Photos By Gail
In 1938, Salvador Dali created Téléphone-homard (Lobster Telephone) by uniting a working Bakelite telephone with a plastic lobster.
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Pink Thing Of The Day: Minnie Mouse Pink Toy Phone
Photos By Gail
Isn’t it charming that certain toy manufacturers would design a Pink Toy Telephone that’s so retro, there’s 100% certainty that no child using this toy has ever actually seen (let alone used) a phone that looks like this. What a way to teach the history of telephone communications!
Manufactured by Just Play, here’s the lowdown on this vintage-inspired phone: Continue reading Pink Thing Of The Day: Minnie Mouse Pink Toy Phone
Return of The Green Monster Hand
Hey, remember when I found This on 10th Avenue in the Chelsea Gallery District? As far as reader comments go, that was one of my most popular Street Art posts ever, which is saying something, considering it had virtually no accompanying text.
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Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Retro Rotary Dial Desk Telephone
All Photos By Gail
Do you recognize this object? Do you know how works? How old are you? Don’t answer that. It’s hard to believe that this totally rad Pink Rotary Dial Desk Telephone was once the height of cool and contemporary consumer design. Now, it’s just a sculpture, or a piece pop culture ephemera. Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Retro Rotary Dial Desk Telephone
It’s For You
Photographed by me on Tenth Avenue near 22nd Street.