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- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
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- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
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- Water Stop
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- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
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- Sense of loneliness ...
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Spring Unfolds: 1959
Columbus, Georgia, circa 1959. Since the days of "Rebel Without a Cause," one staple of Young Adult pop culture has been the drama inherent in that evergreen premise, Which boy will win the flower-arranging contest? The two young men shown here appear to have ribboned on the theme of "Spring Unfolds" -- at right with a creation titled "Rocket to Moon"; on the left with a nautical floral composition featuring a beached cabin cruiser, the "Fair Lady." 4x5 inch acetate negative from the Shorpy News Photo Archive. View full size.
Blast Off!
That's what we hollered for Mercury launches anyway. All five of us kiddos had a bank issued rocket coin bank like his in the late fifties. They looked like this:
I picked a winner
These kids both did nice work, but I really like Rocket Trip. It’s cleverly evocative of a launch. The mums (in B&W, anyway) remind me of the fluffy vapor cloud; if the spiky plants are red hot poker, they could be the engine flame; the eucalyptus mimics the arc of flight. Nice!
Rocket Trip to Moon
Would take another ten years.
[The first rocket to the moon, Luna 2, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1959. - Dave]
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