In a dank, dark basement a genuine skeleton dances with a very happy woman. As they sway to the rhythm the Skeleton enjoys a cigarette. There’s a cigarette butt in his mouth. And, by the way, the skeleton is not an imposter. A man came up to me after a slide show and said, “I’m […]
When I was growing up the tradition in my family is that we always got our Christmas tree on my birthday – December 20th, and I got to pick it out. When I was in first grade my parents cut loose and actually let me pick out a flocked tree. Getting a flocked tree is Southern California’s version of having a white Christmas.
Cheers to the shape of that woman’s brassiere, her titty-pink top and her shocking pink hostess pants.
Cheers to the Hugh Hefner wannabee.
Cheers to the two ladies toasting on the couch - especially the most glamorous woman in the history of my slide collection. She wears a timeless-classic ostrich feather hat and smokes a cigarette […]
Have you ever spent Christmas in Christmas? Christmas, Michigan. How about Easter in Easter, TX? Have you ever been to Santa Claus? Santa Claus, Indiana or Santa Claus, Georgia? Were you ever served Christmas dinner at this week’s slide: Christmas Tree Inn, Santa Claus, Arizona, 1951.
A bullet-nosed Studebaker with suicide doors is parked up front. […]
Dinner is served amid warm and inviting early American décor (yes, I
know you just love that gorgeous ruffled lampshade in the background.)
Three generations are represented here. Grandpa takes his place at the head of the table. Grandma, sporting pearls, horn-rimmed glasses and a timeless gingham check apron, is the waitress. Chances are she was the […]
1950s LOS ANGELES COFFEE SHOPS IN 3-D THIS SUNDAY
This spectacular and oh-so moody interior shot of ROMEO’S TIMES SQUARE COFFEE SHOP, (LATER JOHNIE’S COFFEE SHOP,) LOS ANGELES, 1955 at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax is very special. I thank Jack Laxer, the world’s greatest 3-D photographer, who took (and copyrighted it) for allowing me […]
GREEN PUMPKIN PIE?
Wednesday night while strolling through Farmer’s Market, a Los Angeles landmark since 1934, I saw something I don’t remember ever seeing before - green and grey pumpkins. And that leads me to this week’s slide: PUMPKINS, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 1955.
Two weeks ago Slide of the Week members saw these same two […]
A giant chicken nests on a pick-up truck parked in front of a Chrysler-Plymouth dealer. Behind it in the window a coral ‘56 Chrysler Windsor is on display. What the Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile is to Oscar Meyer the Chicken Dinner Candy Truck is to Chicken Dinner Candy.
Yes, there really was a candy called […]
Two white-gloved women wearing matching hemlines and sensible shoes strike a proud pose in front of a two-toned 1956 Ford Country Sedan Station Wagon at their new MODERN STRIP MALL, BUFFALO NEW YORK, 1957.
The standout accessorizes her camel coat with a leopard purse and red hat shaped like the Ford taillights. Her co-poser wears […]
MOVIELAND WAX MUSEUM CLOSING!
Pale wax movie stars embrace at MOVIELAND WAX MUSEUM, BUENA PARK, 1965. If they had a wick you could burn them. They are practically candles.
I’ll never forget the day in third grade when my friend Kevin Moore turned to me and said “I have so much wax in my ear I […]
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