The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Ghost Ranch Lodge Ashtray

Miracle Mile is home to a strip of vintage neon-lit hotels here in Tucson and one of the most famous was the Ghost Ranch Lodge. Built in 194...

August 8, 2010 by Michael Ely

Get The Lead Out…

A Jungle Giraffe carved on the tip of a lead pencil…I know??? This is the most amazing artist…wishing there were more animals? T...

August 6, 2010 by k2dtw

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1968 Right On’s 100 Super-Soul Stars Book and Saturday Night with Earth Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder, 2010

. My life would have never been the same without Soul music. Growing up in Detroit, my teenage years were spent on the far right of the AM r...

August 2, 2010 by Allee Willis

Running from a jungle preditor…

This amazing ostrich sculpture is from a recent local high school art show. It stands about 6 feet tall with details shaped from craft paper...

July 31, 2010 by MyFunCloset

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Cootie Game

I can’t remember any game more popular than Cootie when I was growing up. But forget about the game itself, I loved playing with the l...

July 21, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Denny’s Adventure’s In “Willis Wonderland” – part 18

This is a fantastic painting by “Bubbles The Artist”. It’s the “Ike & Tina Tuner Review”. Note the go-go d...

July 17, 2010 by denny

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Denny’s Adventure’s In “Willis Wonderland” – part 14

This was done by Mark Blackwell. The following info I nabbed from Allee’s page as I was having a time of it remembering who did this. ...

July 13, 2010 by denny

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Who You Gonna Be??

O.k. so the video itself is not much. Just a pan of Allee’s 1974 album Childstar. The song is pure 70’s, with Allee’s dist...

by Lisa Rios

Alvar Aalto vase

Alvar Aalto vase by Iittala Finland “Alvar Aalto made waves in the 1930s when the now iconic Aalto vase was first presented at the Par...

July 9, 2010 by giolovesyou

Denny’s Adventure’s In “Willis Wonderland” – part 8

A nice arrangement of kitsch decorating a table outside! Dig the acrylic grapes and little statue. And the winner is…….Allee Wil...

July 7, 2010 by denny

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Denny’s Adventure’s in “Willis Wonderland” – part 1

If there was ever a wonderland for me, Willis Wonderland would be it. As soon as I walked into this cotton candy fantasy, I was floored, los...

June 30, 2010 by denny

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A Corvair in Camelot: 1961 General Motors Promo Film

From 1949 to 1961, General Motors held a car show in major cities that was the granddaddy of all industrials. It was called “MOTORAMA....

June 22, 2010 by Markydoodle

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Plastic Fruit & Vegetable People and The Most Talented Man You’ve Ever Seen Playing Music On Vegetables

. I used to actively collect figurative sculptures made out of plastic fruits and vegetables. Largely crafts projects, I loved them because ...

June 8, 2010 by Allee Willis

Beauty pageant contestant, Stacey Hedger, “Star Wars” trumpet

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June 6, 2010 by ydnachuk

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Chip n’ Dip California Pottery Alien Face

This alien face is proof that artists see things that regular folk don’t. The resourceful artist in this case is Jack Chipman, who is ...

June 1, 2010 by Douglas Wood

“Blockhead Revisited” Sculpture

A popular game “Blockhead” from the ’50’s became a project for me last October. There was a silent auction fund rais...

May 27, 2010 by MyFunCloset

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Velveeta Camera and “Food For Thought” Party Photos!

This is one of the few food related items that John Lloyd Young didn’t jewel at my place last Sunday when The Allee Willis Museum Of K...

May 26, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The Soul Grabber and Patti LaBelle’s Surprise Birthday Party

This late 60’s Soul Grabber sign for Budweiser malt liquor is one of my favorite possessions. Everything about it screams late Afro 60...

May 25, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1950’s BonAmi “Push Button” Cleaner and A Smatering of What It’s Cleaning Up

This vintage cleaning product can may be a little worse for wear but so am I as I hobble around my house shining it back up to its usual sta...

May 24, 2010 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1950’s “What’s Yours?” Drink Markers – Party at AWMoK (in LA) Today!

As any good party hostess knows, one of the biggest drags is seeing a sea of half filled cups littered all over your place left by guests wh...

May 23, 2010 by Allee Willis

Beany Barnyard Craft

I made this rooster as a craft during Brownie Scouts back in the 60s – also made a hen to complete the set but unfortunately she later...

May 21, 2010 by sharon50s

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the ladies inside me and my friends

this started out as bi polar, then tri polar, then bi polar x2..but it seem perfect this is the final and one i call perfect. but its no lon...

May 11, 2010 by monica johnson

How to Draw and Paint CHILDREN by Viola French – vintage instructional book

I found this book at the dump and was so torn about which pages to place here. The graphics are amazing and the only pics in color are poste...

April 30, 2010 by denny