I was never a fan of Tarzan. I have a friend, though, who uncharacteristically gushed when she talked about those images of the tanned white guy swinging through trees in a jungle in someone else’s…
Tag: nostalgia
Nostalgia: Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald road tours
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Music, and Performers
The bold red colors on the booklets were transfixing. They caught my eye before I even got to the faces on the covers, some of which I soon and instantly recognized. The incomparable Nat King…
Nostalgia: Mickey Mouse Club ears hat
Posted in Children, Clocks, collectibles, Toys, and TV
Did you have one of those, I asked the man idling in front of his tables of vintage toys in a far corner of the main ballroom at the nostalgia convention. He had been sitting behind…
Nostalgia: Destination Freedom radio program
Posted in Black history, civil rights movement, history, and Radio
Confronted by so many DVDs at a recent nostalgia convention, my friend Rebecca began looking for some Amos ‘n Andy recordings. She collects African American memorabilia, and a collection is not complete without a few…
I was expecting to “revisit the past and reminisce about an era that people over the age of 50 remember with fondness” as I entered the hotel space for a nostalgia convention late last week.…