Clearly somebody needs help! They didn’t measure the how high the ceiling was!
This slide was marked “4000 ornaments, 1000 lights, 350 birds; 16 trees to make this one and Mr. and Mrs. Gano Senter’s famous Christmas tree.” With all this info I thought perhaps I could Google the name and find out about this “famous […]
This slide isn’t about the flocked tabletop tree hung with tinsel and pointy pale pink ornaments that match the curtains. Or the mess of gifts both wrapped an unwrapped, including an ice-o-mat and that very odd shaped gift doing a balancing act in the corner. This slide is about the guy wearing lipstick […]
Hot Wheels, a 5-speed Schwinn bicycle, two Hobie skateboards, striped bell bottom pants, tinker toys, a slip ‘n slide, an aquarium, and a brown bean bag chair are a few of the things that I remember getting for Christmas growing up. I never got a pair of roller skates but some little kid did and […]
This is thanksgiving casual. A single shocking pink taper burns in the center of a picnic table spread with newspaper. The man on the right, sporting his work clothes, ponders the moment. His Budweiser beer is near. The other guy picks something out of his teeth and has a nice slice of what looks […]
These woman all work in the Whittler High School cafeteria. The jailbird, the cowgirl, the angel, the Nordic princess on her way to a kabuki festival, smoking a corn cob pipe, and Tom Cruise in Top Gun. Together they sit on and before a shapely sofa upholstered in a deep turquoise fabric sparkling with […]
This Thursday I’ll be showing vintage Valentines Day slides to Martha Stewart on her show. I wonder what Martha will say when I tell her I have no idea who this fresh-faced piano player is so I call her “Little Miss Martha Stewart Wannabe!” And what will Martha say when I ask her to be […]
The Retro Holiday Slide Show Morphs Into a Mid-Century Holiday Variety & Slide Show Shindig Extravaganza!
I love billboards in the living room announcing what time of year it is! But not half as much I love that delicious honey-stained wood paneling going sideways! Gee, I wonder who that kid with the fat head is?
This […]
Can you believe those beautiful honey blond closet doors? They have no doorknobs!
This slide was clearly marked “Pasadena, 1965.” OK fine. But what I want to know is where in Pasadena in 1965 do you find Goth shoes? They don’t have Goth shops in Pasadena in 1965. Finally I figured it out. Frankenstein had […]
A stylish and spirited pair of cross-dressing couples hold overexposed signs hand lettered with the words “trick-or-drink.” Clearly these gender-swappers would rather have cocktails than candy! Pumpkin-spiced martini anyone?
According to the legend the Americana tradition of “trick-or-treating” began in the 1930s on the west coast. But nobody seems to know exactly where or when. […]
I hope you like yellow! Swedish monkeys tell us what year is ending and what year is beginning. Our smiling bartender pours a cocktail. There is a small open container of cigarettes in front of him and a pack of L&M’s where the Formica counter meets the wall.
Katie Kellogg wears horn-rimmed glasses, sling-back Cinderella […]
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