Just when we thought we knew everything. So what is it? Are they saying… if it’s NOT comfortable then it IS a bra? This is the c...
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Protect-U Guards Against Attack
It looks like she spraying the kid next door. This dates back to early 1969. I was moving to NYC and friends were sending me off armed and r...
A Suggestive Silhouette…
DirtyHaving grown up commuting between the San Francsisco bay area and Los Angeles, I’ve been privy to PLENTY of truck drivers on High...
Furry-headed Wooden Dolls
I’d love to hear fellow Akitschionados guesses as to what the story is behind these odd wooden dolls. Are they Eskimos or from some Sc...
ABBA wrapped in tin foil
What I really want to say here is “why”? Why wrap yourself in tin foil under hot studio lights is beyond me. To think that this ...
Shameless “Apache Tear Charm”
It’s bad enough the white man nearly wiped out all the Native Americans, but as this 1962 souvenir from Scottsdale, Arizona painfully ...
Carny Sideshow Freaks Playset
This looks like the sort of toy a young Diane Arbus might’ve played with. The plastic stage with vinyl banner stands about 7″ ta...
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...
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 ...
I love charity collection boxes, this one is in a local garden centre,its one of my favourites, especially with a mad looking Barbie on top.
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Nerdy Magnet Thing
This magnet.. thing… has big thick glasses, a strange mouth, and a hanging plaque-piece which reads “Always picked last in gym.&...
I Guess it Can’t Hurt to Ask…..
This a very old,rusty,dangerously sharp button and I’ve searched the internet in hopes of finding the origin of this slogan. To me, it...
“Ask Swami” Fortune Teller/Napkin Holder
This 1950s fortune-teller machine slash napkin holder might’ve been the inspiration for the one in the classic Twilight Zone episode w...
Most Certainly, An All Purpose Spray…..
I’ve seen these labeled and sold as “house blessing” sprays, but this one is the only “all purpose” spray I...
Munakuppi Valentine
I picked this up as the last of the bottom-barrel Valentines Day merchandise after all the good stuff (namely the cordial cherries and turtl...
Diplomat magnetic memo holders/sinister fruits
While these fruity characters are somewhat sinister looking the heart design packaging reassures you they’re really lovable. Made in C...
Bubble Wrap 50th! Bubble poppers, this is for you.
“Bubble poppers”, this is for you. Today is the 50th birthday of “Bubble Wrap”. What better place to share its’...
Arriola
I don’t have anything to submit. I need to find something, and I figure the readers of this site might be able to help me! I need to f...
I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH BOBBLEHEAD WITCH monkey ballerina?
This is a 5″ tall bobblehead monkey body with tail with witch-like head, wearing a ballerina outfit. Weird...
Boobs and a Weener and a Caved-in Chest
When you lift up his furry face, his naked body is exposed!...
Rubber Shelf Pet with Feather Boa-1973
“Happy Moments-Happy Memories-Because of You!” declares the fortune cookie-ish message on this Boa-clad rubber thingy from the 1...
Beatnick Cigarette Holder
For the hep cats…. Found some years ago in small Kitschy store in Nor Cal…...
Changed My Mind
I don’t know what to say about this one. The figure and bottom of the commode are a separate wood piece glued onto the background. I i...