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2020s

julia-lancashire

<img width="300" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/julia-lancashire.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="julia-lancashire" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/julia-lancashire.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/julia-lancashire.jpeg?zoom=2&resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/julia-lancashire.jpeg?zoom=3&resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="116765" data-permalink="https://www.wgbhalumni.org/2022/04/04/mastering-the-art-of-portraying-julia-child/julia-lancashire/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/julia-lancashire.jpeg?fit=1440%2C960&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1440,960" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="julia-lancashire" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/julia-lancashire.jpeg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/julia-lancashire.jpeg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1" />

Mastering the Art of Portraying Julia Child

2000s-10s

Screen Shot 2019-12-15 at 10.44.44 AM

<img width="125" height="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-15-at-10.44.44-AM.png?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="Screen Shot 2019-12-15 at 10.44.44 AM" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-15-at-10.44.44-AM.png?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 125w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-15-at-10.44.44-AM.png?zoom=2&resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 250w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-15-at-10.44.44-AM.png?zoom=3&resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 375w" sizes="(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px" data-attachment-id="114301" data-permalink="https://www.wgbhalumni.org/2007/12/04/video-tour-of-125-western-avenue-2006/screen-shot-2019-12-15-at-10-44-44-am/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-15-at-10.44.44-AM.png?fit=526%2C296&ssl=1" data-orig-size="526,296" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screen Shot 2019-12-15 at 10.44.44 AM" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-15-at-10.44.44-AM.png?fit=320%2C180&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-15-at-10.44.44-AM.png?fit=526%2C296&ssl=1" />

Video Tour of 125 Western Avenue (2006)

1980s-90s

CP-Goodbye-cropped

<img width="125" height="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/CP-Goodbye-cropped.jpg?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="CP-Goodbye-cropped" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/CP-Goodbye-cropped.jpg?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 125w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/CP-Goodbye-cropped.jpg?zoom=2&resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 250w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/CP-Goodbye-cropped.jpg?zoom=3&resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 375w" sizes="(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px" data-attachment-id="114259" data-permalink="https://www.wgbhalumni.org/2008/10/28/the-understanding-business/cp-goodbye-cropped/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/CP-Goodbye-cropped.jpg?fit=1319%2C1109&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1319,1109" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"unknown","camera":"Canon EOS 30D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1225214271","copyright":"","focal_length":"50","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.0125","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="CP-Goodbye-cropped" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/CP-Goodbye-cropped.jpg?fit=320%2C269&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/CP-Goodbye-cropped.jpg?fit=820%2C689&ssl=1" />

We’re in the “understanding business”

1950s-70s

julia-child

<img width="300" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/julia-child.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="julia-child" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/julia-child.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/julia-child.jpg?zoom=2&resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="115710" data-permalink="https://www.wgbhalumni.org/2021/02/05/hbo-new-series-julia/julia-child-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/julia-child.jpg?fit=839%2C656&ssl=1" data-orig-size="839,656" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="julia-child" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/julia-child.jpg?fit=600%2C469&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/julia-child.jpg?fit=839%2C656&ssl=1" />

Julia Child & Godzilla the Lobster: Early Memories in Studio A

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