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1961 photo sends editor on research project

• Woman photographed as a 3-year-old child in Ceres never knew about 1961 UPI image

This old United Press International photo shot in Ceres in August 1961 was offered on eBay. The Courier editor purchased it and tracked down the girl in the photo and learned the story. The description on the back read as follows: “Grounded. CERES, CALIFORNIA: Though a local TV repairman said that the ‘grounded’ antenna wouldn’t work, TV reception in the Ceres California home of Wyman Sanders is excellent these days. Tired of having the TV antenna fall off the roof all the time, Sanders jammed the well-bent antenna into the ground in his backyard. His daughter Carolyn, 3, is still puzzled by the sudden relocation of the antenna.”

Ceres antenna — This old United Press International photo shot in Ceres in August 1961 was offered on eBay. The Courier editor purchased it and tracked down the girl in the photo and learned the story. The description on the back read as follows: “Grounded. CERES, CALIFORNIA: Though a local TV repairman said that the ‘grounded’ antenna wouldn’t work, TV reception in the Ceres California home of Wyman Sanders is excellent these days. Tired of having the TV antenna fall off the roof all the time, Sanders jammed the well-bent antenna into the ground in his backyard. His daughter Carolyn, 3, is still puzzled by the sudden relocation of the antenna.”

I saw the photo on eBay and smelled a story – what kind of story I wasn’t sure but I was game for a challenge.

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