Little Girl Blue (18 page)
Authors: Randy L. Schmidt
Class pictures, 1965 and 1967.
Downey Historical Society
Concert choir, 1966â67. Karen in second row, middle.
Downey Historical Society
Singing in the annual Viking Varieties talent show at Downey High School, March 1965.
Downey Historical Society
1965â66 Downey High School drum line: Randy Malquist, Karen, Nancy Roubal, John Higgins, and Frankie Chavez.
Downey Historical Society
With Wes Jacobs at Viking Varieties, March 1966.
Downey Historical Society
Early Carpenters promotional photo, 1969.
A&M Records
In rehearsal and in concert, Long Beach, California, December 1970.
Frank Pooler
Karen as the American Cancer Society's national youth chairman. The Carpenters donated proceeds from concert tour book sales to the ACS.
American Cancer Society
At home on Newville Avenue with Agnes, Harold, and Richard, early 1971.
Robert Trendler/Globe Photos
A serious pose from a duo usually known for their “toothy twosome” personas.
A&M Records
Karen at age twenty-one.
A&M Records
On location for Tom Jones's
London Bridge Special
, Lake Havasu, Arizona, February 1972.
A&M Records
With Frank Pooler backstage at the Chevron Hotel, Sydney, Australia, May 1972.
Frank Pooler