The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Miami souvenier “fanette”

No nipples? I call her fanette or Areola 51. Souvenir from Miami (probably not south beach) about 60 y/old. You crank it and she hoochie koo...

January 11, 2010 by john switzer

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Mini Light Tower/Bed and Breakfast

This building and mini light tower is a bed and breakfast here on Cape Cod. Originally called “Kadee’s”. There is a far aw...

December 31, 2009 by denny

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Pebble Beach Golf Ashtray

I love anything having to do with Pebble Beach. I think this is pretty old because I got from a garage sale in a house on the 17 mile drive....

by snappyp

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Burl Ives On the Beach at Waikiki LP

What goes better than Burl Ives and Waikiki?...

by kookykitsch

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Buck’s Island Road, Southside, AL

My sister discovered this colorful community 063 miles from Birmingham and wants to live there in a big turquoise house. Demographics Souths...

December 27, 2009 by Julie Brumlik

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Santa’s Sleigh – Main St., S. Carolina

That was taken yesterday, 12/24/09, on main st., Greenville, sc. Walking down main st and drove along by the sleigh!! We caught up with Sant...

December 25, 2009 by lambshank1

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Albertville, Alabama Roadside Religion

Are you RISEN in CHRIST or DAMNED in EVOLUTION? glorious fire-and-brimstone Fundi billboards on Hwy 431 Albertville, Alabama, festooned with...

December 22, 2009 by Julie Brumlik

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Money From The Sky

When I was 13-years-old I flew in a helicopter for the very first time and threw hundreds of ping-pong balls stuffed with money out of the c...

December 20, 2009 by Mark Blackwell

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“Carhenge”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kea7BRu2BjM 1,282 miles from Los Angeles, and 1,660 miles from New York City (about 2 hours off I-80) sits a ...

December 16, 2009 by Markydoodle

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The Season Of The Kitsch

This VW Bug sleigh just flew in via one of those redneck joke emails which I, being from South Carolina, seem to receive from friends and re...

December 15, 2009 by Mark Blackwell

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Albertville Alabama, Fire Hydrant Capital of the World

Albertville has much to be proud of, to wit: Albertville, Alabama – Nickel-Plated Fire Hydrant Outside the Albertville Chamber of Comm...

December 12, 2009 by Julie Brumlik

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Souvenir Oklahoma Ashtray

“In 1889, the Indian Territory was opened to settlers. Thousands of people lined up on the border and, when the signal was given, they...

December 11, 2009 by Lasagne Lady Fitch

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Florida Teapot Wall Plaque

I get so happy when I see this. I think sand beaches, warm air, cotton candy and pelicans. why did someone make this half pitcher? I love th...

December 9, 2009 by Lasagne Lady Fitch

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FOODLAND OF ALBERTVILLE ALABAMA

Foodland of Albertville Alabama (that’s the full name of the grocery store) snapshots last week. Gallons of JFG Real Mayonnaise, Blue ...

December 6, 2009 by Julie Brumlik

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South of the Border Stores & Hotel

These are a few pictures from my trip in 2006 to South of the Border. It’s on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina and has ...

December 4, 2009 by Sheri Barclay

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Piece of the Berlin Wall

When the Berlin Wall came down it was a historic moment, and a profitable one too to some entrepreneurs. These weren’t hard to come by...

December 3, 2009 by jack

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Bikini Babe Bottle Openers

Not sure I am proud about what this reveals about the male psyche, especially after a few rounds....

November 25, 2009 by Rome

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Words cannot do justice… to these S&Ps

Scientific evidence that human creativity is infinite: standard salt/pepper shakers covered with a crust of dyed, crushed seashells and glit...

November 18, 2009 by Ray Kristof

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The Red Caboose Motel, Strasburg, PA

Located in Strasburg, PA, near the Amish country, this motel’s doors were first opened (or should I say slid open!) in 1969. All rooms...

by markpnyc

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Mi Mi’s Cafe, Grant City, Alabama 9/15/9

My mother, sister Amy and I got there just as they were closing up Sunday dinner (noon), so we had the cafe to ourselves. I ordered “U...

November 17, 2009 by Julie Brumlik

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Colonel Sanders’ Tijuana Picnic album

Because when you think “Tijuana,” naturally, the first thing that comes to mind is KFC! SIDE ONE: a taste of honey lonely bull c...

November 12, 2009 by kookykitsch

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Single wide Fleet-wood Mobile Home

My Favorite Postcard. Lovely couple enjoying the decadence of the new Single wide Fleet-wood Mobile Home with a pool bigger that the entire ...

November 10, 2009 by JackFondue

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‘First Leg Of My Trip’ Pen

I love pens in the shape of things but none more so than this souvenir writing implement from Washington made of plastic in the 1950’s...

October 23, 2009 by Allee Willis

Madonna Inn Mugs – Front AND Back!

What’s up with the stagecoach? And don’t even get me started on the “poetry.”...

October 20, 2009 by pspevak

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Madonna Inn AshtrayX

I don’t have to tell any self-respecting Kitsch lover about the Parthenon of Kitsch, the Madonna Inn, in San Luis Obispo, California. ...

October 12, 2009 by Allee Willis

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