Category Archives: Historical photos
James Goes Shopping
What is here for me for dins(Lookers looking on)Bottle red, loaf of bread(Peanut butter’s gone)…. James Dean 1955 Marfa Texas Don MatthewsSeptember 2022
Jane Goes Shopping
My poodles always come with meOn my shopping dayThey love their bag of Doggie SnapsLets all sing hip hooray…. Jane Mansfield Los Angeles 1959 yap yap yap Don MatthewsSeptember 2022
Special
I’m feeling rather specialAm glad they did pick meFrom many fine contendersFor all the world to see…. Submitted designs for Eiffel Tower. Was it a competition? Don’t know. Third top-left could be winner Don MatthewsSeptember 2022
Painting Blackpool Tower
I’m painting Blackpool TowerEnjoying all the sightsNo-one’s mentioned safety gear(I’m not afraid of heights)…. Don MatthewsJune 2022
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (mannequins)
Wax mannequins in 1929 heatwave
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (remembering)
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Californian beach)
California beach, 1928
Lynch’s
We’re standing outside Lynch’sWaiting open doorsSo we can view the merchandiseAllowed within the laws…. Don MatthewsMay 2022