Help needed identifying WWII starlet!

Randy Haiman needs our help identifying a sweet lady from the past. This should be our speciality!
I am lost. No idea at all. But maybe some of you out there has an idea?

"While going through old photos at my in-laws' house we came across photographs taken at the Alaskan US Army Air Corps base where my father-in-law was stationed at the end of WWII. Several of the photographs were taken during USO events.

She looks so familiar, but nobody could say for sure who she is. Sorry about the low quality, I was using an old pocket shooter. Thank you very much for any help you can offer in this matter."

Click starlet for a little bigger view

Nixon Family Album

Check out the Nixon Family Album over at Bostworld.

Ghost Signs.

The History of Advertising Trust has a nifty collection of ghost signs -- hand-painted billboards on the sides of buildings, mainly located in the U.K., and most of which are slowly fading into yesteryear.

L.A. Babylon.

I don't care what the haters say, I love Los Angeles. Especially mid-20th century Los Angeles, the seedier the better. That's why I love today's post at Pulp International with a treasure trove of photos of the noir side of the City of (Fallen) Angels, circa 1930-1950. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to watch "The Blue Dahlia" and read "Day of the Locust."

Pop Photography - An introduction, perhaps?

I'm known as Rantz as well as Charles (or Charlz) Strebor - I take fotiez, I blog, I eat, I sleep and I work to pay for the first four in the list.

I haven't a clue as to what Pop Photograpy is - but I have lots of ideas.  The more I look for Pop Photography, the more confused I become and the more ideas I find tend to add to the confusion.

What is it, this Pop Photography?  Is it a subset of Pop Art - whatever that may be:


Is it photography using toy cameras or software to emulate toy cameras - whatever they may be:


Is it photography of one of those mysterious items of our current culture - the 23?


I still haven't a clue - but I still have lots of ideas (and even more confusion) about this idea of Pop Photography.  Your feedback welcome and appreciated - particularly if it adds to my confusion:

Wascally Wabbits

Easter greetings from the Gorilla Den

Images via FFFFOUND - here and here

Awkward Family Photos

Awkward Family Photos Nothing more to say about that.

Black & WTF

From Black & WTF. Thank you Mr. F.

PCL headquarters ?

Hugh Hefner at work via pour 15 minutes d'amour (original source: http://einestages.spiegel.de )

black and wtf

Black and WTF: A photoblog of really strange black & white photos. Feel free to submit your own weirdest founds.

a Plethora of Personal Pix of Pulchritude by Percy

Water Molotov

Just some amazing street photographs of San Francisco.

[via TOP]

I Heart That Which Is Like a Dark Skull Swap

Donna (queen of cool stuff in general) gets the cred for this by being vigilant over at our other blog, Douchebag or no Douchebag:

Compelling dark shiz-nit (as the gangstas say) go or I will think you are weak!

LINK AT PIC FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.

My Out-Of-Touchness Continues

USA! USA! USA!
The People of WalMart

Tidbits Photos

Apologies to RSS readers for my reposting. I had trouble w/ the images.




Tidbits is "an old punk who started taking photos back when I used to do a fanzine called Tidbit Fanzine. Though I no longer do the zine, I still take many a photo.
I've got a growing collection of cameras. They just seem to keep showing up and hanging around, waiting for me to put some film in them."

I met him at a World Inferno Friendship Society show....ages ago.



Go view his blog. My apartment has quite a few of his pieces. I'm partial to his Central Park series.

F#@k You Penquin

For people who don't want a cheezburger, or any sort of cute overload, I give you


F*ck You, Penquin

Sarcasm and cute animals...truly makes me giggle like a schoolgirl

Happy Belated 2009.

As usual, I'm a day late to the party and a dollar short with the cover charge. Blame it on my holiday vacation from all things online, from which I'm just now returning. Since this appears to be the tradition among you locals, allow me to join in...


(click to enlarge)

I'm the short one. That's me at the ripe old age of two months, with my parents. My mother apparently wished to remain anonymous. Maybe it's on account of that lamp back there, but I really wish I had that now.

before / after

before:


after:

more via sexy people

Still hungry?

from portuguese magazine: Tele Culinaria

This is just an example of the INCREDIBLE collection of Gatochy's scans. You will also find all kinds of retro images (advertising, photos, movie poster, magazines...) via his Flickr

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I urge you to go visit his blogs:
Ilustraçaõ Portuguesa
Gatochy's blog

bonne année 2009!

Isn't it happiness?

2008 was great! I turned 30 with that same smile stuck on my face!
I wish you all the best for 2009!
Long live PCL!