Comments on: Turkey Dinner Picnic, Somewhere, USA, 1955

By: Travelgrrl

Travelgrrl — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:57:58 +0000

I think this is a hunting season meal, at the hunting shack, hence the gent’s casual clothes and also her ‘hunting bright’ orange!

The men hunt, while the women cook, then they meet for meals.

By: Kimberley

Kimberley — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:56:47 +0000

Charles, I was happy to meet you a couple of weeks ago at FELT CLUB.
What a crew in this pic! Love that table cloth.
Your pie stuffed cake sounds like the desert version of a turducken!

By: Lori Gundlach

Lori Gundlach — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:41:41 +0000

Hi Charles,

I am a good friends with Esther Ginsberg — hope to get out to LA soon to meet you!! She keeps me stocked up with your wonderful books!

Sincerely,

Lori Gundlach
aka “tourist-trap”

By: Nancy D.

Nancy D. — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:27:15 +0000

Your pie/cake sounds insane! Bake them separate and serve them together!!! Then it won’t collapse!
Thanks for the funny pictures!
Happy Thanksgiving!

By: Tim Severs

Tim Severs — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:50:41 +0000

It must be warm weather if they’re having dinner on a picnic table. It also looks like they’re giving thanks in any circumstances.

By: BettieO

BettieO — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:39:38 +0000

Charles, I must ask – is that empty dish in the foreground of the photo a piece of FOSTORIA?? My mom has a ton of it, and now that we’re all gone, she eats all meals on crytal, even PB&J with bananas, her favorite meal.

Maybe it is fake plastic crytal, but it did get me excited to see it on a picnic table.

By: Brian Bostron

Brian Bostron — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:46:35 +0000

Work clothes?! I say a monochromatic ensemble. Sort of mid-century Armani.

By: Jerry Foisel

Jerry Foisel — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:37:54 +0000

Wow. Is AMERICA A NATION OF CLONES? The big, greyhaired bruiser STUFFING HIS FACE (I don’t think he’s picking at his teeth Charley… Yeah. I JUST, AMERICANIZED YOU IN THE USUAL WAY… put a “y” on the end of a regular English name AND “YOU’RE MY BUDDY!”
CLONING? The “bruiser” is the spitting image of my old Uncle Casey Behanna, RIGHT DOWN TO THE BURGUNDY SEARS SHIRT!

By: Lynn the twin

Lynn the twin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:53:58 +0000

Charles,

What a surprise to see my step grandfather ( fella in work cloths) the bud gave him away.Myran Schader. We called Buddy. My great Uncle Ray is picking his teeth and I do not know the woman. I heard that Uncle Ray was quite the womanizer, but they never caught him!

By: Sue W.

Sue W. — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:45:29 +0000

I spy yams and mello’s too!!
The “good dishes”,earrings on m’lady, dining alfresco, ah….. doesnt get any better than that !!
Thanks again for a wonderful pic, Charles