This is the moment of ignition. A small, controlled flame is sucked in a post lunch cigarette pursed between the red lips of a space age suburban matron. Her black and white tweed suit is as sensible as it is smart. And that double rose head ornament is as unexpected as it is outstanding.
Those […]
Daddy holds up a can of Schlitz beer like the statue of liberty holds the flame. Cheers! Perhaps he’s already had a couple. The lady on the right cheers a little less enthusiastically with a pretty pink paper cup. Her nails and lips are painted red like the redhead on the right smoking a cigarette […]
The Tomorrowland of Las Vegas is served sandwiched between a water colored sky, parking lot packed with sparkling jewels, knee-high hedge and the Las Vegas Strip where a lonely, low line, ‘53 Ford heads south out of town. By any space age standards the Stardust is deliciously out-of-this-world. Whether it’s architecture as signage or signage […]
Macaroni and Cheese colored cabs standout against a wall of glass and sparkling signage soaring off a slab-sided, sign board-of-a-building into a humid sky. Heading right is a ‘54 Chevy; heading left, a ‘52 Plymouth. The glass is a mirror for the resort across the street. The eye-catching, electrified font is part modern, part old […]
A young Camellia Queen-with-attitude is perched on her gold foil-wrapped throne centered on a pull cart glorified with camellias. She and her lavender clad court of one are just sitting there. The parade has come to a halt. The royal pull cart is powered by a trio of bobby socked brownies standing side by side […]
Six seniors have just returned home from a tour of the Hawaiian Punch factory. Each shows off a complimentary can of the fantasy fruit-flavored and colored virgin cocktail. One of them snagged two cans. He is the only one smiling. All but one wears the Hawaiian Punch factory souviner hat in the normal position with […]
Smart striped tent tops provide an eventful backdrop for a bevy of Queen Scheherazade wannabes cupped and draped in gold trimmed chiffon. They ride high in one of Detroit’s spaciest space age offerings – the all-new for 1962 Polara Convertible by Dodge. Italian sports cars inspired the startling design. WARNING: the abstract relationship between […]
With his paper bagged purchase in hand, a boy wearing blue jeans and a bolo tie poses in front of a trading post with a motel or a motel with a trading post. Whatever it is it’s a sensational Southwestern sensory overload to say the least.
In the center next to the front door, a […]
These fine folks look like they are all related except for the breakout star of this portrait, Beavis and Butthead’s grandma, down on the left. It must be June. Junior has graduated. His gown and tasseled cap go almost unnoticed next the other fashion statements in this front yard family photo. Conservative high-necked dresses, cut […]
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