This was always one of my favorite pictures that Nana had in her tv room. Again, not sure of the year, could one of you Nielsen's help me out? And maybe a little bit of background on where and who took it? Just leave a comment. Thanks.(and p.s. I really love my dads Colonel Sanders tie!)
Update: From Virginia
The photo of us 5 Nielsen kids was taken in LaMesa, Ca. at the family home.It was in the small dining room that had french doors which opened up to the back yard patio.I believe mom told me once that the photographer was a friend of her/dad.I have a small print of the whole family - taken at same time (kids with parents)The year would be either 1958 or 59.I was in town (from Seattle - where I lived) for Ann's HS graduation.Ann was married in Oct 1959 - and it seems like she was just barely out of school so we'll see what the other sibs say as far as a date. I guess my first choice would be 1959.The dress I was wearing was a brides maid dress I wore at a friends wedding. If I could find that old photo - then maybe that would help even more! Guess this is a great reminder for all of us to put info on back of our prints - unless we are using a digital with the date on front of photo.
Update: From Tom
Ann graduated in 1958. We (I?)used to tease her about being a "58'er".That's really not Barbara in the photo...it's Chrissy. The tie came from Calico Ghost Town just East of Barstow, California. I won it from a one-legged gold miner in 1956 when I could spit farther than him.(We stopped in Calico during our move from Utah.)The color of the tie is "electric blue". Col Sander's original tie was black. But in 1997 KFC changed their logo to show him with a blue tie like mine. (It cost them plenty in annual fees for me to sign over the rights to my tie.)They used the famous blue tie in their logo from 1997 to 2006 and have since reverted to the black tie as a cost cutting measure after the YUM corporation purchased KFC from Pepsico. The tie remains in the KFC "museum" located in the orginal KFC in South Salt Lake (Murray), Utah.Doug is smiling because he knows he just barfed in my engineer boots that I routinely "parked" at the foot of our bunk beds...but that's a tale for another "Flashback Friday.-Tom
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I'm not sure of the year but it looks like the 50's! That's one great picture!
Ann graduated in 1958. We (I?)used to tease her about being a "58'er".
That's really not Barbara in the photo...it's Chrissy.
The tie came from Calico Ghost Town just East of Barstow, California. I won it from a one-legged gold miner in 1956 when I could spit farther than him.(We stopped in Calico during our move from Utah.)The color of the tie is "electric blue". Col Sander's original tie was black. But in 1997 KFC changed their logo to show him with a blue tie like mine. (It cost them plenty in annual fees for me to sign over the rights to my tie.)They used the famous blue tie in their logo from 1997 to 2006 and have since reverted to the black tie as a cost cutting measure after the YUM corporation purchased KFC from Pepsico. The tie remains in the KFC "museum" located in the orginal KFC in South Salt Lake (Murray), Utah.
Doug is smiling because he knows he just barfed in my engineer boots that I routinely "parked" at the foot of our bunk beds...but that's a tale for another "Flashback Friday.
-Tom
Ha ha - I think Tom must have too much time on his hands - and so he has resorted to telling tales about family life!!
Great story Tom - almost as great as your purple tie.
And lets hope that Vanessa puts a photo in about Doug soon so we can hear another great tale about the boots and barf.
From there we can always move on to the cherry bomb in the toilet story.
There are plenty to reveal.
I'm sure Doug has a few stories up his sleeve - if we can just cut him loose.
Although he did tell me a funny one recently about the real reason he helped Kurtis/Jenni move to their new condo. He/Jennette/Steven did it not because they are nice guys - but did it to help them keep out of jail! For those who don't know - Kurtis works for the Rexburg Police Dept - assigned to the BYU-I campus.
There are plenty of family stories - just pay em big to spread the news.
Virginia
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