Glad to see they were so careful to avoid any hint of objectification!
What is the blue thing she is holding? It looks like a cheerleader pom-pom, but her attire is inconsistent with that.
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probably some kind of pom pom purse. no idea
My guess is a fancy handbag.
Huh... It looks very impractical to me, if so. But then, I am not a 1960's high society lady, and I do not know about these kinds of things. Perhaps you are right.
I wonder how this Pamela is doing today
yeah, about that...
Very possible that Pamela, and the Tom, Dick, and Harry hand guys, are no longer with us.
1962 was 64 years ago. How old was Pamela in this photo? I am terrible at age guessing! 25? That would put her at 89 today. If 30, then 94.
Possible... but it's well past the average lifespan for someone born in the 1930s. The average American woman born in 1935 had a 63 year life expectancy.
If Pamela was a smoker in her life, not just when posing for ads, her expected span would be shorter than that average which also included non-smokers. Only 1/3 of women were smokers in the early 1960's. Of course we don't know from the ad if she was a smoker, or not.
Editing my own post to add: There is also the conditional factor to consider. While a woman born in 1935 might have had a 63 LE, there was a lot of infant morality in that figure, so the LE for a woman born in 1935 who had already reached 20-some years of age, would be higher than 63.
Great post,t ty!
Dick owns a 90-foot cruiser. What a dick.