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Category Archives: Painting

Negro Refused License to Wed Blonde In Mississippi - Jet Magazine Feb 10, 1955

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Negro Refused License to Wed Blonde In Mississippi - Jet Magazine Feb 10, 1955, originally uploaded by vieilles_annonces.

Vieilles_annonces never disappoints!

2 New St Petersburg Paintings

Two 18×24 acrylic on canvas paintings of local scenery:

Palm of Dunedin, North of Clearwater, Florida - 1954

Palm of Dunedin, North of Clearwater, Florida - 1954, originally uploaded by vieilles_annonces.
Doesn’t look all that different, 54 years later.

Coconuts at St Petersburg, Florida

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Coconuts at St Petersburg, Florida, originally uploaded by vieilles_annonces.

When I got to St Pete in ‘95, the downtown area looked bombed out (hey, who remembers the neutron bomb? They still makin’ those?). It’s a little [...]

Rutlands and Kress - Central Ave St. Petersburg, Florida 1954

Rutlands and Kress - Central Ave St. Petersburg, Florida 1954, originally uploaded by vieilles_annonces.
Yes! This is the real thing! Genuine St Pete!
Okay, This and the few posts below are from the Flickr collection of Vieilles Annonces, whose collection I have tapped before. Her collection of beautiful vernacular photograpy from mid-century America and beyond is beautiful [...]

Snell Island, St Petersburg, Florida in 1954

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Snell Island, St Petersburg, Florida in 1954, originally uploaded by vieilles_annonces.

Love me some sidewalk, don’t ask why. Really love these old Kodachrome colors.

Snell Island St Petersburg, Florida 1954

Snell Island St Petersburg, Florida 1954, originally uploaded by vieilles_annonces.
Vieilles Annonces is the Queen Of Flickr Vernacularity!

Papaya grove in St Pete 1954

Papaya grove in St Pete 1954, originally uploaded by vieilles_annonces.
Vieilles Annonces comes through again!

Women With Groceries

Yep, it’s all coming back to me now. I think I used to be some kind of teenaged stray, wandering the neighborhood and begging for food. Not that there wasn’t plenty at home, but that would have involved personal meal preparation, for which I was apparently too lazy.

Carrie Jadus Warms Up For The Portrait Exchange

She’s still searching around for the perfect domain name, but Carrie is determined to establish an artist’s portrait network in her hometown.

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