Tag: New York
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SUNDAY NEWS COLOROTO
April 19, 1942 Lucille Ball appeared on the Coloroto supplement section of the Sunday New York News on April 19, 1942. The blurb inside uses the usual studio publicity for Lucille, some of it exaggeration. She was not born in Butte, Montana (Jamestown, New York), nor was she 28 in 1942 (30). While Lucy was…
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LUCY DAY at the WORLD’S FAIR!
August 31, 1964 Monday, August 31, 1964, was declared Lucille Ball Day at the 1964 World’s Fair in Queens, New York. The event featured a live appearance by Ball, who spent from 10am to 6pm visiting various pavilions at the fair. At the time, Ball was about to premiere the third season of “The Lucy…
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A Tribute to Danfield
From 1962 to 1965 Lucille Carmichael, Vivian Bagley and their children lived in the fictional suburb of Danfield, New York. Lucy and Viv say they’ve been living together for five years, coming together like a female odd couple after Lucy was widowed and Vivian and her husband Ralph divorced. The town was also home to…