Unidentified artist, [John F. Kennedy Scrapbook], ca. 1968
Befitting its subject (Jack and Jackie) this handsome and rather large (16.5″ x 18.5″ x 2.5″ and about 200 pages) album is full of meticulously and artistically arranged images from media (magazines like Life, Time, and TV Guide) by an unfortunately unidentified artist…
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Oh, Isn’t that nice and crisp. Thanks! As many photography folks know, I made a similar find, though of a more dicey manner, what I’m calling Gals Gams Garters.
Since I donated a large piece of my collection to the ICP recently, I hope you all won’t mind me shilling it. My scrapbook was 80 pages of legs…women’s legs all from sleazy 50’s fetish men’s mags and taped on the page. I liked it so much I self-published it into a book. The story is at http://www.galsgamsgarters.blogspot.com/
and there is a nifty software “page turning” program showing the first 15 pages at
http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/985692 Please do have a look…no one is buying it anyway, but the whole concept is fascinating, and I was pleased to something found in a dumpster 50 years ago put back into a book! Thanks!
Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb
Gal Gams Garters looks Good Great Gorgeous. (As does Ssssh!) And it’s reasonably priced. I’ll buy one ASAP. Does it come with a CD? Looking forward to more Vic Minx titles…
Fascinating collages.