With her All-American good looks, brown-eyed brunette
Martha Branch was a popular
1960s Ford model. She was featured on the covers of fashion magazines and catalogs for both teens and women:
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Fall/Winter 1961 Simplicity's Modern Miss: The Magazine for Home Economics StudentsJohnny Carson & Martha
January 1962 Ingenue MagazineJanuary 1964 Good Housekeeping MagazineJanuary 1965 'TEEN MagazineMartha & Jennifer O'Neill
February 1965 Seventeen Magazinehttp://www.minimadmod60s.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=13975
March 1965 Good Housekeeping MagazineApril 1965 Seventeen MagazineHoliday 1966/1967 Lana Lobell CatalogInterestingly,
Martha and
Marola Witt also graced the cover of the
1966 high school Home Economics textbook
Manners Made Easy by
Mary Beery:
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The cover photo was originally a
1963 ad for
Enka Zantrel Fabrics:
Susan Camp
Senior Editor & Archivist