I believe MoM attended the 1933 Chicago World's Fair: A Century of Progress. She and her twin sister would have been five years old that summer. I can see them dressed alike in hand-made frocks. I wonder how patiently they were able to wait in the long lines.
Was this the summer between their two attempts at kindergarten? Did they chatter to each other in their own language? That was given as the reason they failed the first time. This was before twins were encouraged to develop their own separate identities.
I wish I could ask them what they remembered about the trip. Did they see Transparent Man? Or did Grandma P. find it too shocking to see the naked man reaching to the sun?
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