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November 05, 2009 |
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'Till Death Do Us Part
FOUND by youthinasia
in Ocean Township, New Jersey
This slide was found in a dumpster. Dated DEC '59, the image was tossed out along with several dozen other family portraits from this era. I'll leave it to the viewer to determine what this says about the Jersey Shore culture in the late 1950's.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
Who took the next shot? Questions, questions...
Another lover like you need a hole in your head. Prince in my head all day because of this.
Ok now lets do the after picture.
e was never photographed again except the mugshot, which no one ever saw except the police and the grand jur
One of the lost production stills (using stand-ins) for "Drop Dead, Darling" starring Tony Curtis.
Something isn't right about this pic. Besides the obvious. She looks like '59, nothing else does. Not the couch/futon print, khaki on the man, even the way the gun is. I call fake/shopped.
Notice she sinks into the couch and he doesn't?
Sorry to beat a dead horse. Fake founds are FAKE.
"I call fake/shopped."
PhotoShop was available in '59 ???!?
This "shot" is the real McCoy. For anyone who is a doubter of its authenticity, I have a couple dozen other slides containing this family, found along side this gem. If you need verification, drop me an e-mail. The slide was scanned by a coolscan scanner. Photoshop Was used to clean-up slight deteriorations(specks) in the film. NO substantive parts of this image have been altered. I have better things to do with my time than sitting around photoshopping pictures to submit on Found. Give me a break.
Jason didn't cry on the bus any more. He had a friend. Right there on the couch (or wherever else he ordered her to sit or stand). Jason was happy now.
Oh yea, my email address is shunted@hotmail.com if you want verification of the authenticity of this image.
Youthinasia,
Relax. It's just one cranky Shell. Looks legit to me. Scary, but legit.
BTW, I used to vacation in Ocean city (is that different) at my grandparents as a kid. Looks like something my grandfather would have found funny, but my grandmother wouldn't have tolerated. [shudder]
Dear mom,
Thanks for moving us out of state!
hrmmmmm ... those wood framed couches must have been popular back in the day ... the one that my grammy had with the same print (& I remember being so uncomfortable) has been in my family for since before I was born in 1967 ... how old is shell & the modern day futons are a knockoff of those old couches
She's probably sinking into the couch more because that side got sat on more often. Khakis have been common wear since the fifties. Earlier for the military. Don't be so cynical, Shell.
I think he doesn't sink into the couch as much because he is sporting a george costanza sized wallet. Or maybe he's sitting on his 45.
Shell, look at the guy's skinny leather belt. It's legit. And thanks, younginasia for for chiming in on it. Always cool when the sender-inner can add something to the find.
"Dear Mom, Don Wayne and I are so happy. We've got a cute little game we play with a rat blaster he got from his Uncle Joey. He's such a card!..."
I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire that shot or not?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock, the most powerful BB gun in the world, and could embed itself under your skin, and give you a really bad infection, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya?
That's really funny!
Hiplainsdrifter must have been waiting a while for this opportunity.
Oh! Have to add: You made his day, youthinasia.
He looks like a Baldwin brother...
I recognise the colour fade in this slide as being legit. Those who watch old films on TV will recognise it too. First to go are the yellows, then the reds. The blues get too intense and then fade last.
And it's not a futon. Thick yellow foam padding for chairs etc was new and "wonderful" in those days--and uncomfortable. It looked like it should be so soft, until you sat on it, when it compressed to nothing and you felt like you were sitting on a sheet of paper.
@ Hiplainsdrifter ... I'll be he shoots an eye out.
~I'm glad you people think a man pointing a BB gun a woman's head jokes are so hysterically funny.~
I'm sure there are plenty of us domestic BB Gunabuse survivors out here who find such pathetic attempts at humor to be boorish, appalling, and in extremely bad taste.
Really, HPD, you can be quite hysterical at times, but you really should drop the domestic BB gun abuse humor from your routine.
Talking to yourself again, HPD. Just keep taking the tablets. And have a lie down. The nurse will be with you shortly.
youthinasia, I was never a doubter.
Good job :)
With regards to the photo: they are cousins. And now they regret getting hitched to each other.
(sorry, that is all I got)
@ Orinoco -- don't you just hate it when your OWN pictures have started to fade like this?
Then you feel REALLY old (well, I do).
I wonder if the burned-out white look is from the fading or from very bright daylight. Or maybe a real ol' popping flashbulb.
That and the out-of-focus-ness -- these are things you really couldn't fake (or wouldn't think of trying to).
He's not sinking because he's sitting on a solid wooden strut between the foam chunks, I'd guess.
Sad to think someone dumped these. No one left in the family to whom they meant anything, I guess. And it's only fifty years ago, which is nothing.
Sic transit.
RYYANNNNN!! In the colony of slippermen. My only comment was "those crazy Baldwin Boys."
I don't have any doubts as to the authenticity of the Find, but I think I'll email Youthinasia anyway, cuz I wanna see more of the antics of this kooky NJ family.
HPD, while you're waiting for the meds to take effect and the nurse to arrive, lemme just say that your indignant Eusta B HPD post made me LOL even if Basil didn't approve.
Oh, whoops. I meant sick in tired.
I also just want to mention that while the man isn't sunk down as low into the sofa as the woman is, he IS angling down a bit.
It bothers me that the picture in the background looks like it is crooked.
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I wonder if these 2 just got engaged and this is their engagement picture ("Hey, guys! Look what I bagged!")
It does look like a Red Ryder BB Gun though! HPD you are my hero....for today only
I am from OT and I have been checking this site forever and ever. Happy to see another OT resident finding exciting Finds. !!!!!
Face it, she's got a really heavy load in her pants and that's why she is sinking so much farther down into the couch. And you would have a load in your pants too if someone was pointing firearms at your head! The smile on her face screams "Oops, I crapped my pants."
.. and his says 'yea, i don't like her either, but i got it covered, man- now get the carpet and spade...'
this find actually made me laugh out loud, wich has last happened when i saw the clip of mark carwadine being raped by a green parrot.
thanks for the find is all that's left to say :)
I'ts a BB gun.
Of course it's a BB gun, mick. And by the look of the stock, it could be a Daisy. I remember seeing four-colour ads for Daisy airguns in the funny papers on Sunday. Back in those days they weren't considered dangerous...which is odd considered the amount of damage done with them, to people as well as windows and small mammals.
Janey in disguise.. IS the picture crooked? or is it just an optical illusion caused by both their heads being tilted?
The pattern on that couch reeeeally gives me the creeps. over her shoulder (her right, on our left) it looks like a giant mosquito coming in for the kill. (eeew. there's one over his shoulder, too.)
Horrible gun safety here! When one is holding a gun--or even a BB gun or toy gun--one should make it an habitual practice to point the muzzle in a safe direction. It should become second nature to practice "muzzle control" (not to be confused with Prince's "Pussy Control").
That was a public service announcement from this broadcasting station and Annoyed in Ennui.
He looks like a man who knows all about weapons safety and muzzle control. But it pretty much goes against the point he was trying to make in this picture. Caution thrown to the wind!