The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch » Political/Patriotic

Election Day Pumpkins

Here are the two pumpkins my wife and I carved for Halloween this year. Looking at them on Election Day (the day I’m posting this), th...

November 3, 2010 by Douglas Wood

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Democratic License Plate Bling

I’ve seen political enthusiasm expressed on cars before but it’s usually more in the way of stickers. This jewel encrusted licen...

November 2, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Teapot Ronnie

Ronnie Reagan the teapot. Made by Hall China in the late seventies, early eighties. My family is from Youngstown, Ohio and my mother made fr...

October 6, 2010 by pattihaskins

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LIVING COLOR…

Rocking Mohawk’s “Wacky Wobbler” recent post on AWMOK reminded me of this great photo that I saved from the 2008 campaign....

September 27, 2010 by k2dtw

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Sarah Palin booblehead

I found her in a gift shop in Chinatown SFO. A sad reminder of how close she got in 2008. Now that she is encased behind glass, she will fin...

September 24, 2010 by Rockin Mohawk

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A tribute to September 11

Within days of the tragic attack on our country, September 11, 2001, Bob created this personal tribute honoring our country’s heroes w...

September 13, 2010 by MyFunCloset

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Hail to the Teeth

President Carter has been in the news lately, and it made me remember how great it was to poke fun at him and his family. A friend of mine a...

September 4, 2010 by Markydoodle

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Cornerstones of Freedom The Story of Watergate Children’s Book

Cornerstones of Freedom The Story of Watergate 1988 ed book...

August 20, 2010 by kookykitsch

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Bill The Beamer

It’s April 14th, 1910. Our 27th President William Howard Taft is at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC, attending the opening day base...

August 18, 2010 by Kyle Dayton

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Martin Loofa King

Seen in a shop in London. Genius? Or wrong?...

August 16, 2010 by petermmarino

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PEACE & ANTI-VIOLENCE Pendant

I found this necklace for $5.00. The pendant itself is pretty heavy and I’m not sure if this is the original chain or not, but I ended...

by denny

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CUTE AS A BUTTON…

From Up-North in Petoskey, MI….. I love buttons…...

August 15, 2010 by k2dtw

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Parody of Mao Tse Tung’s Little Red Book

LBJ’s comments on many subjects, war, the economy, the media. etc. My favorite is the last one: “I’m the only president yo...

August 14, 2010 by Bob Ramsdell

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Fun With A Foote – a strange LP

I couldn’t do much about the size here but you can get the picture. This is wacked. This was a promotional lp given out to try and con...

August 5, 2010 by denny

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Eisenhower Stamp Art

I found this framed print of neon orange, 16″ blown-up Eisenhower 8-cent stamp at a thrift store. Yes, it’s signed. Would Warhol...

July 25, 2010 by Michael M.

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Sonny Bono statue

I recently vacationed in Palm Springs and as soon as I hit town I said, “I’ll bet there’s a bronze statue of Sonny Bono ar...

July 23, 2010 by Cheetah Velour

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Denny’s Adventure’s In “Willis Wonderland” – part 13

Amazing. A light up frame of Martin Luther King and his family. Who knew, until now that the Supremes had their own line of bread? Personali...

July 12, 2010 by denny

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Vintage “JFK” Salt & Pepper Shaker

this vintage JFK S&P shaker was unfortunately broken by my little ones, so i glued it back together, however not so well done, but i sti...

July 8, 2010 by christine z.

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Nefertiti Pin

This is another West German pin. I’ve long had a fascination with ancient Egypt (driving me to a degree in archaeology), so to find it...

July 1, 2010 by Carrie

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Daniel Boone, My Good-For-Nothin’ Relative

So most of you are probably aware of the fact that Daniel Boone was a man, he was a big man. But what you probably don’t know is that ...

by Mark Blackwell

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Artistically Deficient Eisenhower Presidential Plates

I’m not really a collector of vintage presidential plates. The only other ones I have, a few Jack and Jackie Kennedy ones, crept in mo...

June 24, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Fidel Castro as a Coconut Head???

The Coconut Head has a hole by his mouth, I bought the Cigar… No it’s not Cuban. We’ve had it for years, we bought it in N...

May 30, 2010 by k2dtw

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Shelton’s Nursery: George Washington on a Camel!

Once again, the kindness of old friends proves immeasurable. No sooner did I promise to get a snap of the Shelton’s Nursery “Geo...

May 23, 2010 by StoryTroy

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Dr. Martin Luther King Matches

I have tons of MLK memorabilia – busts, rugs, pens, cufflinks, ashtrays – but this book of matches is one of my favorites. Comes...

May 11, 2010 by Allee Willis

Barbie for President

Brought back from NY by daughter Wendy in 2008 for my Barbie collection....

April 30, 2010 by shirlie williams

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