I love flea markets, 50's Stereo photography, vintage cars, collecting other peoples old photos & slides and architecture.
I collect just about everything you can imagine: match books, ladies compacts, stuff from the World's Fairs, 45's, Paint By Numbers, everything that has to do with Bowling, Motel stuff, just about everything from 50's Cuba, paper ephemera, aprons and table cloths from different states, soda pop bottles, tin signs, salt and pepper shakers, bottle caps, Tiki mugs, Tiki menus, Bakelite, 78's, things from Clifton's, old appliances, typewriters, signage, plastic flamingos, film cameras, cocktail and smoking accessories, bowling balls, Chalkware lamps, prison rings, elevator signs, neon clocks, postcards, race car trophies, dancing trophies, bowling trophies, dance cards, tin toys, rattan, Starburt, Fiestaware, Weil Ware, PEZ (I should really stop now). |
The record player is actually a reproduction Crosley. Funny thing is, it's the only non-vintage record player in the house. And yes, we have a few of those.
His head screws off, you fill him with soapy water then squeeze to make bubbles. I haven't actually used him for bubble making in many, many years.
My parents took me to a Don Ho show in Hawaii in 1982. He asked me to come up on stage and he sang "Tiny Bubbles" while I sat in his chair and blew bubbles. I've got some great photos of this event as well.
When Don Ho came to The Key Club in 2003 to do a show I had him sign the doll. He was excited and said he hadn't seen one in years.
I had never seen another one of these dolls in all my days of digging around at flea markets until I went to the Keinholtz exhibit at LACMA in 1998. He glued hundreds of little statues and dolls to this platform and I spotted the Don Ho doll right away! Shortly afterwards I ran over to my parents house and dug him out of a box in the garage.