Comments on: Beautiful TV Lamps, Florida, 1957 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2005/10/tv-lamps-florida-1957/ God Bless Americana! -- Books, Slide Shows, & Field Trip Tours Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jan Isaacs-Wade http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2005/10/tv-lamps-florida-1957/comment-page-1/#comment-165772 Jan Isaacs-Wade Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:09:19 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=153#comment-165772 Wonderful photo and commentary! I grew up in the 1960's in North Miami Beach and my grandmother from Brooklyn used to "winter" every year in South Beach, before it was yuppified! If I had only saved all the trinkets she had given me through the years...the satin "Miami Beach" pillow in purple with hand-painted scenes of Parrot Jungle, Seaquarium, etc. emblazoned on the front, and the straw tote bags with raffia pink flamingoes hand-stitched on the front. The shell concoctions were the best; little dolls made from shells were my personal fave. The architecture (Miami Beach Modern) alone is amazing...This article from the NY Times really sums it all up perfectly.... http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/25/travel/MODERN.html Excess, baby, excess.... Wonderful photo and commentary! I grew up in the 1960′s in North Miami Beach and my grandmother from Brooklyn used to “winter” every year in South Beach, before it was yuppified! If I had only saved all the trinkets she had given me through the years…the satin “Miami Beach” pillow in purple with hand-painted scenes of Parrot Jungle, Seaquarium, etc. emblazoned on the front, and the straw tote bags with raffia pink flamingoes hand-stitched on the front. The shell concoctions were the best; little dolls made from shells were my personal fave. The architecture (Miami Beach Modern) alone is amazing…This article from the NY Times really sums it all up perfectly….

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/25/travel/MODERN.html

Excess, baby, excess….

]]> By: Peggy Brennan http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2005/10/tv-lamps-florida-1957/comment-page-1/#comment-61121 Peggy Brennan Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:20:15 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/?p=153#comment-61121 I love this picture,it's how I stumbled onto your website. I actually have been collecting these tacky creations for years now.Florida kitch drives me wild. I love this picture,it’s how I stumbled onto your website. I actually have been collecting these tacky creations for years now.Florida kitch drives me wild.

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