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Archive for 2006

The Pink Easter Duck,
Southern California, 1957

Thursday, April 13th, 2006 \"slide\"

Neighboring rooftops, a Queen Anne palm and a wood fence, white-washed like Tom Sawyer was just there, provide a perfect backyard backdrop for a young man sporting a tight plaid shirt with a tiny, bias-cut patch pocket. While all the other kids were dyeing eggs for Easter he was dyeing the family pet duck. The […]

Party Store Rentals,
Van Nuys, California, 1960

Thursday, April 6th, 2006 \"slide\"

Clotheslines and power lines pattern an overcast sky. A trio of gents poses with a ferocious lion, fortune teller, blue-eyed clown and barefoot monkey. They are in the backyard of a classic Van Nuys track home. One of the men, I don’t know which one, owns a party store on Van Nuys Blvd. He rents […]

Chicago Fire, Freedomland USA,
Bronx, New York, New York, 1961

Thursday, March 30th, 2006 \"slide\"

Due to Popular Demand — A Final Tour Date Has Been Added - MAY 7, 2006!
This week the theme of theme parks continues. This is America’s lost theme park!
The city is on fire. Chicago is burning! A warm-weathered crowd of onlookers have paid to see it. Employees costumed as firemen rush to put the […]

Flight to Mars, POP, Santa Monica, 1958

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 \"slide\"

The warm glowing atmosphere of Mars is well rendered on the side of a building while a big, huge silver metallic UFO is either taking off or coming in for a landing right on top of the awning that marks the entrance to FLIGHT TO MARS. The horizon line is low and jagged. A missile […]

Autopia, Tomorrowland, Disneyland, USA, 1956

Thursday, March 16th, 2006 \"slide\"

In the background, telephone poles and electric lines service a fresh tract of modern ranch homes. Between them, on the other side of the green burm, a newly completed stretch of the Santa Ana Freeway makes a beeline from the Disneyland exit to the famous “stack” just forty or so miles northwest. Inside the burm […]

“Autopia” Downtown Los Angeles, 1957

Thursday, March 9th, 2006 \"slide\"

Streetlamps with dinosaur necks; speeding cars slowing on sharp curves and macaroni-and-cheese colored traffic signs that match the truck pulling a long, long trailer fashionably two-toned in battleship grey and lipstick red. This isn’t the real Autopia - oh-no! For that you would have to go to Tomorrowland in Disneyland.
This is the four-level interchange, […]

Don Knott’s Berry Farm,
Buena Park, California, 1954

Friday, March 3rd, 2006 \"slide\"

Two dapper gentlemen flirt with Cecelia and Marilyn, the most popular ladies in Buena Park. They never need to be fed or paid - just repainted. Over the years these fiberglass females inspired countless Kodak moments for millions visiting Don Knott’s Berry Farm. Claude Bell, the man that built the big dinosaur in Cabazon, California […]

 
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