ICE CREAM SOCIAL & BOOK RELEASE PARTY
This is not the Slide of the Week as usual; it’s more like Slides of the Week. And they all just happen to all to share the cover of my new book, AMERICANA THE BEAUTIFUL: MID- CENTURY IN KODACHROME!
Spiraling from the upper left to the center they are: Giant […]
In last week’s slide the trailer was burning. So this week we go to church and pray. But not just any church! Oh no! We’re going where you honk to say amen!
A ‘55 Pontiac, ‘55 Ford, ‘56 Chrysler and ‘54 Chevy are parked for prayer. The preacher preaches from a shaded pulpit on a […]
A canned ham trailer goes out in a blaze of glory. It’s quite a show! Unfortunately there aren’t more people around to see it. The whipped cream colored 1954 Ford patrol car, just sits there. The red light on the roof is like a maraschino cherry on top of a delicious hot fudge sundae.
Speaking […]
CHARLES PHOENIX’S RETRO DISNEYLAND SLIDE SHOW
the ultimate “E” Ticket to the Magic Kingdom in the 50s & 60s
—IN COLOR!
TONIGHT Friday, May 19, 2006 at 8:30 pm & Sunday, May 21, at 2 pm
“Ladies and gentlemen may I have your attention please. For your personal safety keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all […]
Sleeping Beauty’s Castle is slightly double exposed on the House of the Future. Its mid-evil meets mid-century! Medievalism and modernism have never been so close. For ten years, between 1957 and 1967, the all-plastic House of the Future was just outside of Tomorrowland perched on a pedestal steps from the castle They both represent fairy […]
Mom’s painted lips and matching polished fingernails match the lipstick red satin second place ribbon hanging framed on the wall. Ribbon for what? I don’t know - too small and to far away to read. Something wonderful I’m sure. Mom’s smart plaid jacket is bright but not loud. The stylish collar is bias-cut and the […]
I have no idea who these people are. They both wear glasses and have the same pale complexion. She is taller and more dressed up than he. He is casual in his windowpane check shirt loosely tucked into pleated pants She is semi-formal in velvet trimmed black taffeta. Apparently, they are celebrating some momentous occasion […]
This almost could’ve been me last weekend. But it isn’t. However, I did eat fried chicken and sat on a rock surrounded by wildflowers. I just didn’t do it at the same time!
I’d never be above wearing a long-sleeved, pointed collar, Navy blue and white shadow plaid shirt with breast pocket flaps, tucked into […]
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