 1960s that gets me every time. It was a tumultuous decade, but it sure had style. Check out the below photos and see if you don't agree...

Fancy updos....

Shift dresses and atomic George Nelson-inspired clocks...

Aluminum Christmas trees, smoking in the house (!) and slim suits...

A time when you couldn't delete the outtakes...

Sweater sets and red lipstick for daytime...

Wood paneling. This was taken around 1960, so the 1950s influences were still very noticeable. Love it though!

clovis yates

Today's post began because of the photograph directly below. I absolutely love this picture -- the colors, his expression, his clothes and hat, the fact that he's sitting on a chair on the porch. It is so quintessentially Southern. I'm not sure why he's holding a liquid soap bottle though!

The man in these beautiful photos is Jonathan's great-grandfather Clovis Yates. I've written about him before here and here. Enjoy...

Clovis Yates.

Clovis and Eliza Yates.

Eliza and Clovis with their youngest daughter Linda.

Clovis on the porch.

Clovis (back row, second from left) and his family.

Clovis (back row left) and his family.

1958 beauty pageant photos

These 1958 beauty pageant photographs of Jonathan's Aunt Linda were too fun not to share. Apparently she was Jumpertown High School's Most Beautiful in 1958. Beauty pageants have never been my thing, but in these photographs, they seem pretty charming.

Isn't she pretty?

I love the expressions on the kids' faces...

Pretty dresses.

Love this shot from the audience.

Linda's pretty dress.

The tiara and flowers are pretty funny. 

School Days...

I'm in the middle of a photo book for Sadie's sister Linda, so I've been scanning and editing all sorts of fun photographs. Linda is the youngest of the Yates' sisters, and she graduated from Jumpertown High School in Jumpertown, Mississippi in 1961. Jumpertown is a small rural community located just outside of Booneville in Prentiss County. 

Aren't they cute? Linda is the third from the left on the bottom row. 

The Jumpertown High School Class of 1961. Linda is on the bottom row on the far right. 

I love this yearbook photograph all of the girls in front of Jumpertown School. (The back of the photo actually has the job, page and position number on it.) 

The senior class all dressed up for prom or their school banquet. Linda is in the center. 

The Jumpertown High School Class of 1961. I graduated from Booneville High School in 2002, and Torrance School Photography took our class photographs as well!