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Aspen Mermaid: 1963
Submitted by seri_art on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 3:27pm.
Aspen, Colorado, winter 1962-63. Boomerang Lodge, designed by owner Charlie Paterson, a Frank Lloyd Wright-trained architect (and ski instructor). This was a setup for a professional photo shoot. I shot it without the lights the pro used. Charlie is the guy with the black hair looking into the pool. View full size.
Not a bar...
Submitted by seri_art on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 2:31pm.
It was the lower lounge of the Boomerang Lodge, with a fireplace on the left and a window into the pool.
I love this
Submitted by Bob Sacamano on Wed, 12/17/2008 - 9:22pm.
Why was this type of bar so popular in the USA? I mean the "mermaid bar." Is it possible that I have seeing this photo on a National Geographic?
[Perhaps it is that you have been to there. - Dave]
Too bad!
Submitted by T.U.M. on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 9:40am.
Identical aquatic twins would have been so much more appropriately Blofeldian.
Check again
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 10:33pm.
Take another look and you'll see that it's just a single mermaid and her reflection.
[It's a refraction, not a reflection. - Dave]
Boomerang Lodge
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 3:42pm.
I just love this -- the Rat Pack meets Downhill Racer, with a dash of James Bond. Check out seri_art's other Aspen photos in the Member Gallery. Coming soon to the homepage: Some exterior shots of the Boomerang.
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