You Know — For The Kids!

Aunt Jean, working the hoop in her heels.
My grandfather's basement bar, Elizabeth, New Jersey
1958

My sincere, childhood thanks to Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin — founders of WHAM-O®.

"You know — for the kids!"

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Lemon: Won't You Join Me For A Drink
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Dr. Rubberfunk: Bossa For The Devil
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Ruth Bernhard, Photographer, R.I.P.

Classic Torso, 1952, Gelatin silver print, 1976
Ruth Bernhard (October 14, 1905 - December 18, 2007)

"I allowed life to give me presents. And everything just sort of happened the way it was supposed to happen. I did not pursue anything. It more or less pursued me."

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Ursula 1000: Kinda' Kinky
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(You can read about, and see more of, this wonderfully inspired (and inspirational) womans' photography — from a 2004 exhibition — at the John Stevenson Gallery — as well as her obituary from The New York Times.)

Rock Island Beauties.

Tintype Date: Unknown

This found tintype shows two of the Rock's most beautiful women from back in the day. The close-up shows adjustments to the original with which the photographer took some creative license. Check out the rouge on their cheeks and golden yellow jewelery accoutrements.

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