Grandma Tillie's Laugh
This would be taken in the 1950's, probably at her apartment in Far Rockaway. She always had a glass of "grapefruit water", as I called it: she peeled grapefruit and put in a glass of water and sipped on it. Never learned English, she spoke Yiddish and read the 'Forward' Jewish newspaper daily, but was not a big talker. She was always a bit quiet and demure, and easily made to laugh. She had the funniest high-pitched 'squeak' of a laugh...
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