“We were not know for our smiles but every year, mom would schedule a family portrait and every year, nobody ever smiled.”

(submitted by Diana)

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“My first communion and my family posed for our boriqua, telenovela, purple rain, dynasty family photo. 1986, North Bergen, NJ.”

(submitted by Desirée)

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“Pool day with my mom in the 90s.”

(submitted by Justina)

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“This picture was taken at a portrait studio in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1989. Me and my friends thought it would be cool to get pictures taken in coordinating colours & various poses. As it turns out, we were correct.”

(submitted by Jill)

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“Bert and Ernie helped me celebrate my first birthday in 1978. That’s me sitting on the lady in yellow’s lap.”

(submitted by darryl)

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“My husband’s 1986 photo with his mom and sister in Princeton, Indiana. He hurt his eye playing football after his mom specifically told him not to but that wasn’t enough to miss the church photo. He was thrilled to be there.”

(submitted by Amy)

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“My dad was an amateur photographer who had some pretty interesting pose ideas for photo sessions with his kids. Here’s me and one of my older brothers in the early 70s.”

(submitted by Katherine)

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“That’s me, 1989 picture day for the 7th grade. The bowtie was my idea. Luckily I aged like a fine wine.”

submitted by ig@tinajlong76

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“2016 was apparently a rough year for my child. This is the best photo they took. She even flipped over the darn apple.”

(submitted by Mixie)

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“We took the family to Washington D.C. and went into the interactive flight simulator at the Air and Space museum. We thought we were taking a leisurely flight through space but what the operators failed to mention was the high speed barrel roll at the end. Luckily, the camera caught the moment.”

(submitted by Wendy)

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