60 years ago this week,LIFE’s cover story focused on “the newest profession” - BABY-SITTING. According to the article, it was a thriving commerce at the rate of a billion dollars a year. This image opened the story with the following caption:
While sitter Iva Pepper fixes his shirt, or Chan Gibson puckishly mimics her expression in showdown over permission to play outdoors. From the July 29,1957 issue. (Leonard McCombe—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #thisweekinLIFE #1950s
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