As she told it, this picture was taken by a passing cameraman. She is about six years old here, and posing coquettishly for the career in fashion she planned to have as a child! That isn't exactly the way things worked out, but strangely enough, she did wind up a clothier many years later. But I'm getting ahead of myself. This was taken in 1922 in front of the tenement in Brooklyn. Within a few years, Gladys would be attending school, and then working, but here she is simply enjoying the day and being cute. She was at this time still an only child.