Ken Christopherson

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Hello all! I spent most of my afternoon going through old photos with my aunt.. I saw SO many great photos.... She even has them all organized by decade from
the 1940's to the 2000's. I will be helping her put them on CD/DVD so that we can disburse them out to family members. But, until we get that project done, I
took some snapshots of what I found. I hope you all enjoy the photos! If you would like to know some stories on them (I know most)... Ask and I will tell!
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Thanks for the posting the photos. I'm always interested in old farm photos from other families. My dad was a first generation farmer so I have no farming pictures from ancestors and only one or two pics of my dad farming back in the day.
 
My very first car was a '56 Buick. I paid $65 for it in 1971. Was a terrible car for a 16 yo. But it was a car, and it was mine! :D
 
I would love to get my hands on a '56 Buick
Special 2 door. Very classy cars, and not
nearly as sought after as say a Chevy Bel
Air. It was my grandpa's first new car. My
dad loved that car!
 
The ladies in that photo are my grandma (Josephina) in center, my aunt, Sylvia, on right, and her best friend on the left. Seems like simpler times back then. Some beautiful ladies as well.
 
I think it was 25+ years. He stayed until after the MM shutdown/merger/buyout, and then White called him back to help with the changeover. Once that was complete, he retired and moved north to the woods.
 
My uncle bought that truck as a repairable. He owned a body shop, and I remember him telling stories about it. He fixed it and painted it in the dead of winter, and when he got it outside and drove north to show my grandpa, the paint started peeling up in sheets. Something to do with the curing process and the bitter cold. Something like -30? or -40?F. He gets mad about it to this day! But he loved that truck. Has a nice '77 F150 now that is mostly original.
 
So he wouldn't have been there when our '49 RTU was built? We met a guy from Birmingham AL that designed and built some of the machinery in the MM plant. He's near 90. Sharp as a tack ,told some good stories!
 
I believe that is a '55 Buick. I took my driving test in a '56 Buick SEDT car that the school had. That one has the large back-up lights in the middle of the taillights. SEDT= Safety Education Driver Training.
 
Thanks, Bob. Been behind on videos the last month or so. Next video will be a good one. Cold starts, little project updates, and some other big news.... Stay tuned!
 
Good to know. Told my wife if we ever get a classic car, this is the one I want. My aunt thought it was a '56 Buick. Her memory couldn't serve her completely
though.

It was the car she learned to drive in. And, after watching many videos, I have fallen in love with the car! (Plus, it is just plain classy)!
 
I have a number of old photos from my mother's side as well.. Distant relatives owned steamers, threshers, and even an IHC Titan 10-20. Wish I still had any of
those today!
 
No, he wouldn't have. I believe he started there sometime in the early 1950's. He tried to make it in northern MN, as that is where my grandmother wanted to live. They found that they couldn't make a decent living, though, so were forced to move to the cities where he worked for MM until he retired. He was also an avid musician and traveled all over on weekends playing gigs (mostly polka).

My father was in a couple blues bands in the midwest in the 1970's/1980's. They were actually fairly well to do - First playing with Crazy Legs, and then moving to the Kingsnakes. Played in Minneapolis a lot. Found this little snippet in the piles of photos as well. Pretty neat little photo! Bet you can't guess which one is my dad! Since 11.20 is the anniversary of his passing, I figured I would add it into this post. He would have been 60 next June. Passed on 11.20.14. His dad (pictured above fixing the lawnmower) passed on 11.25.93 - Thanksgiving day.
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I ain't gonna try to guess which one is your dad! I don't watch reality TV,it's more interesting to talk to real folks and hear real history.
 
I agree. Reality TV isn't even reality TV. My YouTube channel is pretty real, though! All the mistakes I make and things I break, yup... They are REAL! Ha ha ha!
 
(quoted from post at 04:59:15 11/14/18) That is my Grandpa, Norman Christopherson, working the assembly line at the Minneapolis Moline factory in Hopkins, MN. Circa 1963.
Can the ceilings be any higher during that period. Natural draft to draw off the summer heat must have been paramount. hee .CM
 

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