Oregon Centennial tray 1959
Monday, July 16th, 2007
A lovely thrift shop find, showing Oregon as it appeared to the tourism board state of mind 50 years ago. We love the cheerful Indian sending smoke signals from Klamath Falls.
Kitsch on The Real Oregon
Oregon’s got everything to satisfy low-brow taste: A wax museum. Dinosaur parks. Rock gardens. A private seaside cave full of sea lions.
Did we mention we love schlocky tourist traps?
Here’s a few of our favorites.
Oregon Roadside
Thursday, June 14th, 2007
Now here’s a lovely website we’d like to call your attention to: Oregon Roadside.
The folks behind this blog have a deep and abiding love of old postcards. As they say,
Oregon Roadside explores Oregon’s mid-century past through postcards of hotels, motels, restaurants and whatever else I find at junk stores.
That’s our kind of culture. Worth a quick tour for a look at Oregon’s humble past.
