Erickson Family Videos

This is a few short cuts from the video taken at Grandma's 90th birthday party. Eventually I will have the full length video ready to view.

Back in the 1960's dad ventured into home video photography. These many years later we are so thankful that he made this decision. 8mm film becomes very brittle over time. Through out the years, technology has changed dramatically when it comes to preserving these 8mm films. Mother and dad, using 1980's technology had the film converted to VHS which was state of the art at the time. Recent technology allows for the scanning of the original film directly to digital. Modern software allows for the conversion of a digital file to a 16:9 resolution that plays nicely on current devices like televisions and cell phones. Hopefully family and friends will be able to enjoy mother and dad's films, long into the future.

Back in the 1960's dad ventured into home video photography. These many years later we are so thankful that he made this decision. 8mm film becomes very brittle over time. Through out the years, technology has changed dramatically when it comes to preserving these 8mm films. Mother and dad, using 1980's technology had the film converted to VHS which was state of the art at the time. Recent technology allows for the scanning of the original film directly to digital. Modern software allows for the conversion of a digital file to a 16:9 resolution that plays nicely on current devices like televisions and cell phones. Hopefully family and friends will be able to enjoy mother and dad's films, long into the future.

Back in the 1960's dad ventured into home video photography. These many years later we are so thankful that he made this decision. 8mm film becomes very brittle over time. Through out the years, technology has changed dramatically when it comes to preserving these 8mm films. Mother and dad, using 1980's technology had the film converted to VHS which was state of the art at the time. Recent technology allows for the scanning of the original film directly to digital. Modern software allows for the conversion of a digital file to a 16:9 resolution that plays nicely on current devices like televisions and cell phones. Hopefully family and friends will be able to enjoy mother and dad's films, long into the future.

Having dinner with the Garner's circa 1965. I don't remember dad doing much of any cooking. I do remember when mother was in the hospital when Patty was born, dad made tomato soup. The soup tasted terrible. I tried to complain and dad said... "Eat it". Nothing like mother's cooking. Dad was very proud of the patio/fireplace/grill that he made. It was pretty darn nice.

Grandma loved to crochet doilies.

Grandma Topping's birthday party at Cal and Marie's. Boyd, Alice, Bobby, Irene, their children, Fran & Allen were there.

Emmaus Church retreat at the Erickson homestead in the mid 1960's.

This may be the only video of Dad and his three boys fishing. We had a good day on the Bigfork River near the Erickson Homestead. After fishing, we visited Grandpa and Grandma Erickson in Effie. During the visit Ted Burns joined us. We also stopped at Ardean Aakhus' turkey farm.

Hunting with Dad and his deer hunters. Most likely this was in November, 1962-1963 at the farm near Effie, MN.

Jenny and her family visited Grandma in her new apartment. It was a special day. Jenny, Dimitar, Sophi & Nicola sang Happy Birthday to grandma who will turn 89 tomorrow.

I am now convinced that folding cloths can definitely be considered a form of art.

Mother having a fish fry with Dennis' norther pike.

Mother tidying up after Christmas Supper with Patty, Randy and Dave.