A recent sale had a box was filled with albums. I pulled all the EW&F albums and sure enough, Allee you are there. Sadly it rained the n...
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“What, me worry?”
“What, me worry?” Alfred E Newman, Mad magazine and books looked at the world a thousand different ways and still could not say ...
Toilet paper, phone & radio combo…
From a rummage sale yesterday morning. With camera in hand, I bring you all with me, but only snap the best stuff worthy of an Allee wink. A...
The travel section of a rummage sale…
The same recent rummage sale. This was the travel section. I didn’t move a thing. I just snapped away… but I was tempted to buy ...
Still Glowing decades later…
45 years later these snowflake decals still glow in the dark, though the adhering film is dried up. Anyone remember the stick-on stars we us...
Big Boy’s Onion Rings…that’s what I remember
Just love the graphics of the Big Boy logo. I remember the onions ring for 35 cents the most. It was a place to hang out in Jr High. Then th...
Two vices in one…
\ Joe Camel cigarette maker’s want everyone to drink a cold beer and smoke. Gee thanks....
Craft Paper Thrift Shop Clothing…
Just back from an east coast get-a-way. This was snapped in a warehouse building filled with about 50 artists, each with their own work spac...
The “MOD SQUAD” Game…
Who knew the Mod Squard even had their own game. We enjoyed watching their adventures on the tube, but I can’t imagine how it translat...
Finely sculptured chef…
A surprise yard sale find last summer. So well done and in pristine condition. Only 6″ high. Researching what I find is the most fun....
“Blockhead Revisited” Sculpture
A popular game “Blockhead” from the ’50’s became a project for me last October. There was a silent auction fund rais...
“Get Smart” Quizz Machine
Maxwell Smart’s cell phone of the 60’s. Our Akron Toy Marble Museum has a fabulous collection of games from the 60’s on di...
“Look good. Feel good.”
This CD is displayed on a shelf in a local uni-sex hair styling solon. Love the boots… not to mention the fringe pants, the hair, the ...
’50’s Cowboy & Indians Glasses…
Just love the graphics on these 50’s drinking glasses. Part of my cousin’s forgotten stash when he was cleaning out the basement...
A honeymoon in the Poconos…
This heart shape pool totally captures this kitsch honeymoon suite in the Poconos of Pennsylvania. It’s like time stood still and it...
My how TV’s have changed…
On display at the Akron Toy Marble Museum were early telvisions, TV memorabilia, TV show games and TV personalities of the 50’s and 60...
Tiny Tim sings “Tip Toe Though The Tulips”…
Anyone who is old enough to remember TINY TIM singing “Tip Toe Through The Tulips” in falseto in the mid 60’s, was thoroug...
Don’t you love those red boots?
Visiting family in CT. last week was none-stop fun, along with pulling out old pictures. This 1952 photo is everything all wrapped into one ...
Flowers, flowers and more flowers…
It’s getting more and more difficult to find these colorful home accents. This is a rare find for the midwest. Getting up really early...
See NYC on a Sightseeing Bus
Snapped in April ’09 at an open cafe near Houston Street in NYC. I was amused by the first sight seeing bus, but then another and anot...
“Take my picture please” – Jeweled Denim Shoes
The day before I was browsing a resale shop and spotted some amazing things. I knew I had to return with camera in hand to snap this pair of...
TV dinner on a Dukes of Hazard tray…
Sometimes we all find the greatest things. This was a surprise at a yard sale last summer. Actually I can’t remember every watching ...
Earlier Las Vegas Casinos …
Just a few of these casinos are still standing and the other had makeovers. A “Japan” mark on the back puts this in about the ...
Kellogg’s Cereal Charm Bracelet…
What better way to express your fashion sense. A bracelet filled with cereal box charms adds a unique statement in this 1960’s Kellogg...
Space Boy with milk and cookies….
This was part of my cousin’s house clean out last year. I’m thinkin’ late 50’s when the space program started, stand...