Saturday, May 21, 2022

The Saturday Picture Show, May 21, 2022

 

We've all had the experience of coming to work in a fog. Here's a new Amazon fulfillment center's 5th floor that comes pre-fogged for your convenience!
This photograph is called  “Girls in the Windows.” It was taken by Ormond Gigli  on  East 58th Street in New York in 1960. Good thing everyone showed up on the day they scheduled the shoot...the building was knocked down the next day.


It was very snazzy in the 1930s to have a V-8 motor in your Ford, guzzling gas that cost maybe 15 cents a gallon.
I like this picture because it looks like someone is making homemade stew to go along with this nice bread!
A standard treat on Monday mornings in offices around Maryland is someone coming back from Ocean City with a tub of Fisher's caramel popcorn. It's usually gone by lunchtime.
Maybe they're the best they can, but you're better off without them.
Surely someone somewhere on Saturday, January 22, 1977, said, "Honey! Let's go out for a nice Italian dinner tonight!" And that's when the trouble began.
Here's what it looks like, above the peak of Mt Everest. 
Everyone loves Marilyn Monroe, and someone loved this Andy Warhol pop art picture called "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" so much, he shelled out $195 million to buy it. Not included in the sale price is an explanation of why Warhol named it that.

Hello, Librarians! Here's a use for your old pre-computer card catalog! File your wine in it, and when your neighbor comes over to bum a bottle from your collection, stamp the bottle with a due date!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Love the reused card catalog!