The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Jetway 707, a long Toronado.

In the days before TSA security, before airports were built as fly-malls replete with Brooks Brothers and Cinnabon stores, there were airpor...

April 12, 2015 by Markydoodle

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Holiday Cards I’d like to see

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January 5, 2015 by Markydoodle

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Funk, Nebraska 68940

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December 19, 2013 by Markydoodle

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Busted

Backroads of rural Nebraska....

December 16, 2013 by Markydoodle

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Book of Days

The Missouri Ozarks are steeped with history and rich with character. With each visit I find a tug to stay. I can’t tell if it’...

October 29, 2013 by Markydoodle

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Camping 1950’s with the Milligan’s

On one of our many family road trips with the Mues (pronounced Moose) family, Wayne decided to take his boat to Yellowstone. Dad wanted a ...

May 23, 2013 by Markydoodle

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Star Wars Storm Trooper Cheese Ball

Etsy is something....

May 18, 2013 by Markydoodle

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Detroit Icon

This was parked at the Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale last year when I had to go there to work. Iconic....

May 16, 2013 by Markydoodle

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Mother’s Day Envy

I just can’t wait for Father’s Day. Hallmark, you suck....

May 14, 2013 by Markydoodle

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Land Troller

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March 4, 2013 by Markydoodle

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Road Trip!

University of California-Irvine Student Union a few weeks ago. I didn’t even think Antarctica had people, let alone cars. But appa...

January 16, 2013 by Markydoodle

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Smart Cooker

Not sure this was part of Jobs’ vision for a brand, but one never knows…...

January 15, 2013 by Markydoodle

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Impala

The Impala. An American Icon....

January 12, 2013 by Markydoodle

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Big Fish, Little Me

Thank God they got the hook out of my mouth before they took the picture. About 1958....

January 6, 2013 by Markydoodle

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Just Put Away Grandma’s Hummels…

Every year we would go to Grandma’s house after we’d open presents at Christmas, and some of them couldn’t go for safety r...

December 30, 2012 by Markydoodle

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I was an Erector Set Failure

I tried, but could never get past the aesthetics....

December 28, 2012 by Markydoodle

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The Timeless Mercury Breezeway Smoker’s Design

Of course my title is tongue-in-cheek. My guess is, the ad agency sat and stared at that rear window and said “WTF is that?” �...

December 27, 2012 by Markydoodle

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The Perfect Gift for Your Car

I don’t make it a habit of gift giving when it comes to inanimate objects, but in 1952, ad men apparently thought people would buy tha...

December 26, 2012 by Markydoodle

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When I had midgets in my house halloween witch.

I guess I’m a little non-traditional, because when I miss my grown-up kids isn’t the traditional Christmas season, it’s ha...

November 1, 2012 by Markydoodle

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Throttle “Queens”

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September 10, 2012 by Markydoodle

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1960 Cadillac Woody

Or, Cad Wood. Sounds like a fictitious celebrity name. But the car isn’t fictitious. Not factory made, but customized after leav...

September 7, 2012 by Markydoodle

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Residing on the corner of High. And High.

This is where my oldest son resides. Not in a metaphorical sense, it’s his actual front yard. High St., and High Circle....

September 4, 2012 by Markydoodle

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Blacula El Dorado

I just can’t get over those headlights. Apparently the car was recently for sale in a used car lot that specializes in older Cadilla...

September 2, 2012 by Markydoodle

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Chia Chev

Today in Austin I just had time to quickly take this shot of a Chevy HHR that has been coated in astro turf. It’s the vehicle of a t...

August 30, 2012 by Markydoodle

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Deluxe Playmobile Dashboard 1961

I had one, this isn’t it. It’s 1961, I’m 6 years old. It’s a day or so after Christmas, and I tell my Mom it was t...

August 3, 2012 by Markydoodle

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