A special somebody has gotten me looking for all things vintage and stewardess-y. I’ve found a slew of rad vintage advertisements, but this candid snap of some circa 1970s air hostesses relaxing on board got my attention.
I hope you all have lovely Tuesdays!
xo,
Meghan
And asked to have it look just like hers.
Marianne Faithfull circa 1965. Photo by Tony Frank.
Of course I didn’t get cut that short, but my girl Liz rocked out bangs just like hers, and I’m a happy girl. And since I’m too tired to blog much else, I figured I’d share with you some pictures of this gorgeous rock and roll style icon.
Nighty night!
Meghan
Photo taken on the 15th of July in 1977, Lafayette, Louisiana. Some patrons drinking at a honky tonk.
— Image by © Henry Horenstein/Corbis
Hurry up Tuesday, nacho night = tomorrow!
<3!!
Meghan
Bridgette Bardot plants one on Jane Birkin in “Don Juan (Or if Don Juan Were a Woman).” source
I’ve been filing away pretty photos of blondes & brunettes together, without reason, for a bit now. Random, right? No matter. I figured I’d share the best with you all here. Hopefully you don’t mind?
xo.
Meghan
Hi there, and happy Saturday.
It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Harold, creator of a super awesome zine, with a super awesome name, “Super Friends.”
I’ll admit, I went on quite a bit of a wild goose chase trying to track this fella down in order to interview him for the blog. I’ve been loving his zine ever since I found it at Zinefest last month, and, as a matter-of-fact, so have all of my house guests. I swear, no one can help themselves from picking it up off the coffee table once they take a seat on my couch! It’s irresistible!
Representing just a portion of his collection of photos and notes found while working at a Twin Cities-area thrift store, the 54-page publication is packed with LOL-worthy photos, poignant love notes, unfinished stories and all sorts of other random, found awesomeness. Every time I page through it, I’m comforted (and oddly validated), knowing that someone else has a similar (if not greater) appreciation for discarded photos and random ephemera.
Anyway, after a couple of dead-ends, and a handful of emails, I finally got a chance to talk with Harold about how he got started collecting found photos, his motivation for putting the pub together and to see if he has plans for “Super Friends II.” I hope you enjoy our little Q & A!
Me: So, we can’t get specific about where you work. But, it is a thrift store, right? What do you do there?
Harold: I work at a thrift store in the Twin Cities area. I have a wide variety of responsibilities, but I mostly deal with the heavy lifting and truck unloading the no one else wants to deal with.
Me: How did you get started collecting strangers’ photos and notes?
Harold: The collection started when a coworker would find weird photos and write notes on the back to me as if the person in the photo was writing to me. I started calling them my super friends because it was like I already knew these people and they were friends of mine.
Me: How do you find these items? In albums? Tucked into pages of books? Pockets?
Harold: When people donate stuff, it’s usually in a cardboard box or a plastic bag. Usually photos will be in albums, envelopes, or just loose in a box. I’ll find some when I’m emptying the garbage as well.
Me: What makes something a “keeper?”
Harold: When I started collecting, I would save pretty much any photos that I found. Now I have high standards of what’s worth keeping. You gotta go through the checklist. Is there a nipple showing? Are they wearing an adult diaper? The funnier the better.
Me: There are quite a few websites dedicated to showcasing hilarious photos similar to what you’ve found. Have you ever thought of starting a blog or website with your finds? Do you have any photo sites you like to visit?
Harold: I like Awkward Family Photos and Found Magazine (Dirty Found in particular) but I’ve never really had any plans to make a website. Maybe when I have more free time in the future.
Me: How big is your collection of found stuff? Do you organize it in any particular way?
Harold: Right now I have two photo albums of my favorite pictures, a folder stuffed with notes and drawings, a couple diaries, and a plastic bag of photos that I don’t consider album worthy.
Me: Do you have plans to make a “Super Friends II?” Please say yes.
Harold: I don’t have any plans to make a second “Super Friends.” I wanted to make one big zine with all my favorite photos rather than two or three smaller issues.
Me: What other zines/projects do you work on?
Harold: My friend Adam and I have been making a variety of zines over the past eleven years, starting with a skateboarding magazine in high school. Nowadays the zines I make are mostly humor-related. Outside of zines I do a lot of painting and T-shirt printing.
Me: Where can people get “Super Friends?”
Harold: The zine isn’t for sale at any stores. I will have a table of zines and other goods at the Walker Art Center for the mnartists.org Field Day on August 19th. Other than that, people can email me if they are interested in getting a copy (subtitlespub@yahoo.com).
Oh-so-generously, Harold’s offered up two copies of “Super Friends” to High Plains readers. Awesome, right? All you have to do is leave a comment and you’ll automatically be entered to win. I’ll be picking the two lucky winners Thursday night, and will announce the winners on Friday!
Good luck, friends! Hope y’all have had super weekends so far.
xo,
Meghan
How are your Saturdays going kids?
Rockin’ so far, I hope.
Speaking of rockin’, I was searching for images of Dewey Bunnell on Flickr this morning, and amongst the many modern-day images I found of him and Gerry, one little pic that looked kind of old popped out and screamed “click me!!!” And so I did.
Here it is. (Click images to make them bigger!)
Just a couple snapshots of a 24-year-old Dewey Bunnell and his then-wife, Vivian, at their home in San Enselmo, California. The photo was taken in 1976, a year after America’s “History/America’s Greatest Hits” was released. (It reached number three on the Billboard charts that year.)
My immediate thought? Who the hell is this guy, taking snapshots of effing Dewey Bunnell during America’s heyday? So, I started going scrolling through his 1,500 photos. Socks = knocked off.
Here’s Dewey, again. NBD.
And while the rest of the photos are celebrity-free, they’re light years away from boring. Tucked in between current pics of his garden, cats, girlfriend and military reunion events, there are some pretty awesome photos from the 1960s and ’70s.
Here are a handful of my favorites.
If you’re a film nerd or ’70s lover, it might be worth it to take a tour of this guy’s stream. You’ll find shots of epic foosball tournaments, his travels (Prague, Budapest, Amsterdam, Korea, China), his time in the military, etc. And who knows, maybe you’ll come across some other pics of Dewey I missed.
I’m off to the beach!
xo,
Meghan
Happy Friday, pretties!
Today, I thought I’d share some pics of my beautiful, beautiful aunties, taken at my family’s cabin in the 1960s. From oldest to youngest, let me introduce you to….
Sharyn
Cheryl (right)
Cindie
Beth
Judie Sharyn
You can’t blame my Grandma for her boo-boo here. My mom, Judie, and her younger sister Sharyn, did look alike.
I sadly couldn’t find a black and white pic of my mom in this collection. But here’s a gem of her and my older brother, at the lake in the summer of 1982. I was born just a few months after this was taken.
Dreamy dress, right? I loves.
Well, I hope you all are having lovely mornings. I’m fully over-caffeinated, and am off to Duluth to pick up a vintage dress form, and then do some thrifting on the way back to the cabin. The afternoon holds lots and lots of swimming, sunning, reading and eating. Happy Friday, indeed.
xo,
Meghan
Yesterday, my pal Jessi & I hit up an estate sale in Burnsville. My favorite purchase of the day was a book of photographs of the home’s owner, all from the ’40s.
Apparently, she was quite a badass baton twirler. Isn’t she pretty?
I love the pics from the parades she was in. This one was taken in Red Wing in June, 1949. I love the blurriness.
I think the shots of her practicing in the backyard are also awesome. I wonder who this guy is?
Also: her bathing suit? Love.
Here she is at a fancy dinner. I Googled NADAA (see bottom left corner) it stands for National Association of Dance Affiliated Arts. I think her date’s the dude with the shades on, which makes me love her even a little bit more.
It broke my heart to see a huge box of albums, all packed with gems like this. I wonder how these precious photos can wind up left behind? I’ll treasure and appreciate them, but wouldn’t her family do the same? Anyway, it’s hard to go to any estate sale and not experience at least a few twinges of sadness. Kinda goes with the territory, ya know? If you’re interested in going, the sale’s still on, and today, everything’s half-0ff. Details, including directions, can be found here.
I’ll be back tomorrow with a couple behind-the-scene peeks at my first shoot for my soon-to-be-open Etsy shop. Happy Saturday all!
xoxo,
Meghan
high plains thrifter 
