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January 1959. "At the Mill Reef Club in Antigua." 35mm Kodachrome slide by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "The Antigua Way of Life." View full size.
"I got a taste of the good life
When Daddy's business became mine
Got in at the Mill Reef Club
It was the winter of '59 ..."
Dinner plates were smaller and so were the people.
Careful to coordinate lipstick, nail polish, and bathing suit colors. Walk up to her gingerly so as to not get sand in her plate. I bet she's asking: "What's open -- red, white, or bubbly?"
You can still join the private Mill Reef Club, if you can afford it. At the time this picture was taken, you could have mixed with du Ponts, Motts, Goulds and Astors. Who knows today - maybe oligarchs and Bitcoin millionaires!
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