Regionalism
The Boll Weevil Monument
The Wikipedia Page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 31, 2020 -
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Category: Agriculture, Insects, Regionalism, Statues and Monuments
Yumion, the Vidalia Onion Mascot
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 09, 2020 -
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Category: Agriculture, Anthropomorphism, Business, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Regionalism, Fictional Monsters
Killer Bee Monument
Source, with info.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 17, 2020 -
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Category: Enlargements, Miniatures, and Other Matters of Scale, Insects, Regionalism, Statues and Monuments
Interama
A Utopian project in Miami that never materialized.Wikipedia article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 29, 2020 -
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Category: Architecture, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Government, Regionalism, 1960s
Becoming Leslie
More info here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 11, 2020 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Regionalism, Documentaries, Twentieth Century, Twenty-first Century
Rocket Robin Hood
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 08, 2020 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Regionalism, Science Fiction, Cartoons, 1960s
The Malibu Remuda of 1947
The "Remuda" or horse show by all accounts featured a "western bathing beauty contest." But I can't locate a pic of the actual winner. However, these lovelies were in attendance, and certainly the giant hat qualifies this as one of our Weird Beauty Contests.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 01, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Regionalism, 1940s
Florida Ghost Towns
How does a Florida ghost town exist in one of the fastest growing states in our country? Many early Florida towns were located near natural resources. These communities grew up to house and support companies and people who turned the resources into products. There were towns that relied on fishing, clams, lumber, phosphate, citrus, cattle, oysters, watermelons, celery, and other products of sea and earth. There were also boom time towns that were really just lot sales programs. Many of these towns barely got off the ground when they collapsed during the Florida land sale bust that preceded the Great Depression. As natural resources were exhausted or economic depression, hurricanes, and freezes slammed into the state, many of these towns folded and mostly disappeared. Railroads closed, highways were built that bypassed the town, other things happened that made the town only a footnote in history.
Good article here.
Another article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 20, 2019 -
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Category: Buildings and Other Structures, Destruction, Regionalism
Jon & Robin
Their Wikipedia page.
Many more songs here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 19, 2019 -
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Category: Cult Figures and Artifacts, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Regionalism, 1960s
The City of Napoleon, Washington State
Today, Chetlo Harbor in Washington State looks pretty much like the picture below, taken from the site of the Chetlo Harbor Shellfish Company.
But in 1910, the location was going to be Napolean, the biggest port in the world!
Source for ad. You can blow up the text to readable size there.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 14, 2019 -
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Category: Frauds, Cons and Scams, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Real Estate, Regionalism, 1910s
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