FREEDOM-AIN’T-FREE-BABY (@19671965cuda)

Soaring just above the ground, Mary Skeslien (Welker) is held aloft by Kay Cochran (Weiser) as Roxie Mitchell (Allred) looks on in the background. In 1958, Jack Gilluly captured three of the four Spinning Marvels for the Shelby Promoter as they performed at the Marias Fair. The group’s four members included Roxie, Mary, Kay, and Linda Lux (Johnson) of Shelby, Montana. The girls performed together throughout high school from 1958 to1961, doing a variety of stunts. They appeared together at fairs and events from Kalispell to Scobey and Billings to Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, as well as on TV. [MHS #PhotoArchives, PAc 78-18 folder 12, photographer Jack Gilluly for The Shelby Promoter, July 24 or 25, 1958]