The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Very Early TV for the Wall

A reverse painted silk screen on glass, of starlet on “color” TV from 1950 & a thermometer too! It’s got it all. What ...

March 17, 2010 by MyFunCloset

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MACHO Mens Cologne $1.29

This lovely picture was taken at some sort of dollar store in Center City Philly, complete with all it’s madness, the products in thes...

by denny

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The Colonial Movie Theater in Phoenixville Pennsylvania (this is where “The Blob” was filmed)

Old movie houses make me nuts as I think they are the most incredible form of architecture. This is the movie house where they filmed the St...

by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Pigmy Will in “Along Came Whiska”

Pigmy Will and Feathers – created, written, art directed and “acted” by me and Prudence Fenton, animation and special effe...

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1950’s Eyeglass Holder Pin

I can’t tell you how many pairs of eyeglasses I’ve lost through the years. Easily in the hundreds as in addition to any prescrip...

March 16, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Ice Cream Lights

Given Shirlie’s life altering AWMOK submissions of various ice cream cone statues, I had to dig these out of my garage….They are...

by windupkitty

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sad wedding because they cant forget the affair with the temptress in the hat

These two lovers carried thru with the long planned wedding for the sake of their families..but the memory of the affair with the slut in th...

by monica johnson

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Gnome Bank of Rock Gully

This was my Pop’s bank when he was a wee tot. He told me recently it was from the late 40’s. It’s ceramic....

by denny

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ERICK “Pastor Pickin'” (inspirational LP with ventriloquist)

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by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1950’s RX Vase

This gargantuan vase honoring prescription drugs was handed out as a promotional item by drug companies in the 1950’s when they really...

March 15, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Cactus Pete

Oh brother. This thing is a weighty, hand-built terra-cotta clay head rescued from the flea market this morning for $1. It’s going to ...

by Nessa

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Randy Carlos & His Orchestra “Having A Ball” LP

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by denny

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Quack Medicine Ultra Violet Ray Machine

This vintage quack medicine device– the Elco Violet Ray Machine was made around 1910 and claims to treat (and I quote from material I ...

by Douglas Wood

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14th St. Kitchen/Bath Combo

This is really cheap living in NYC circa 1969 for $69 mo. total. in the East Village. It’s my first apartment that I shared with 2 roo...

by MyFunCloset

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2 Vinatge LP’s – “We Like Guys” and “We Like Girls” on Coral Records

Something for the boys and something for the girls....

by denny

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Corn sign in front of Village Market in Orleans (here on Cape Cod)

This place sells all types of fabulous meats, deserts, lunch meats, all sort of fresh goodness! This sign is attached to their front window!...

by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Drunken Cucumber Man

To any of you having company over today I’d like to suggest this insane little dip with a sloshed, poorly cut cucumber complete with l...

March 14, 2010 by Allee Willis

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The Spotnicks “Out-A-Space – The Spotnicks In London” LP

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by denny

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smoking will stump your growth

The affects of smoking. Stunted growth seeming the least of them. The chest is from one of those anatomy toys. with the lung painted black.....

by monica johnson

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Rusty the Auto Parts Man

I bought this figure from a homeless man on Hollywood Boulevard who said he made it out of discarded car parts with the generous help of a l...

by Douglas Wood

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Leslie and the Lys “Blame The Booty” music video

omg. omg. omg. I almost got sick watching this with all of the shiny and glittery insanity of Lady Leslie and the Lys! I have never seen any...

by denny

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Lane turns Going Steady into Marriage

Most any girl graduating high school in the 1960s received a cedar wood mini hope chest box from Lane. Back then, the local furniture store ...

by MyFunCloset

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Lobster Serving Dish

This was in a box of absolute junk at an auction I went to last week. I got outbid on the box of junk, but the lucky winner of said box of j...

by Nessa

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Vintage Cowboy toy

I believe this to be something like die-cast metal. This is one of those fun pieces I came across cleaning my father in-laws basement here a...

by denny

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Necklaces at the Joan of Arc Thrift Shop

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March 13, 2010 by denny

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