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Slide of the Week: October 31st, 2008
Halloween Party, Whittier, CA 1958
These woman all work in the Whittler High School cafeteria. The jailbird, the cowgirl, the angel, the Nordic princess on her way to a kabuki festival, smoking a corn cob pipe, and Tom Cruise in Top Gun. Together they sit on and before a shapely sofa upholstered in a deep turquoise fabric sparkling with silver metallic threads. And then there’s the lady on the right sporting a football jersey and sweatpants. She stares at a flaming orange taper while moving her hands up and down. What is she supposed to be and what is she doing? And what’s with her very unusual lap display? Everyone knows that russet potatoes don’t have anything to do with Halloween!
Here’s to ladies that work in cafeterias, russet potato lap displays and Halloween!
Charles Phoenix
Los Angeles
October 2008
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13 Comments on “Halloween Party, Whittier, CA 1958”
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October 31st, 2008 at 10:50 am
Hey, Whittier High’s my old Alma Mater (I graduated about 20 years after this was taken though)!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:17 am
I think that is a Captain Midnight mask the janitor in the front row is wearing.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:26 am
This is a quintessential Charles Phoenix find if I ever saw one! I LOVE IT. The pic is funny enough but your description had me laughing out loud. Thank you for doing your thing.
XOXO Jen
October 31st, 2008 at 11:37 am
Golly…the ‘guy’ in the front looks a little like Speed Racer, don’t you think?
October 31st, 2008 at 11:37 am
Looks like a swingin time…guess this is before they all got drunk & naked?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Awwww… glad to see the older folk n the spirit, & they are all in costume. Charles you have me here laughing outloud………:)
Hoping to see ya @ the next show.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:14 pm
I so look forward to your slides and commentary… but this week I was disappointed that you opted out of commentary on the lovely pastoral scene hanging up in the stratosphere above the sofa… Do you suppose they got that with S&H Green Stamps?
Happy Halloween!
October 31st, 2008 at 2:15 pm
WISH I STILL LIVED IN CALIFORNIA(DID AS A CHILD IN THE 60′S)-WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR SHOW!
October 31st, 2008 at 2:52 pm
DEFINITELY Speed Racer… I’m getting me some potatoes tonight! If my fiance is lucky - an orange taper candle too!
October 31st, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Ditto on Derek’s comments. I was thinking the same thing.
November 1st, 2008 at 11:50 am
Great costumes. I wonder what they’re waiting around for.
November 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
not exactly a rockin’ party. Somebody put on a record and get this party started…
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:47 am
Notice how there are no Halloween decorations? This is an early acid party. They are all waiting for it to kick in. Grandma Spuds is there in case someone has a bad trip. She’ll knock them out with a potato. The Nordic Kabuki princess has been down this road a few times already. There is no other valid explanation for her bizarre outfit.