Dueling Hairdryers: Vintage Portraits from Olan Mills
December 31st, 2007 by Jeff Simmermon
God, I wonder how much they spent on shampoo and conditioner as a household. Probably at least as much as this guy spent on mousse and hairspray.
That photo up there comes from a fantastic post (via Metafilter) of spectacularly crappy vintage portraits from Olan Mills Studios. Like one of the comments says, “hilarious in an oddly painful way.”
For a bonus treat, check out this lovely lady.
Happy New Year, everyone. Drive safe and don’t resolve too much all at once.
Filed under portraits, awful, Olan Mills, vintage, photography, family, photos, Uncategorized having
January 1st, 2008 at 9:39 pm
I retain all rights to this image - http://www.flickr.com/photos/simmermon/2152033153/
So please remove it from this page, and from your FLickr photostream.
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
wow, steph of jeff n steph actually lives! and she apparently married jeff. who has a goatee now. i kinda want to barf now.
oh yeah, happy new year.
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Steph — it’s gone. Sorry to trouble you …
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Linking to an image is one thing, but you just can’t take it as your own. Thank you for removing it.
Yes, Jeff & I are still together - 20 years. But for the record, he never used mousse or hairspray - it was naturally curly.
Steph
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Glad to hear that Steph and Jeff have made it and glad I saw the picture.
January 25th, 2008 at 8:31 am
Congrats on 20 years there Steph!
Anyone else think Jeff looks a lil like Mitch Hedberg? You guys woulda made a kick-ass sitcom a-la “That 70s Show”
RIP Mitch!
July 11th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
The father looks an awful lot like R. Stevie Moore!