Look at these highly-detailed matching mother-daughter costumes featuring a Native American / Native Peoples theme. Although this is completely taboo today, the photo documents the prevalence of cultural appropriation during the Gen X childhood years. Vintage La Habra, California This is not the first time I’ve written about Native Americans and cultural appropriation in the 1970s. Click […]
Children and Mother in 1972 (Happy Mother’s Day)
This is a picture of a mother with her son and daughter, 1972. Location of the photo is unknown. It was sent to me a former blogger about a year ago. She has since shut down her site (Ready for the Shift). The photo features a mom with a beehive hairdo. The son is wearing […]
Remembering Our Mothers: Silent Generation Mom Tammy, 1970
In honor of Mother’s Day on May 14, I will be sharing pictures of Gen-Xers with their Mothers (either Baby Boomer or from the Silent or Lucky Few Generation). This first picture is Tammy. It comes from Nelson’s glorious collection, which he generously shared with me sometime ago. I will be posting several of his […]
How We Change (Part 2)
by Chloe Koffas, Light From A Pixel About a year ago, we were on vacation for a few days where cool air was blowing over the ocean, weddings were happening at every sunset in a giant gazebo softly lit by a chandelier, and you could fall asleep in the afternoon on a lounge chair in the […]
Bridgy’s Nadia Comaneci Medal (We’ve Come A Long Way, Folks)
All you Gen-Xers out there who watched Nadia Comaneci score perfect 10s at the 1976 Olympics will appreciate the amusing irony of this picture. It’s my daughter Bridgy wearing the gymnastics medal she won yesterday at the Nadia Comaneci International Invitational. She wore it to bed last night along with her Minion pajamas. The meet was held […]
Girl Scout Float, Kansas Parade, 1976
It’s Girl Scout Cookie season! Check out this beautiful photo of Gen X Girl Scouts. They’re riding a float in a parade in Salina, Kansas, 1976. They’re members of the Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland. Once again, my little girl Bridgy is selling Girl Scout cookies. Typically, we go around the neighborhood, but this year, […]