Thursday, February 18, 2010

Dames & Dogs #12

You're getting another Alice White edition of Dames & Dogs because Alice White apparently really, really liked dogs -- and I really, really like Alice White photos.

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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Dames & Dogs #11

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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Set The Table With Olga Baclanova. Literally.

Olga Baclanova as the centerpiece, 1929.

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Friday, January 15, 2010

Killer Molasses!

On January 15, 1919, a molasses tank in Boston exploded with great force and flooded the streets with a huge wave of molasses that killed 21 people, crumpled the steel support of an elevated train, and knocked over a fire station.

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Saturday, January 9, 2010

Your Guess Is As Good As Ours


Sure, we could look the clipping up in Google translate, but why ruin the mystery?

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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Hopalong Cassidy Remained Still

Well, at least the boy in the Hopalong Cassidy costume remained still long enough to be photographed.



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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Hank Didn't Mean To Give The Waitress The Finger


He was just no good with cameras.

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Memo To Becky: Pray Or Get Off The Pot

When Becky got into the photobooth, she wasn't sure if it was a pretty potty or an unusual confessional. So she did both.

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Modern Woman Monday: Frankie & Hannah Were Doomed

Though they loved each other deeply, neither one could completely give up the banana.

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Todd Left To Get Liquid-Plumr

Because whenever Cindy filled the tub, there was always a clog afterwards.

Via eBay.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Dames & Dogs #10

Louise Brooks had a nice pair -- but those puppies were fake.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Who Said Brigitte Bardot Never Had A Cross Word?

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Monday, October 5, 2009

Dames & Dogs #9


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Friday, September 4, 2009

Winter Would Come Too Quickly

Marta had barely recovered from that Easter bonnet, and now this.


Via Flickr.

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Friday, July 31, 2009

Dames & Dogs #8


Photo by Nina Leen, for Life Magazine.

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

What Cool Looks Like


Muhammad Ali in black sunglasses; photo by Eddie Adams.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Girls Have Always Read Comic Books


Photograph by Ruth Orkin, New York, 1947.

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High Style, Daddy-O



Via Life.

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Audrey Hepburn & "Mr. Famous"

A photo I didn't squeeze into my post about Capri pants.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Oh, To Sit at Gene Rayburn's Table

Gene Rayburn, beloved host of Match Game, at dinner with Fran Allison, Gene's wife Helen, and Burr Tillstrom. Since Fran & Burr are from Kukla, Fran & Ollie, dare we hope for dinner and a puppet show? Photo circa early 1950s.

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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Dames & Dogs #5


Via Infomercantile.

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

The Trouble With Trimbles...

Is that they cannot agree on how to spend their money:
The Trimbles, mother and son... His dreams are of a red convertible, hers of a new typewriter.


Photo of Mrs. Pearl Carter Trimble and her son Carter Trimble from an article on the "mother & son writer-photographer team" inside the march 1951 issue of Profitable Hobbies magazine, which we assume stopped making a profit decades ago.

Yes, I know there are unfortunate holes in the vintage paper; let's just be glad we can see what we can.

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Clara Bow Cupid Lips 'Round A Cancer Stick

Clara Bow is smokin' in a promo photo for Hoop-La.

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Friday, April 3, 2009

Dames & Dogs #3

Before Wallis Simpson lured King Edward the VIII from the throne, she loved the little doggies -- as evidenced by this front cover of The Sketch magazine from March 1935 featuring a portrait of Mrs. Ernest (Wallis) Simpson. Who can blame her? I love my little (idiotic & neurotic) Cairn Terrier too.


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Clara Bow Goes Dutch


Via eBay.

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Monday, March 30, 2009

Dauntless Dale Isn't Sheep-ish

From Quick magazine, October 31, 1949: "Karen Hutchinson, 2, of Ontario, Cal., simultaneously enjoys a free ride and shows off the prize-winning form of 'Dauntless Dale,' a 1 1/2-year-old Hampshire ram which took Junior Division honors at last year's Los Angeles County Fair. Rams, especially prize winners, don't usual pose so willingly."

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Friday, March 13, 2009

Dames & Dogs #1



Lady Diana Cooper & Major, her Blue Bedlington terrier.

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Most Awesome Family Portrait Ever


Billy Dee Williams, Drew Barrymore, Ann-Margret and Bonnie Franklin, from Life, 1984.

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Seahorses Do Not Have Legs

But are there sea-zebras?



Leila Hyams & zebra sans gams at the beach, via Flickr.

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Thursday, January 1, 2009

New Year, New You: Workout With Dumbells

You can do it like Crawford...


I prefer Russell's method myself.

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Thursday, December 25, 2008

Annual Family Tradition

After eating a big holiday meal, it was customary for the men to go into the kitchen to cut the cheese. No one knew why Sara always went along.



Maybe it's cheese; maybe it's not (you can find out at Flickr). But then the food isn't really the issue now, is it.

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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Why Christmas Tights Are Important For Little Girls


This looks so much like my sister -- OK, and not just as a child (she wears pants now Christmas Eve for a reason!) I wish it was a photo of her, because then we'd have had an Andy Gibb microphone!

Via Flickr

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Honey, I Shrunk The Santa


Via Flickr

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Monday, December 22, 2008

This Is How The World's Greatest Entertainer Gets Into His Car

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Friday, December 19, 2008

Old Christmas Tree Lot


Christmas tree lot at Jennings Lawn & Garden in Overland Park, Kansas, 1955.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Boys Refused To Do Their Homework

For some reason, they refused to do book reports on Old Yeller.



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The Forecast For Santa's Lap: Wet With A Chance Of Tinkertoys

Johnny clearly remembered how wet Santa's lap was the year before.



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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Paper Crowns For Jesus

More paper birthday hats for baby Jesus; these apparently worn in public, at a restaurant.



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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Buying A Christmas Tree?

Make sure it's taller than your bouffant.



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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Christmas Decorating Tip

Your drapes should not be louder than your tree.



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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

The Sunshine Family Doll Christmas

Or maybe it was John Denver who kidnapped mom & baby Sunshine back in December of 1975?


Family photo via Flickr

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Like Birthday Hats For Jesus

Homemade Santa hats, circa 1960s.



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Monday, December 8, 2008

As A Rule...

Your walls should be bare when the family is wearing this many patterns.



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Monday, December 1, 2008

Anne Frank's Not The Only Thing Hiding In The Attic

This gal found this Polaroid of her family in the attic. We're pretty sure she means the photo was found in the attic; but then again...

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Sunday, November 9, 2008

It's Not My Mom

This looks like my mom, but it's not; this lady's name was Jeri and she was famous. I don't know her. But I do know my mom.



It's a small photo, just like the ones you give away to your friends in school. Only I didn't get this from Jeri herself (I told you I don't know her); I got it with some other vintage photos of famous people. That explains why it's not signed on the back with a note for me to 'stay sweet' (which I did) or how fun I was in math class (which I was).

If you know who this lady is -- even if she's not your mom -- please let me know.

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