The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Feeling the love for Detroit!

This picture was taken at an abandoned hotel next the Michigan Central Train Depot....

October 3, 2013 by denny

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Had a little soul painted on the outside of my now defunct Grand Rapids MI record store

Mr. Gaye was the patron saint of my now defunct ‘Beat Goes On’ record store in Grand Rapids, MI...

May 30, 2013 by Bembacolora

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Beverly Hills Cop, Detroit and Ramsey’s Bar!

Ramsey’s Bar was located on the corner of Waterman and West Jefferson. Like the above caption says, the building still stands but ...

April 7, 2013 by denny

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Wall + Shrub + Creativity = Art

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March 5, 2013 by Douglas Wood

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Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy in Hollywood – Summer of 2012

This Nancy mural is on a side street off Hollywood Blvd, can’t remember which, but they like the Sinatra’s down in Hollywood. ...

December 30, 2012 by denny

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The Philadelphia Asthma Mural and More

Philadelphia has a lot of murals (more on that later) and I have always tried to refrain from calling them kitsch. They are strange and biza...

December 14, 2012 by Mooshe

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Street Art In Glastonbury

I was strolling through Glastonbury and spotted this in a side alley, love the simplicity of it , made me smile.....

September 7, 2012 by shirlie williams

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“Jeannie” Gets Funky!

I love Barbara Eden and “I Dream of Jeannie,” but where were her loved ones when she agreed to “get down” on nationa...

June 2, 2012 by Douglas Wood

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Hicksville Trailer Palace

Somewhere in California between Yucca City and Joshua Tree National Park off of a dirt road out in the middle of nowhere you’ll the Hicksv...

April 4, 2012 by Michael Ely

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – My Sunday Drive With Charles Phoenix: Cruising Van Nuys Blvd. In Search Of Beeps- Part 1

. Bright and early the Sunday before last, my #1 day-trip accompanist, Charles Phoenix, and myself tooled down Van Nuys Blvd. looking for a ...

February 28, 2012 by Allee Willis

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Cemetery Graffiti ,Bristol UK

This weekend we went to Bristol, and visited The Arnos Vale Cemetery. On many occasions I had glimpsed through the gate but it was always l...

February 17, 2012 by shirlie williams

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Marching Band in front of Christmas Present Painted Dry Cleaners

Yes, those are pink and white diagonal stripes. Just before Christmas about 1970, the local dry cleaners in my hometown had their buil...

February 14, 2012 by Markydoodle

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Signs of an Excellent Birthday In East LA and Beyond

I’m pretty religious about celebrating one’s birthday all day from the strike of midnight through the next 24. Years that I have...

November 17, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Jeff is His Budtender.

Near Coors Field, the Cannibis Station, in Denver, Colorado. I love it when old gas stations get converted to completely unrelated businesse...

October 6, 2011 by Markydoodle

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Chairman Meow

Remember these from the old days- back in the 1970’s when Mao ruled China. When he sent out a decree to kill all birds because they ...

September 19, 2011 by snappyp

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SEX

This is an actual sculpture/mural on the side of one our remodeled high schools. Quite a controversy over the placement of objects. From l...

July 10, 2011 by weave1022

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – My Early Morning Drive Through Hollywood

Bleary eyed from chasing a friend’s cat through the hills above the Hollywood Bowl all night last night – finally captured IR...

June 26, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Outfits And Art Direction Of The Day

Pretty in pastel, especially when placed between those Mayan or Arabic or whatever kind of symbols those are inbedded in the fake rock bar f...

May 19, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 13, Burk’s Igloo & Lafayette Coney Dogs

Burk’s Igloo in Hamtramck, the once Polish center of Detroit, not only has KILLER ice cream but is famous now for being in the opening...

May 4, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Booby Bar in downtown Detroit

This is Bouzouki’s “booby bar” which was on the side street next to my hotel in Detroit. The guys I would see standing o...

by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 9, The City By Car

Wednesday, April 6, had tremendous potential. (L-R) Mark Blackwell and Laura Grover, both of whom worked on putting the whole Detroit extrav...

April 27, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 8, Sights In Passing

One of my favorite things in life is photographing whatever I see around me, especially if I’m in a car and just happen to pass someth...

April 26, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 7, Fox News and Marching Band Rehearsal

Tues., April 5, started at 7 am. (Kill me now; that’s the middle of the night for me.) Thank God there was a Yum Yum (my dictation sof...

April 25, 2011 by Allee Willis

Ex-Lax, The Chocolate Laxative

Here in Alameda, California, we have a small market at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Grand Avenue that left up the old pharmacy image for...

by Rusty

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Mary Lee’s Candy Factory in Downtown Detroit

This is how close the crew was to each other when we were all staying in Detroit. Behind this old brick building that once housed Mary Lee...

April 17, 2011 by denny

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