At the end of each summer my sister, cousins, mother, aunt and grandfather Poppy took a trip to the Detroit Zoo. We are looking at the Horace H. Rackham Memorial Fountain, located in the middle of the zoo. Every year we took photos there.
In 1959 Dee Dee was almost 17 and too cool. I’m amazed she still accompanied us to the zoo. It must have been a very important part of our year. I was almost 13 and not at all cool. That expression on my face is one I recognize from other photos through the years, unfortunately. I would say the sun is in my eyes but it doesn’t seem to be bothering anybody else. And why am I wearing that skimpy outfit? Connie and my mother are wearing the hats my mother bought for Pearl and me. White sailor hats were the rage for awhile. Unfortunately, these were the cheap version and did not look like the popular ones. I don’t think we ever wore them. If I had, maybe I wouldn’t have been squinting at the camera.
That summer of 1959 we moved from our rented flat on Calvert into our very own house on Oregon. I turned 13 on August 30 and started 8th grade at McMichael Junior High School that fall.
Other Detroit zoo posts
Our Yearly Trip to the Zoo
Jo Mendi
Marilyn Makes a Trunk – 1956
It may not be a bridge, but what a perfect picture to match the prompt! The railings match so closely. I’ll bet your fingers snapped the moment you saw the prompt. 🙂
I originally thought of a few different bridge photos and then I remembered the matching railings in this one. I’m so glad I did.
Great photos Mommy!
Thanks for commenting here Jilo!
This post really warms my heart. My children and I try to visit the zoo once a year and we pose at that very location. I hope one day they stumble upon our photos and have fond thoughts. Take great care.
So nice to see you here Nikki! I’m sure they will. You take care too!
A great choice for matching an architectural detail. I looked through my collection of postcards of parks and bandstands but couldn’t find one. I laughed at your comment about being “not cool”. I think those sel-councious memories are the ones that stick with us forever. I know I have similar photos from age 13 that make me cringe. Paisley shirts and stripey bell-bottom jeans? What was I thinking?
Yes they do! Weren’t paisley shirts and stripey bell-bottoms were all the style though back then in the 70s?
That first photograph made me smile and then I realised what a great match it was to the prompt image with those fine stonework features.
I was quite happy to notice that match 🙂
Fun photos! My grandchildren love zoos, and as a result I’m rediscovering how much I enjoy zoos.
That’s a good way to go to the zoo as an adult, with grandchildren.