Bon Voyage Party, Long Beach, CA 1955
Cheers!
A papered wall printed with Spanish moss hanging from tall trees separates tasteful titty-pink satin drapes. An itty-bitty day-glo airplane hangs above the four-flag centerpiece. The table is set with Franciscan’s apple pattern and fancy golden-rimmed glassware. Pickles and olives are waiting to be eaten.
These eight ladies are well dressed in smart solids, small-scale polka dots and plaids. Their spit curls and permanent waves make for delightful dos. They should start a club call the red lipstick club because they’re all wearing it.
These ladies were all teachers in the Long Beach High School system. Aren’t they handsome? I wonder if any of them ever married!
Here’s to the lovely ladies their trip and YOU!
Married? I would venture to assume that all of them were gym teachers.
Okay, Charles, you’ve finally gotten to me. Shame on you talking about how “handsome” these female teachers are! With the exception of one, they all look pretty normal for their time. And I was offended by your reference to the “titty-pink” curtains. What a word! Sounds like a word a mischievous, 10-year-old boy would use while snickering to his friends in a corner.
Let’s see how your irreverent and mocking tone works when it’s applied to ~you – your Downtown LA “Disneyland” Tour picture where you’re standing at the front of the bus:
“A putty-green bus ceiling highlights the bright gold jacket worn by our octogenarian tourguide who must have reworked an old Century 21 salesman’s jacket. His smart red and black-dotted white ribbon tie coordinates nicely with his bright red lapel and shoulder patch. His two-sizes-too-small Mickey Mouse hat sits perched atop his closely-shorn hair while his stylish eyeglasses suggest this picture was taken in the 1950′s or early 60′s. His toothless smirk seems to be the result of whatever the woman in orange is doing to his lapel. He gives us all a friendly wave before he goes to find his seat on the bus. The rest of the passengers wait patiently for “grandpa” to find a seat so they can be off on their adventure. Here’s to them, adventure and YOU!”
I think they’re a stylish group of ladies, ones that I’d be proud to have eye my child suspiciously from across a crowded classroom.
My friend Charles. Beautiful and unforgetable time. Your pictures are always cool and these women are pretty. In my opinio the American women of the forties and fifties were the most beautiful in the world. Congratulations!
yes, i snickered. as i have them and yep, the curtains are the right color for such an adjective.and having never been married, i’m unable to get my spit curls to lay just so.
Well, Charles, they just look like a roomful of gym teachers to me. But I’m most curious about the third woman from the left – Miss “Very Tan”. In 1955, where did she get that tan? Just lying there on the beach or actually doing some activity in the sun? And the multi-strand pearls?
Re: Igottalife-ushould,too
You obviously don’t have a life or a sense of humor. Charles means no harm in what he writes, and like most people in this world, he finds humor in everyday life and everyday situations. You must have be one of the old bags in the picture, because I can’t see why anyone would be so offended by what was said.
And if you’re going to attempt to “talk crap” back to someone, at least make it funny. What you wrote was lame, stupid, and most of all, NOT FUNNY. Take some lessons from Charles Phoenix, someone who knows and understands satire.
PS – I’m a 28 year old non-offended woman and I enjoy the word “titty”. Now I’m going to go snicker to all of my friends in the corner about “titties”. God, I love that word…..
In reference to “Titty-Pink”, it is the name of an actual color of lighting gels (the sheets of plastic placed in front of a theater light to create colors onstage). That pink is titled as such because it was commonly used in burlesque due to its flattering effect.