Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Time-Travel Tuesday: Oakland 1960

June 1960
"Frank and Loveda De Pont, and Pepe (our mynah bird), beside our 1960 Volkswagen camper.
June, 1960.
Oakland, Calif."

From a Kodak Memories album acquired at a Rockridge thrift store in 1988.
Posted by Tom Hilton at 8:03 AM
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5 comments:

ahab said...

It's got David Lynch written all over it. But don't all old snapshots, 99% of which are soon abandoned? They dramatize the ultimate emptiness of life, the futilty that time exposes in everything any of us would hold dear.

Very powerful shot.

May 19, 2009 at 5:04 PM
Generik said...

I love this shot. I learned to drive in a VW bus (and thanks to that, I feel confident driving just about any vehicle now). What a great gift!

May 19, 2009 at 6:18 PM
ahab said...

Don't mind my bleak speculations. I'm pushing 50.

May 20, 2009 at 3:47 AM
Donna said...

50's not so bad Ahab. Hell the best part is being able to say "I'm 50, I don't have to (fill in whatever shit you don't put up with anymore here)". OK, so some of use (ahem, me) didn't wait until 50 BUT it's still a great excuse.

May 20, 2009 at 4:07 AM
Tom Hilton said...

Ahab, now I'm very intrigued to see what you have to post for Time-Travel Tuesday. ;-)

And just to pull the threads together: better pushing 50 than pushing a broken-down VW bus.

May 20, 2009 at 10:20 AM

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