In 1993 I flew my Mom out for a visit to LA and had to take her to Hollywood Blvd. The reason I tell you this is that the woman walking down...
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Portobello Market, London
On Saturday my daughter Wendy and I went up to London and visited Portobello Market, it was as expected very crowded, but the sun shone and ...
Family Owned
What about “pick up the kids”? or “Honey, I forgot the milk,” or “stop snoring already” – just...
Charlescraft HAIR CLIPPER made in Germany – year of manufacture unknown….
This looks as if it was never even taken out of the box. The booklet is interesting too. I found the illustrations really interesting. �...
Wiggle Nose Family
I’ve had this since I was a kid, in my very wee-years of Yard Sale picking. It was impossible to photograph it without the noses falli...
Plastic Easter Egg Tree
Easter’s almost here, so don’t forget to do it up “DeVolld Family ’72” style with your plastic egg tree!...
Black Velvet Matador – 1960’s
This painting has been around my whole life! It was painted by my Dad in the early 60’s. The story is that it was a paint by number (p...
3 little ceramic deers
My friend Planet Joan gave these little deers to me. They are all pretty tiny and the biggest one stands about 3 inches tall....
FANTASTIC savings bank from the late 40’s or early 50’s
This fantastic bank measures about 12×12. Another gift from fellow akitschionado Planet Joan. I love that the artists name is on th...
Vacation in Phoenix. 1958. (Ranchero revisited)
It was only today that I came to the realization that the Toy Ford Ranchero that I’d posted here November 16, 2010 was being held in m...
1955 was a great year for cars…lots of cars
Detroit was THE city of progress. My uncle was part of the steel business that made these beauties. A new car every year. Don’t y...
Plastic is Perfect…1955 flooring ads
Along came plastic flooring in the mid 1950’s. This “Better Homes and Gardens magazine” changed the way the “modern&...
Big Bad Sweater for two
It’s cute and unbelievable that someone knitted this…… I’m thinking that the lady in this photo did the deed…&...
AMAZING Prince William CHINA men’s coin and catch-all china dish!
Measures about 6×6. I found this in a thrift shop in Chatham, MA. Love the illustrations here and the saying is pretty amazing too....
God’s Brady Bunch “As For Me And MY House (We’ll Serve The Lord) LP
I don’t know if this one is in stereo. I did not know that girls in this age group wore “falls” in their hair!...
The Frost Brothers Sing Country Soul LP
I would wear one of these suits in a heartbeat!...
An Old Ford…
While transferring pictures from one computer to the other, i came across these in one of the files. They’re a bit worse for wear but ...
Happy New Years, 1977 style!
Happy New Years, Allee and my fellow akitschionados! Here’s a clip is from a Carpenters holiday special from 1977 and features not ...
This is some funny s***! – It’s another groovy holiday picture!
I mean really folks, come on now. It looks like it all fell apart when mom and the baby stepped into the picture. Oh no, she’s wea...
1970’s family picture of myself and my cousins sitting on Santa’s lap!
Left to right: Cousin John in the yellow shirt, cousin Mark (a clothing designer in the UK) would be mortified that he is wearing horizontal...
Happy Hanukkah-ish!
So, this past month the magnificent Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation has been hosting a truly remarkable event in San Francisco: Ti...