Bob Ramsdell

I am 80 years old and have been taking pictures since I was 10 years old. Served in Korean War on Okinawa. Planned and designed highways for CalTrans for 38 years. A large amount of my pictures were taken in San Francisco. I am a member of a world wide photo club (PhotoSig) where I have about 800 photos. People critique my photos and I critique theirs.

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Snapple Iced Tea pin

With all this hot weather,  what better way to remind you to drink some Snapple Iced Tea than to wear this Snapple Iced  Tea Pin.  People...

July 11, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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Spoonerism

In 1904, my uncle worked for the Travel Editor of the Los Angeles Times. He was assigned to escort a summer student group to Europe. He kept...

June 28, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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Toilet Training

This is my Siamese cat, Susie.  I took a lot of pictures of her and her son, Bobo. We decided that we didn’t want Chinese sounding  ...

May 25, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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Doris Day

I saw Doris Day in her first movie, Romance on the High Seas, in San Francisco in 1948. She was there promoting the movie. She was very pret...

May 24, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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Jagermeister Surprise

A friend of mine gave me a bottle of Jagermeister liqueur for my birthday. It was delicious and it had a unique bottle top which I kept. It ...

May 6, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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Hans Christian Andersen

One of my favorite actors was Danny Kaye and I had a chance to see him in person in San Francisco in 1947.  I had seen all of his movies. O...

April 26, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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Lucky Unicorn

My wife always liked unicorns and I would buy unicorn figurines, paintings,  etc. One of her favorite short stories was “The Unicorn ...

April 25, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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Happy Face

I was looking through a thrift shop bin of miscellaneous stuff and found this happy face pin which was about  one inch in diameter.  It wa...

April 17, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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Advertising Cow

In Independence, Oregon, there is a full size model of a cow on the sidewalk in front of a cattle supply store. The owner of the store has d...

March 23, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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Senior Prom Orchid

In the 1940’s when a guy took out his girlfriend to the Senior Prom, he would give her an orchid. Most of the girls would try to keep ...

March 18, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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Bill Clinton $3 bill

This is an anti Bill Clinton $3 bill. I don’t know if the whistle in his mouth is a referee’s or a police whistle. I noticed the...

March 9, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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Jack Paar

I always enjoyed watching Jack Paar on TV, reading his books and decided to write him a letter. One subject in the letter was about a person...

February 26, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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More Tempest Storm

I had already posted an autographed picture of Tempest Storm and she sent me another one with a lot of smaller pictures of her some in regu...

February 23, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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John Glenn

It’s hard to believe that John Glenn’s orbit of the moon was 50 years ago, but it was on February 20, 1962 that he did this. I h...

February 22, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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Love/Hate New York

This is a small paper back book made by a cartoonist, Bernie Karlin showing the good side and bad side of New York City. For example, one s...

February 19, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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John Madden and his Bus

Former Coach of the Oakland Raiders and now a commentarian on the NFL never flies but instead has a deluxe fitted bus to take him to games. ...

February 15, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell
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