Properly dressed in a portly-sized suit and wide-brimmed hat, a sun-lit man-about-town crosses the street on one side as a battleship grey 1949 Dodge emerges from the semi-shaded canyon of casinos and commerce on the other. This is the only downtown on earth that has casinos on the east side of the street and commerce […]
I love to eat out. Always have and always will. Growing up, my family regularly went out to dinner on Friday and Saturday nights and out to breakfast on Sunday morning. And if you count going to McDonalds for lunch - going out -we did that too - a lot!
These days whenever possible I avoid […]
A flaming redhead poses in a sensible shirtwaist dress and royal silk satin curly-topped, bell hop hat. Her body language speaks of possession. That ‘58 Chrysler must be hers. The window is down, the vent-wing open and the door is ajar. Behind her the font on the OPEN sign is inspired and worthy today of […]
Even in the stillness and silence of this pre-teen portrait a quartet of Ohio boys express a variety of emotions and moods.
The colorless wall behind them is a stark contrast to their smart sport shirts, fun hats and unusual variety of props - toy walkie-talkies that look like phone receivers with tiny little red-tipped […]
Ordinarily, beer can-curled coifs, clanking cocktails and cackling conversation around a stainless steel fondue pot, sitting on a rich, blue felt-covered board atop a pool table, would be enough to inspire my imagination and make my spirit soar. But this slide offers much more!
Psychedelic beaded curtains (WOW they photograph well!) and lava lamps are […]
Half open Venetian blinds reveal a dusk or dawn sky. Are Venetian blinds really from Venice? Funny, I never thought to ask myself that question before. The answer is yes! Thank you Italy!
But this slide isn’t about Venetian blinds. Oh no! It’s not even about the warm and inviting honey blond wood paneling, dainty doilies, […]
Last week I WENT TO THE ENCHANTED FOREST WITH PEE-WEE HERMAN!
Paul-Pee-Wee Herman-Reubens and I were among a small group invited by a mutual friend to visit her family’s historic camp deep in the Adirondack Mountains. As fate would have it we were five miles from the Enchanted Forest, a children’s storybook theme park now […]
The hand-painted sign reads: “OUR STORE WILL BE CLOSED FOR A MUCH NEEDED VACATION AT 12PM SHARP SUNDAY JULY 1st - WILL REOPEN MONDAY JULY 9th AT 7AM. The small print says “WISHING YOU A PLEASANT INDEPENDENCE DAY AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR KIND PATRONAGE AND FRIENDSHIP” signed “MARGIE AND HENRY.” This […]
Slide of a Slide Show, San Jose, 1950
“FAMILY GROUP AT AUNT MYRTLE’S” is hand written on the mount of this slide.
In all of my years of collecting other people’s old slides this is the first time I’ve ever run across a slide of a slide show. This scene could not have been staged better. Everyone […]
The world’s largest neon mural made this the most spectacular drive in ever built in Southern California and the centerpiece of the valley it was named for.
With a beautiful blue sky, majestic mountain range and Santa Barbara Mission as a dramatic backdrop, a Native American, on the right, and a priest, on the left, […]
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