Family photo

[FinanceDude]

Hey, that's Angie Dickinson!!

 

[Moemg]

Wow ! You look great !

 

[TromboneAl]

I like the navel observatory.

 

[Nords]

My mother and her mother did not get along (to put it politely) and no real family communication had happened since my mother's death in 1987. When Grandma died in 2001, one of my cousins went through her photo albums and scanned in a bunch of pictures. I'd never seen them before. In fact it was the first time I'd seen any photos of my mother before her wedding album.

One undated black & white shot showed my mother with her three older siblings. Judging from their memories, the picture was taken around 1942 when she was five years old. I've cropped it alongside my daughter's kindergarten portrait, taken in 1997-- when she was also five years old.

I know young kids share a lot of common features, but their hair color/texture and eye color are exactly the same. Apparently my sole life's purpose has been to transfer my mother's genes to my daughter, which my spouse finds even less amusing than I do…

 

[Khan]

1974

 

[Nords]

This is the portrait our kid set up after our black belt ceremony, so maybe she'll overcome her heritage...

 

[FinanceDude]

1974

Quite the hottie.........

 

[Moemg]

This is the portrait our kid set up after our black belt ceremony, so maybe she'll overcome her heritage...

What a great picture ! That is priceless !

 

[kumquat]

Me (second to left) with my brothers circa 1955. Can anyone identify that vehicle?

1857 Wells-Fargo?

 

[CuppaJoe]

1857 Wells-Fargo?

Wells Fargo History Services - Our History

 

[CuppaJoe]

....
Apparently my sole life's purpose has been to transfer my mother's genes to my daughter, which my spouse finds even less amusing than I do…

That is so funny. But I'm sure she's yours mentally; the triumph of nurture over nature?

 

[TromboneAl]

From my father's side of the family:

 

[bbbamI]

I love hairy men....but that pic...well....hmmmmm...

 

[Khan]

The whole gang a year earlier (me at 7)

 

[Khan]

Mother's brother with wife & oldest son

 

[bbbamI]

Here's a pic of my dad holding "his big gun"...circa 1953.

 

[Amethyst]

Khan, you look like your brother just told you there were "bugs" in the hot dog you just ate for lunch Older siblings do that sort of thing, as I seem to recall.
What a dear little thing you were, though. Perfect little shape and with a bit of natural wave to your hair.

 

[haha]

1974

I see you skipped the Maxi skirt/pencil skirt phase of the early 70s and stuck with the tried and true plan of baring all.

Way to go.

 

[Khan]

I see you skipped the Maxi skirt/pencil skirt phase of the early 70s and stuck with the tried and true plan of baring all.

Way to go.

I was 23 and living in California.

 

[Nords]

The whole gang a year earlier (me at 7)

That's more or less every caption in our family photo albums...

 

[freebird5825]

I was 23 and living in California.

Stooooooooooooorrrrrrieeeeeees ?

 

[Khan]

Stooooooooooooorrrrrrieeeeeees ?

Young and in love. Pictures taken by SO/later DH/later EX

 

[Amethyst]

I see you skipped the Maxi skirt/pencil skirt phase of the early 70s and stuck with the tried and true plan of baring all.

Way to go.

I was wearing extra-short-shorts, bare midriff tops and no bra to school about the same time...that was the style year-round in Florida (hey, at least I wasn't streaking, like some of my classmates! ). Why my very old-fashioned parents never said anything against such skimpy attire was a puzzle. They certainly had strict rules about everything else.

 

[REWahoo]

I was wearing extra-short-shorts, bare midriff tops and no bra to school about the same time...

 

[KennyM]

I was wearing extra-short-shorts, bare midriff tops and no bra to school about the same time...that was the style year-round in Florida (hey, at least I wasn't streaking, like some of my classmates! ). Why my very old-fashioned parents never said anything against such skimpy attire was a puzzle. They certainly had strict rules about everything else.

Ah, to think back to my school day's. Guy's, no sideburns! Shirt tails tucked in, belts required. Girls, no hem-lines above the knees etc! Girls in pants, no way! My daughter, and son attended the same school, and the dress codes were so much relaxed!