Comments on: Pink Flocked Christmas Tree, Alcoa Aluminum Company, Los Angeles, 1955

By: Lonnie

Lonnie — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:08:10 +0000

My grandpa used to sell Christmas trees in downtown Winona, Minnesota many years ago. He would flock a few every year, we always got one and he and gram always had one too. The trees were beautiful, but messy, and we always had light in them. I’ll have to ask gramps the next time I talk to him how he made the flocked trees.

By: anita mcgrew

anita mcgrew — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:13:43 +0000

I bought a pink christmas tree and 2 wreaths,from an 84 year old lady, 5 years ago.all were pink flocked.Beautiful. She gave me this story about the tree an wreaths. She said,in the early 40′s she lived in New Jersey. Her neighbor had a factory and made christmas tree’s for department stores,Macy’s etc. He asked her what kind of a tree would you like for christmas?she said Pink.He said he had never made a pink tree. Weeks later he came to her home and had 1 pink tree and 2 matching wreath. He said these were the 1st ever pink tree and wreaths made,in Pink. but he liked them so much he was going to make others.Her favorite color was pink.That was a gift for her for christmas. She could not remember his name.but she had kept them all these years.She gave them to me and ask me to keep them because they were the 1st ones made.I had helped her to pack her things to move to Colorado to retire.I believe this is a true store .She swears by it. but cannot rememer his name.so i cannot document it.If anyone know for sure where the 1st pink tree was made let me know.,It is not aluminum.smow on end of each branch with silver ball on tip.snow all over the tree.but heavy on ends of branch.thanks Anita

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:32:46 +0000

I want to flock my tree this year. Where do you get aerosol cans of flock???

By: Glenn Laughner

Glenn Laughner — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:08:11 +0000

Going down to East LA in the late sixtes, (to see Grandma and Granpa) we saw many a flocked trees of all diffrent colors, pink, bukle, yellow, green, of course white. We got a white one on year what a mess!!!

By: Priscilla

Priscilla — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:17:01 +0000

What a small world!
The guy in that photo is my UNCLE Arturo Parra!
Sadly he passed away in 1982.
Art was so much fun as you can tell that the ladies liked him!

Art Parra was a WW2 Navy Veteran that survived a Japanese bombing of his ship during the war. He and only a few men survived that attack.
He was also known at that time for not wanting to go down into a submarine that he was ordered to board. It almost went down with Art on top! He was highly claustrophic!
He was almost court-martialed for the submarine incident.

Arturo would have gotten a kick out of the pervert remark!
Uncle Art was NATIVE AMERICAN

By: Kevin L

Kevin L — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:38:00 +0000

Flocked trees make a big flocking mess on the carpet and it just about all falls off while stringing the lights.

Of all people, you’d think Alcoa would have an aluminum tree, flood lit with a rotating color wheel.

Even more bizarre is that guy who looks like a pervert sitting among all those uniformed Bettys. Whaaa? Here’s another one of those “What else is Charles not showing?” questions.

By: Tim Severs

Tim Severs — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:19:10 +0000

I love this webpage. I’ve read the books Southern California in the 50s, God Bless Americana, Las Vegas in the Fifties, the book about Hawaii, and Southern Californialand. It’s always fun to visit this web page to see what the slide of the week is. I live in Columbus, Ohio and hope to make it to a slideshow.

By: Mary Golay

Mary Golay — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 08:07:15 +0000

Attended your show last night at Norris theater and just had the best laughts I’ve had in a long time. Great slides. Please put me on your slide of the week and newsletter list. Keep on shopping!!

By: John and Carole Fields

John and Carole Fields — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 03:14:20 +0000

Hey Carlos, loved the P.V. matinee show today at the Norris Pavilion! I felt like a youngster with all the folks from the, “Active Senior Center” on the hill. Can you sign me up for the slide of the week? When you do your show on Tijuana from the past (or anything on Baja), count me in! TJ was as very racy town and I’d love to see more about the “Forbidden City” in it’s glory days!

By: Buz

Buz — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:41:08 +0000

What I like best about this is it’s a set piece, a diorama. As in, next year’s holiday party everyone will be asked to dress alike, in dusty blue, it just makes decorations really pop if attendees color coordinate. Perhaps hand out paper smocks…