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Glued: 1963
Submitted by tterrace on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 1:15pm.
August 1963. My nephew Jimmy (who you may remember as the Suburban Cowboy) watching a cartoon on TV in South Gate, California. He's three here, and I was 17 when I shot this Kodachrome. I haven't been able to nail down the cartoon, but it has a mid-1930s look to it. View full size.
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Maybe this will help
Submitted by RadioMattM on Sat, 09/19/2009 - 6:58pm.
I distorted the image in Photoshop to provide a "straighter" view of the TV screen. It looks like something on a tree stump on the right side of the image. I can't figure out what the rest of the items are.
[Looks like a camping scene -- canoe, stone fireplace, a barrel. - Dave]
Onionskin
Submitted by Lost World on Sat, 09/19/2009 - 4:40pm.
Those onion-head haircuts still exist; I give my kids one every month or so.
What I see here
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 09/19/2009 - 7:07am.
Is cover art for some band's CD. Possible iTunes immortality.
Sitting in front of the old "Radiation King"
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 8:09pm.
Can't make out the tv's brand. Probably built 1951-56 or so.
I thought it might have been a Packard Bell or Hoffman (both California brands), but www.tvhistory.tv has brochures for both brands, and the center control covers on both are metal with the logos stamped on. The cover on this tv appears to be plastic, so it might have been a private label, maybe from Western Auto or some other retailer.
I can't make out the cartoon either.
Great picture and request
Submitted by Underwires on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 2:25pm.
Hello tterrace.
I really like this pictures. Is there a way I can contact you by email as there's something I would to ask you? I can't find any other way to write to you on Shorpy!
[Click on tterrace's username above the photo to view his profile and then click the "Contact" tab. You need to be logged in as a registered user. - Dave]
Nothing on
Submitted by Tea on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 2:11pm.
I love that he was watching cartoons (by all appearances) unclothed! Mom definitely was not home for the naked face-in-the-TV cartoonfest.
Love it!
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 1:33pm.
This photo is phenomenal. Kids in front of a TV have the same look on their faces no matter what the decade.
Mom Wisdom
Submitted by GeezerNYC on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 1:29pm.
According to the prevailing wisdom of the time, the poor kid "ruined his eyes" by sitting so close to the TV.
Too close!
Submitted by Baldy Cotton on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 1:27pm.
Jimmy, back up before you go blind!
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