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Our luxuriously soft beach towels are made from brushed microfiber with a 100% cotton back for extra absorption. The top of the towel has the image printed on it, and the back is white cotton. Our beach towels are available in two different sizes: beach towel (32" x 64") and beach sheet (37" x 74").
Don't let the fancy name confuse you... a beach sheet is just a large beach towel.
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On August 17th, Elvis Presley (1935-1977) was scheduled to kick off a concert tour in Portland, Maine. He died on August 16th, the body discovered ... more
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On August 17th, Elvis Presley (1935-1977) was scheduled to kick off a concert tour in Portland, Maine. He died on August 16th, the body discovered that afternoon. This is Recordland in Portland (that night) which had been decorated to celebrate his appearance the next day.
Ruthie Baker's celebrated store, with the black slate Art Deco exterior and a beautifully sculpted curving window, operated on Congress Street from 1957 to 1991.
Ruthie was working alone at her store the day following the King's passing. Buyers were lined up the street and, when the doors opened, pushed her aside to purchase Presley recordings.
Soon after TV crews arrived, In 2002 she was quoted as saying, "What a day! I'll never forget it."
{NOTE: When I took this photo I was not aware of Presley's death. When I returned to my lodgings, the landlady announced, through tears, that Elvis had passed on and truly "left the building."}
A moving 2004 documentary, "Elvis Pres...
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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