Little Girl Blue (18 page)

Class pictures, 1965 and 1967.
Downey Historical Society

Concert choir, 1966–67. 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

1965–66 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