Photos, videos and docs of Alan Mays, with the keywords: "Kodak"

Flower Paintings with Lamp and Stereo

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 03:48:02 +0000

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of lamps, chandeliers, candlesticks, and other types of lighting.

This is a color slide, circa 1959, that shows two flower paintings hanging on a wall. Below them is a Motorola "Stereophonic High Fidelity" console. Based on the online documentation for a similar model, the top of the stereo lifts up on the right for access to a record player inside. The six knobs on the left are labeled Function, Compensator, Loudness, Treble, Bass, and Balance. On top of the left side of the stereo are a decorative porcelain table lamp and a framed photo.

This is another slide from the collection of the Pipe-Smoking Man's family. I only recently realized that two other photos from the collection show different parts of this same room. A photo taken to the left of this one also captures part of the stereo console (see Flowering Plants and Groovy Curtains). The door, wall thermostat, and chair in this photo are visible in a photo taken to the right of this one (see Still Life with Television). The flower paintings may be the work of "Ethel", a relative of the Pipe-Smoking Man (see Ethel's Oil Painting, 1967).

Funny Easter Bunnies at Halloween, 1961

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:21:02 +0000

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A photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park monthly topic of something funny.

A couple of funny Easter bunnies -- actually dressed up for Halloween -- pose in front of a fireplace as they hold their carrots.

Printed on the back: "This is a Kodacolor print made by Kodak. November 1961 R." The November photo developing date was the first clue that these are Halloween costumes (but I'm counting them as Easter bunnies, too!). There's also a scarecrow standing on top of a pumpkin (on the right in front of the fireplace) that's obviously an autumn decoration, and it looks like there may be pumpkin and ghost figurines on the mantel.

See also Quizzical Kids in Easter Costumes and more photos in my Funny Bunnies album.

Cutting the Cake in '58

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 06 May 2019 00:06:02 +0000

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A weddings photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

This is a Kodachrome slide processed by Kodak in Jan 1959, so I'm guessing that the wedding actually took place in 1958

Notice how no one seems particularly excited as the bride and groom pose for photos while cutting their cake. Perhaps they would have been more impressed had they turned around and taken a look at the elaborate design of that wallpaper.

P.S. I didn't realize how many wedding-related pics I had already used for various themes in the VPTP until I started searching for this week's photo. Check out two of my six previous matrimonial postings:

Halloween at Your Friendly Kodak Dealer

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 03:41:16 +0000

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A Halloween window display at a camera store. I believe that the sign that's partially visible above "Your Friendly Kodak Dealer" is "Service Photo Supply Co." Does anyone recognize the camera or other equipment? Is this a photo store scene from the 1960s or 1970s?

For a close-up of the pumpkin, see Halloween Kodak-O'-Lantern.

Halloween Kodak-O'-Lantern

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 03:41:18 +0000

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One more Halloween photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park (post as many photos as you want--no limit!--that relate directly or indirectly to Halloween).

A jack-o'-lantern in a Halloween window display at a Kodak camera store.

For a better view of the display and the inside of the store, see Halloween at Your Friendly Kodak Dealer.

Mr. Jack O. Lantern and His Trick-or-Treat Friends

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 20:53:55 +0000

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A photo of kids in costume/fancy dress for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

Green-tinted blurry kids pose with a jack-o'-lantern before heading out for Halloween trick-or-treating sometime in the 1970s.

The back of the photo is watermarked with "A Kodak Paper," which was used in the 1960s and early 1970s.

The Kodak Maiden and the Silly Chap

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:36:22 +0000

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See the Kodak maiden,
See the silly chap;
He has lots of money
So she has "a snap!"

Published by A. S. Meeker, New York, in 1908, this comic postcard was part of an "'Embossed Comics' Series." Postmarked Lincoln, Nebraska, May 7, 1909, on the back.

Smiling Around the Christmas Tree

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 21:45:56 +0000

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An indoor seasonal photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park (seasonal - indoors or out - if you have both, feel free to post 2 photos).

Printed on the back of this photo: "This is a Kodachrome Print made only by Kodak. Week of Feb. 24 '58."

Flowering Plants and Groovy Curtains

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:49:03 +0000

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A flowers photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

A slide dated April 1959 shows an elaborate planter stand with flowering plants (violets?) situated in front of a window. Trendy curtains with geometric shapes flank the stand on both sides, and other household furnishings--a lamp, stereo, framed photo, artwork on the wall--are also visible.

For another slide taken in the same house (with the same distinctive style of curtains), see Here's the Lady You Ordered! Where Do You Want Us to Put Her?

Here's the Lady You Ordered! Where Do You Want Us to Put Her?

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:02:00 +0000

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Slide dated October 1959, location unknown.

Hilarity ensued as these two men carried the woman through a doorway into a house. Judging by the corsage that the woman was wearing and the flower in the one man's lapel, I suspect that they may have been celebrating a wedding anniversary.

Note, too, that a television set is partially visible behind the doll on the left.