Comments on: When Olan Mills Goes Bad

By: The Slapster

The Slapster — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:51:54 +0000

Is there a site dedicated to "Glamour Shots" too? Those places should be burned to the ground & seeded with holy salt to keep anything from ever springing up again.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:34:10 +0000

Oh man, I've gotta control my breathing or I'm gonna pass out from laughing! Neatorama you've had some real gut busters today! (well today and yesterday technically)

By: peril

peril — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:05:41 +0000

Brilliant!

By: sise

sise — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:06:05 +0000

My mom had one of these taken when she was around my age in like, 200bc, and despite the cheesy background and her funny dress, it is the most gorgeous picture of my mother ever.

Awww *tear*

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:01:40 +0000

Jessi, she has no neck. Her head is held aloft above her body by her magnificent hair

By: Dianne

Dianne — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:25:16 +0000

Yea, her hair is really pretty and you can tell she is proud it is taking over the planet.

By: Jessi

Jessi — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:46:04 +0000

Am I the only one who thinks it looks like her hair ate her neck?

By: Rocky Rook

Rocky Rook — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:04:04 +0000

What an amazing collection. But I'd surmise that you could go into almost any home and find a box full of these type of pictures.

By: ted

ted — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:25:56 +0000

Deja vu.
Still just mildly amusing, if that.

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:42:36 +0000

I was about nine when I had to sit for some of these. The "Thoughtful Lance" type picture brought back some memories. I think my mom still has that one in a frame, which is scary.

By: Michael-M

Michael-M — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:46:18 +0000

For seven years I was one of the people on the other side of the camera.
They photos, poses, and backgrounds may look funny now, but nearly 40 years ago we were creating memories for those involved.
One particular child had birth defects and I worked for 20 minutes to get some good shots of her.
Yea whoopee, I hear, 20 whole minutes. The average sitting took under 5 minutes and we did upwards of 400 sittings a day.
The mother came back the next time I was in town to thank me for my efforts. The little girl had died the day after her 5th birthday, two weeks after the sitting.

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:51:37 +0000

I agree with LisaL, the woman is gorgeous. The kid in the back looks like Shawn White if he was in the Partridge Family.

By: JoeD

JoeD — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:38:35 +0000

An oldie, but a goodie. I hadn't seen this in a while and was hoping more pictures had been added. Alas, it was not the case. Still a good read anyway.

By: LisaL

LisaL — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:50:48 +0000

And I must say, even though the 2 guys in that photo are a bit odd, that woman is gorgeous! Beautiful hair and such a pretty face.

By: LisaL

LisaL — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:49:51 +0000

Ugh.... my mom has a big photo of my brother and I in one of those sears photo things. I'm standing there in a hot pink number with that 80's teased up bangs thing going on, while he's there w/ long hair and his blue NC jacket on lol. It's AWFUL.

By: The El Bee En

The El Bee En — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:45:39 +0000

I dunno...I guess humor IS an aquired taste.

By: sadtomato

sadtomato — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:06:56 +0000

Thank you so much for this. I laughed until I cried. I have some Sears photos tucked away too. My mom was unfortunately a big fan of the portrait studio.

By: AndyIII

AndyIII — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:18:51 +0000

My dad still has an Olan Mills picture of my brothers and I from about 1978 hanging up where we all have our arms on a fake piece of 'farm fence' and a paper background behind us of an old mill. It's brutal, and a good laugh for every girlfriend I've taken out there.