I think this is my first time participating in Sepia Saturday, but having recently rediscovered this picture of my mom, I couldn't resist. This is my mother, Maryanne Hill Yarborough. I don't know where or when the picture was taken, but my guess is that it was sometime in the mid- to late 1950's on one of the beaches here in Hampton Roads, VA. (She would have been between 20 - 25 years old.) Since the beaches were still segregated at that time, she was probably either at Ocean Breeze or Sea View in the Virginia Beach/Norfolk area, or (less-probably) at Bay Shore in Hampton.
On the slim chance that the picture was taken a bit later, say in the early to mid-60's, I'd most certainly say that this is Buckroe Beach in Hampton, where we moved in 1964. However, by that time, my mom would have had 4 children, and I just think she looks a little too relaxed for it to have been then. But, you never know!
My mom is obviously "stiking a pose", and I think she looks very pretty, and even "sexy". (Is one supposed to say that about one's mother?) :) I plan to visit the area beaches to see if I can locate this spot, based on what I see in the background of the photo. Wish me luck!
Renate
PS... To see a picture of my grandmother (my mother's mother) in all her swimsuit glory, please take a look at my previous post, "Fun in the Sun - Grandma Thomas, Back in the Day!" which was posted in 2010 for the 95th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy.
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