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.

Dames & Dogs #11

Set The Table With Olga Baclanova. Literally.

Olga Baclanova as the centerpiece, 1929.

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.

Your Guess Is As Good As Ours

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

Hopalong Cassidy Remained Still

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

Hank Didn't Mean To Give The Waitress The Finger

He was just no good with cameras.

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.

Modern Woman Monday: Frankie & Hannah Were Doomed

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

Todd Left To Get Liquid-Plumr

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

Via eBay.

Dames & Dogs #10

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

Who Said Brigitte Bardot Never Had A Cross Word?

Dames & Dogs #9

Winter Would Come Too Quickly

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


Via Flickr.

Dames & Dogs #8

Photo by Nina Leen, for Life Magazine.

What Cool Looks Like

Muhammad Ali in black sunglasses; photo by Eddie Adams.

Girls Have Always Read Comic Books

Photograph by Ruth Orkin, New York, 1947.

High Style, Daddy-O

Via Life.

Audrey Hepburn & "Mr. Famous"

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

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.

Dames & Dogs #5

Via Infomercantile.

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.

Clara Bow Cupid Lips 'Round A Cancer Stick

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

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.

Clara Bow Goes Dutch

Via eBay.

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."

Dames & Dogs #1

Lady Diana Cooper & Major, her Blue Bedlington terrier.

Most Awesome Family Portrait Ever

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

Seahorses Do Not Have Legs

But are there sea-zebras?



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

New Year, New You: Workout With Dumbells

You can do it like Crawford...


I prefer Russell's method myself.

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.

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

Honey, I Shrunk The Santa

Via Flickr

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

Old Christmas Tree Lot

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

The Boys Refused To Do Their Homework

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



Via Flickr

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

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



Via Flickr

Paper Crowns For Jesus

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



Via Flickr.

Buying A Christmas Tree?

Make sure it's taller than your bouffant.



Via Flickr.

Christmas Decorating Tip

Your drapes should not be louder than your tree.



Via Flickr.

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

Like Birthday Hats For Jesus

Homemade Santa hats, circa 1960s.



Via Flickr.

As A Rule...

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



Via Flickr.

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...

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.