Sorry. Here it is: Kindergarten 1976

Your link is borked :(

Kindergarten 1976

"This page is private."

:(

I'm such a fucking genius tonight.

(Or maybe this is some kind of Freudian thing?)

I made the photos public. Try it again.

Everything fixed now. Love the pics.

So cute. I miss the 70s, which is another way of just missing the security of childhood, in all its avocados and plaids.

You haven't changed a bit. I wish you had a grown-up version of that suit though.

Nice. Makes me feel old though; I remember '76 pretty well (I was 12) but in my mind it doesn't look so ancient.

I missed the '70s. I have this idea of it as so very... orange. (or whatever you call the color that seems to tint all '70s photos)

What an awesome suit!!

Also please add to my flickr group When I was Little - I love old pics like these!

Awwww . . . thanks, guys! Glad you like them!


I wish you had a grown-up version of that suit though.

Sorry, no. That ain't happening.

I remember '76 pretty well (I was 12) but in my mind it doesn't look so ancient.

Hmmm. Interesting. That feels like ancient history to me. And I was there! I barely remember the events documented in the photos.

I missed the '70s. I have this idea of it as so very... orange. (or whatever you call the color that seems to tint all '70s photos)

That's pretty accurate, actually. Or, at least, it accords with my own vague childhood memories of the age. Kind of orange-ish.

Also please add to my flickr group When I was Little - I love old pics like these!

Thanks! Will do!

Leisure suit! I'd forgotten they made kiddie leisure suits!

A stroll down leisure suit memory lane

Love the shag haircut, I had the same one!

gomi: joined and added a photo to the group.

It's interesting how easily recognizable you are in those pictures. What made you post them now? Did you just run across them? Were you looking for them? Do you have a lot of others?

It's interesting how easily recognizable you are in those pictures. What made you post them now? Did you just run across them? Were you looking for them? Do you have a lot of others?

Thank you! The child is father to the man, and all that. No, I did not just encounter them out of the blue, nor was I searching for them. They've been in my family photo album which has been sitting on my kitchen table for the last few years. I knew where to find them. I have a few others from that time period, like maybe a half-dozen, but these are my favorites.

The story behind the posting of these pictures: a few months back, Jan was visiting me. I showed her that photo album and she loved loved loved these kindergarten shots. She thought they were the cutest damned things she had ever seen. "Stripey Suit! Striiiiipey Suit!" So, hey, why not post them online? Jan's got good taste; if she likes them, no doubt others will like them too.

I've been meaning to post them for the longest damn time but never got around to it. Kind of one of those back-burner projects, y'know? Lately, though, I've been trying to impose more structure on my life. Be more productive. Get things done. Take advantage of the ample portions of free time the capitalist system has given me. Every day for the last week, I've been setting up a to-do list and that happened to be on the list; that was today's Big Project.

So you can blame Jan. And capitalism.

Well they are just awesome.

It was, in fact, over two years ago that I first saw those photos and have been asking (i.e. nagging) j_p ever since to put them online. So yes, you can blame me I claim the credit.

I want that suit! So suave!

I, too, think you should get a grown-up version of that suit. It's so fly.

I love baby photos! Thanks, j_p.