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Old 01-12-2008, 02:35 AM
 
Location: Maple Valley, WA
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I received a hilarious e-mail which contained some Olan Mills portraits. I wanted to post and share, but then I wasn't sure if that was breaking a rule.
It's family portraiture from the 70's and 80's at it's finest.

Can anyone tell me for sure if it's OK to share them here?
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Old 01-12-2008, 07:54 AM
 
Location: Sarasota, Florida
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I've seen Olan Mills portraits, they're absolutely hysterical!!!! I'm not sure how to go about posting them. If they were on the web, then you could easily link them in your post. Sorry, couldn't help much! May be if you google Olan Mills, they will come up, and link it?
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Old 01-12-2008, 09:23 AM
 
Location: Maple Valley, WA
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I've seen Olan Mills portraits, they're absolutely hysterical!!!! I'm not sure how to go about posting them. If they were on the web, then you could easily link them in your post. Sorry, couldn't help much! May be if you google Olan Mills, they will come up, and link it?
Ha! You were right! Check out the link - it's too funny

Olan Mills Awesomeness « (http://sohos.wordpress.com/2008/01/1...s-awesomeness/ - broken link)

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Old 01-12-2008, 09:47 AM
 
Location: Camano Island, WA
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Talking Memories...lol

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Ha! You were right! Check out the link - it's too funny

Olan Mills Awesomeness « (http://sohos.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/olan-mills-awesomeness/ - broken link)



Flashback..."The Library Backdrop" ROFL!!....that is TOO funny!...my mother was a huge fan of dragging all us kids to Olan Mills in the day for the family portrait...LOL....we hated going there..(God luv ya mom! )...she was suckered into a club membership too!...lol

These quotes were good from the link:

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Olan Mills backdrop #4: Bucolic Meadow with Split Rail Fence. Is that an animal carcass behind her?




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This photo isn’t discolored. The 70s really were that Orange.
...hahaha......that had to be the ugliest color for anything...that or that green shade...lol
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Old 01-12-2008, 10:06 AM
 
Location: Maple Valley, WA
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LOL!! And the red-headed boy in the first picture reminds me of Rusty from European Vacation!
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Old 01-12-2008, 10:14 AM
 
Location: Camano Island, WA
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LOL!! And the red-headed boy in the first picture reminds me of Rusty from European Vacation!

Yes!!....LOL...I think I need oxygen from laughing so much...lol

I was just reading through some of the comments...this one was hilarious...

I’m sitting here laughing my ass off and my child just came in and asked if I was out of my mind.
So I showed her what I was looking at and she asked if people really looked like that back then. LOL…


Did people really look like that back then? ...that is classic!...and what were we thinking exactly???....lol
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Old 01-12-2008, 06:35 PM
 
Location: The mountians of Northern California.
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Yes!!....LOL...I think I need oxygen from laughing so much...lol

I was just reading through some of the comments...this one was hilarious...

I’m sitting here laughing my ass off and my child just came in and asked if I was out of my mind.
So I showed her what I was looking at and she asked if people really looked like that back then. LOL…


Did people really look like that back then? ...that is classic!...and what were we thinking exactly???....lol
LMAO Yes people really did look like that. I wish there were some photos of people wearing short shorts and tube socks up to their knees. That was a classic look.

I was laughing too. We have some family portraits from Olan Mills from the late 70s and early 80s. They are funny.
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Old 01-12-2008, 07:28 PM
 
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow in "OZ "
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Heck when I was just out of diapers momma and dear ole dad too us too Olan Mills,they where still using black power for the flashey thing........
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Old 01-13-2008, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Maine
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A friend I haven't seen in 25 years looked me up and emailed pics to me last week. Remember powder blue tuxedos and ruffled cuffs? I keep looking at my hair after I had it permed and wondering why THAT was the style then, or at any other time. That was bad enough. I'm glad my mother didn't drag us to Olan Mills.
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Old 01-14-2008, 10:46 AM
 
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow in "OZ "
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Talking Remember powder blue tuxedos

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A friend I haven't seen in 25 years looked me up and emailed pics to me last week. Remember powder blue tuxedos and ruffled cuffs? I keep looking at my hair after I had it permed and wondering why THAT was the style then, or at any other time. That was bad enough. I'm glad my mother didn't drag us to Olan Mills.
You forgot the white Pat Boone platform shoes with the 2 inch heel...... and Barry Gibb
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