England - Southend-on-Sea - 1960s mother and baby

A portrait of a mother in her 41st year has been gathering heather in handfuls and holds up her young child who grins towards his father who is taking the picture at a park near the Essex seaside town of Southend. It is the summer of 1960 and the mum's dress is styled from the previous decade: blue with white spots and pearl necklace. She too is smiling as she grasps the flowers and her child on a warm day. Oddly, the boy looks as though he is wearing a girl's dress which may have been a hand-me-down from an older sibling or just the trend then.

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Filename: family_archive2315-06_1960_1.jpg
Copyright: Richard Baker
Image Size: 3520x5382 / 1.3MB; sixties 1960s 60s English England GB British Europe EU Great Britain UK London provincial Essex Southend-on-Sea families family nostalgia bygone era age dated retro retrospective childhood youthful youth young growing up development innocence innocent age of innocence genealogy family tree next of kin demographics personal relatives snapshot family album amateur once upon a time decades population baby boom years period morality past olden days personal history yesteryear changing world outdoors park portrait mom mum mother mothering parent single content happy fun gathering heather natural nature boy baby holding smiling smile summer dark film Kodak kodachrome chrome transparency style trends clothing dress spots gender cross-dressing Kodachrome photography classic technology
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A portrait of a mother in her 41st year has been gathering heather in handfuls and holds up her young child who grins towards his father who is taking the picture at a park near the Essex seaside town of Southend. It is the summer of 1960 and the mum's dress is styled from the previous decade: blue with white spots and pearl necklace. She too is smiling as she grasps the flowers and her child on a warm day. Oddly, the boy looks as though he is wearing a girl's dress which may have been a hand-me-down from an older sibling or just the trend then.