#Mid Century Americana

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

FILE UNDER "PORCHSIDE MOMENTS IN TIME FROM MID-CENTURY AMERICA."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a photo titled "Kathy Bauer’s porch," Chicago, USA, c. 1966. 📸: Danny Lyon, from "The Bikeriders" photo book by D.L., first published in 1968. Photos courtesy of Edwin Hook Gallery & Magnum Photos.

Source: www.a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/confessions/danny-lyon-rebels.

[bitter69uk]

Happy Easter! Pictured: joyous, undisputed Ambassador of Mid-20th Century Americana Charles Phoenix. The annual Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender usually falls over the Easter weekend (but confusingly, not always! This year it’s 18 – 21 April). I’ve been attending off and on since 2007 and for years Phoenix’s riotous ultra-kitsch retro slideshows have been a highlight, so for me he’s synonymous with Easter. (For one thing, the effervescent Phoenix routinely took the stage wearing bunny ears). I’m going to Viva Las Vegas for the first time since 2019 in a few weeks and gutted that for the first time I can recall, Phoenix isn’t on the bill this year! What a colossal misjudgment! Let’s hope it’s an unfortunate blip.

[mayanhandballcourt]

Photographer Jake Michaels

[eroticlamb]

Photography by Joel Meyerowitz, 1962-1978.

[persephone-presley]

[sassafrasmoonshine]

George Hughes (American, 1907–1990) • First Day at the Beach • Saturday Evening Post cover • August 11, 1956

[ghaas]

[zugmode]

i’ve had an itch to make a video essay (?????) for like three months now (i have never made a video in my life). and if school wasn’t starting on monday i would literally take time to write and create one. i feel like id be good at it. i think id turn it into art.

[monkeyssalad-blog]

The Torch Room, Flamingo Hotel, Cornwall, Ontario by SwellMap

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

chevron 1956 |2024|

[americankitsch1]

Midcentury-inspired Christmas tree

source: atomic-ranch.com

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

FOR THE LOVE OF VINTAGE SIGNS AND THE CLASSIC AMERICAN DINER ESTABLISHMENT.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on quintessential mid-century Americana -- a vintage sign advertising a dining establishment named Mr. Karass' Charbroiled Steaks, Chops, Chicken, Burgers, & Breakfast Special, unknown state & city, USA, undated.

Source: http://bummercalifornia.com.

[20cm]

whats ACTUALLY funny is that in 2022 my top genre was "adult standards"

[moocha-muses]

Hi! I remember youve done awesome Christmas special abt year ago. Do you have any plans for this year maybe? There was Christmas carol setted in Veronaville and Strangetown...but how abt Pleasantview ? It would be incredible cool to see Mortimer as Ebenezer one day! 💗

This year I was too busy playing Owl Creek!

And, while I love all versions of A Christmas Carol, I think once was enough for me! If I ever do another holiday special, I want to try something completely different.

[lesbian-moon-gf]

i seldom eat chicken nuggets, but sometimes i get a craving. i had 12 and like... they’re ok. but i swear white ppl act like it’s s tier food. they don’t even do anything special to it. just some sauce. be creative! put that shit in a casserole

[pastdaily]

Latin America: The Wages Of Foreign Policy - America: The Price Of A Man On The Moon - June 4, 1961

https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/news-in-review-june-4-1961.mp3 Further evidence that history on any particular day isn’t about one earth-shifting event, but a series of seemingly inconsequential ones that creep up from time to time and take center stage without anybody looking. On this June 4th in 1961 it was about the upcoming Vienna Summit with Soviet Prime Minister Nikita…