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Name some posters you had hanging on your bedroom wall at home or in college. Mine was Jim Morrison at home. What were (Original Post) debm55 Feb 29 OP
Renoir. elleng Feb 29 #1
Ty elleng. Love his paintings, they are so beautiful. ty. debm55 Feb 29 #3
Farah Fawcet WVlaserguy Feb 29 #2
I swear all guys in college had that red bathing suit poster. ty debm55 Feb 29 #4
I was among them..... lastlib Feb 29 #26
I don't remember the Cheryl Tiegs one. Ty you lastlib. debm55 Mar 1 #52
She was in a pink bikini (such as it was....) lastlib Mar 1 #67
Guilty as charged. She was very cute chicoescuela Feb 29 #29
TY chicoescuela. debm55 Mar 1 #53
I'm a woman and had it too. chowder66 Feb 29 #38
Good choices chowder66. Thank you. debm55 Mar 1 #54
Troy Donohue at age 12. MOMFUDSKI Feb 29 #5
Hey MOMFUDSKI, I know who he is. debm55 Feb 29 #7
I didn't know he was gay. Not that it matters. MOMFUDSKI Mar 1 #81
Young Frankenstein bucolic_frolic Feb 29 #6
Thank you bucolic_frolic. debm55 Feb 29 #9
Loved Breughel, especially Hunters. yorkster Feb 29 #48
Yes, very homey look. TY yorkster, debm55 Mar 1 #51
Wasn't much into posters until I discovered black lights. Silent Type Feb 29 #8
What one did you have with blacklights? debm55 Feb 29 #11
Mostly psychedelic landscapes. I tried to post a few above, but had a problem. Silent Type Feb 29 #36
Thank you Silent type that sounds interesting. debm55 Mar 1 #56
I think I had that Garden of Eden blacklight poster. Ilsa Mar 1 #168
Janis Joplin in mid-scream. n/t Mister Ed Feb 29 #10
Thank you Mister Ed. debm55 Feb 29 #12
The dude abides! AKwannabe Feb 29 #45
Yes, the dude does abides. HAHAHAHAHa thank you. debm55 Mar 1 #58
Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens, Jim livetohike Feb 29 #13
Thank you livetohike. debm55 Feb 29 #24
Soooo many KISS posters! Later, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Sabbath, U2; and Frazetta, Valejo, Rabrrrrrr Feb 29 #14
Thank you Rabrrrrrr. You had quite a variety of collections, As we grow our tastes change. debm55 Feb 29 #28
Raquel Welch - One Million Years BC calguy Feb 29 #15
Wasn't that the last poster BOSSHOG Feb 29 #18
Not sure about that calguy Feb 29 #20
Yep - Miss "Fuzzy Britches" LOL Mad_Dem_X Mar 1 #85
Thank you calguy.Yes, I go think they wore skimpy outfits back then. debm55 Feb 29 #30
"skimpy outfits" LudwigPastorius Mar 1 #146
I guess that is the scientific way to look at it. debm55 Mar 1 #148
It was all about survival back then. calguy Mar 1 #153
Good point calguy Mar 1 #151
I had a couple of Jim Morrison posters up in my bachelor pad when I was single. Aristus Feb 29 #16
TY Aristus. Jim was a very sexy man, great writer and singer.Your post made me laugh. debm55 Feb 29 #31
I'm still a huge fan of The Doors. Aristus Mar 1 #91
TY Aristus. I still like there old stuff too. I think toward the end, Jim wasn't wearing them either. But his voice and debm55 Mar 1 #95
Common Fish of the North Atlantic Onthefly Feb 29 #17
I had a butterfly picture . loved to look at it and observe the different colors and pattern.TY Onthefly. debm55 Feb 29 #33
T.Rex (Marc Bolan) IcyPeas Feb 29 #19
The Group or the dinosaur? debm55 Feb 29 #34
That you IcyPeas. Saw them in a club in Pittsburgh. Get it on, Bang a gong Get it on. debm55 Mar 1 #60
M. C. Escher, clipped out of a calendar. Midnight Writer Feb 29 #21
Oh I thought I was the only one that did that. You could get 12 pictures and once the year started they would drop the debm55 Feb 29 #37
I think it would be completely inappropriate True Dough Feb 29 #22
Hahahahahahahhahaha, I was waiting for someone to post that!!!!!!!!! You are the WINNER! As I wrote the OP , I thought debm55 Feb 29 #39
My only question True Dough Mar 1 #72
Oops! Niagara Mar 1 #75
I did own button-fly jeans back in the day, Your Honor (I mean Niagara) True Dough Mar 1 #76
It sounds like I'm also guilty as charged, True. Niagara Mar 1 #78
I was a model True Dough Mar 1 #80
I hear ya! Many of us were. Niagara Mar 1 #82
Ypu are wearing Speedos, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa debm55 Mar 1 #87
Googles too? True Dough Mar 1 #93
And the tacs hurt. Prairie_Seagull Mar 1 #88
Sort of feels True Dough Mar 1 #92
Speedo or not - Prairie_Seagull Mar 1 #181
That's what True Dough Mar 1 #182
Had a nice one of Koko, the gorilla. bluedigger Feb 29 #23
Ty I had a poster of Koko with it's yellow kitten "Ball" That is sweet that you had it hanging on your wall. debm55 Feb 29 #41
I had an awesome silver Lamborghini Countach with a black background. Niagara Feb 29 #25
TY Niagara. Excellent choices. What? No Rich Spingfield.? debm55 Feb 29 #42
Sadly I abandoned Rick Springfield during my teen years. Niagara Mar 1 #74
I saw him 4 times in concert and even got my picture BlueKota Mar 1 #176
Paul Anka, Ricky Nelson, Dion, Bobby Rydell yellowdogintexas Feb 29 #27
thank you yellowdogintexas. Very good choices. debm55 Feb 29 #46
W. C. Fields from "My Little Chickadee" Glorfindel Feb 29 #32
Bought that one for my father. yorkster Feb 29 #43
TY yorkster, That was very nice of you. debm55 Mar 1 #97
This message was self-deleted by its author debm55 Feb 29 #50
I had that one too Easterncedar Mar 1 #68
Ty you Easstercedar. Sorry about your childhood. Same here. debm55 Mar 1 #99
Adrienne Barbeau in a purple corset edbermac Feb 29 #35
I had to google it..here it is Demovictory9 Mar 1 #70
Someone was playing with Photoshop on that top pic edbermac Mar 1 #71
Are those real???? I think it is photoshopped too, debm55 Mar 1 #119
TY edbermac. I haven't heard her name in a long time.Do you still have the poster? debm55 Mar 1 #104
No, she's long gone edbermac Mar 1 #139
Sorry, edbermac. debm55 Mar 1 #141
On my wall I had a copy of the petition... WestMichRad Feb 29 #40
We had a bottle return of glass soda containers. 2 cents for the small bottles and 5 cents for the larger bottles. --- debm55 Mar 1 #120
Shawn Cassidy at around 10 AKwannabe Feb 29 #44
Ty Akwannabe. As we age our musical tastes change. I see that in your posts. debm55 Mar 1 #121
Middle thru high school my room was wallpapered with U2 happybird Feb 29 #47
ty happypird. I love that poster by the Grateful Dead You have such a great collection Thank you for sharing with us. debm55 Mar 1 #122
I had a poster hanging in my garage and it was the last thing I saw as I moved out.. Deuxcents Feb 29 #49
TY very much Deuxcents. I agree with you. Love ya debm55 Mar 1 #123
A large BigMin28 Mar 1 #55
TY BigMin28. You had quite a collection of posters. Thank you for sharing with us. debm55 Mar 1 #124
I had a nice chart of some metabolic pathways. A "friend" borrowed it and I never saw it again. n/t. NNadir Mar 1 #57
Don't you hate when that happens.? Thank you sharing with us. debm55 Mar 1 #62
Fabian madamesilverspurs Mar 1 #59
Ty madamesliverspurs. I remember Fabian. debm55 Mar 1 #61
Notice In Case Of Nuclear Attack DinahMoeHum Mar 1 #63
Ty DinahMoeHom. Yes, go to the last step directly. I have never seen this before. debm55 Mar 1 #113
Marx brothers smoking a hookah Easterncedar Mar 1 #64
Ty you Easterncedar. Funny memories can take away the not so funny memories. debm55 Mar 1 #117
Bobby -- 1968 Tarzanrock Mar 1 #65
Ty Tarzanrock. I will always remember Bobby.and what he could of done for this country. debm55 Mar 1 #118
In high school, it was Bruce Lee from "Fists of Fury" LudwigPastorius Mar 1 #66
Ty LudwigPastorius. You had quite a varied collection. Is that the real Adriene or the photoshopped version? debm55 Mar 1 #127
No Photoshop in 1978. You'd have to ask her just how "real" it was. LudwigPastorius Mar 1 #143
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. debm55 Mar 1 #145
Up With People Chipper Chat Mar 1 #69
Thank you Chipper Chat. debm55 Mar 1 #128
This message was self-deleted by its author debm55 Mar 1 #129
Bob Dylan zanana1 Mar 1 #73
Thank You very much. zanana1. Any special one? debm55 Mar 1 #130
This message was self-deleted by its author debm55 Mar 1 #131
Neil Young, Danny Whitten 303squadron Mar 1 #77
Thank you 303squadron. Keep your hands on that one. and TY for sharing. debm55 Mar 1 #135
Bobby Kennedy MaryMagdaline Mar 1 #79
Thank you MaryMadlaline for sharing with us. What he could have done for this country. debm55 Mar 1 #136
Yes! MaryMagdaline Mar 1 #170
Racquel Welch....1 million BC poster vishnura Mar 1 #83
Ty, vishnura. Alot of posters seem to like that one. debm55 Mar 1 #144
Rick Springfield, Duran Duran, Wham! Mad_Dem_X Mar 1 #84
Ty Mad_Dem_X You must have had some collection. debm55 Mar 1 #147
I had posters all over! LOL Mad_Dem_X Mar 2 #186
HAHAHAHAHAHAH. TY, Mad_Dem_X debm55 Mar 2 #187
In high school, I had Chicago and Miles Davis PJMcK Mar 1 #86
PJMcK, I was an Art Ed major. Loved Pecasso and Monet. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Mar 1 #149
I thought they made me look sophisticated! PJMcK Mar 1 #160
Thank you PJMcK. Oh you could. I loved creating. and music is a different form of creating. There were "times" I woud debm55 Mar 1 #165
Phi Zappa Krappa RainCaster Mar 1 #89
Thank you RainCaster. That is so funny. debm55 Mar 1 #150
I was changing fast and so did my posters. Prairie_Seagull Mar 1 #90
Same here. But it gave us relaxation and pleasure. TY Prairie_Seagull. debm55 Mar 1 #155
Snoopy and some Beatles malthaussen Mar 1 #94
TY mal. that sounds great. and "far out, man" debm55 Mar 1 #98
I had this one and a black light..LOL LeftInTX Mar 1 #96
Do ypu still have? It would be easy to paint one yourself. I think it is beautiful. Ty for sharing. debm55 Mar 1 #126
Long gone. Disappeared around 1975 LeftInTX Mar 1 #174
Matisse - Icarus I also had a long roll of thick white art paper Lucinda Mar 1 #100
Lucinda, what a great idea. You are so creative. TY debm55 Mar 1 #158
The calendar from Alice Cooper "Killer" album louis-t Mar 1 #101
TY louis-t. Yes, I could see his point. Were there any others in the calendar that were appropriate? debm55 Mar 1 #103
I think it was just the one. louis-t Mar 3 #192
Just saw one. It was kind of a 3 color print louis-t Mar 3 #193
I had these three: LakeArenal Mar 1 #102
Thank you, Lake Arenel. The Beatles one I have never seen before. The other two, I have seen in frequently in different debm55 Mar 1 #106
The one poster I was allowed to hang while still in HS and living at home ... marble falls Mar 1 #105
Ty marble falls. Do you have any idea who created it? It is very unique. debm55 Mar 1 #110
I vaguely remember the story. I decided I wanted one and figured no more than $100. More like $750 ... marble falls Mar 1 #171
TY.I I really like it. I don't know if I would pay 750 for it. But it is very unique. I still like it. debm55 Mar 1 #177
Jonathan Frid: tblue37 Mar 1 #107
Ty, Tblue37 I remember that came on right after General Hospital. debm55 Mar 1 #108
Kenny Loggins - Keep The Fire. MontanaMama Mar 1 #109
Ty, MontanaMama. I loved Kenny's voice and songs. And it didn't hurt that he was eye candy too. debm55 Mar 1 #111
Travel posters and art posters Jilly_in_VA Mar 1 #112
TY Jilly_in_VA. I really like Renoir.s Child in White. Love all of Renoir;s work. debm55 Mar 1 #115
Black Light Posters yankee87 Mar 1 #114
Loved those. TY yankee 87 for sharing the memories with us. debm55 Mar 1 #134
I am 77 and I still have a queen poster on my wall. tavernier Mar 1 #116
Thank you Tavernier. You post is great. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Mar 1 #133
I had a 30 dollar dorm fridge coprolite Mar 1 #125
Thank you coprolite. That is funny. debm55 Mar 1 #132
David Cassidy, Tony Orlando and Dawn, Randy Mantooth, Edward Mulhare (The Ghost) and .... woodsprite Mar 1 #137
Woodsprite, were the "Big Eye" the cats or the girls. Thank you for sharing with us. debm55 Mar 1 #157
Granny Joint enid602 Mar 1 #138
Thank You , enid602.for sharing your memory with us. Do you still have it? debm55 Mar 1 #162
Granny joint enid602 Mar 1 #178
Thank you enid602. debm55 Mar 1 #180
Does a roadmap count? Brother Buzz Mar 1 #140
How wonderful, Brother Buzz. You were smart behond your years. debm55 Mar 1 #161
Smart was the dude who invented the map folding machine Brother Buzz Mar 1 #167
Bella Lugosi as Dracula wryter2000 Mar 1 #142
That would be scary. Ty for sharing with us. debm55 Mar 1 #152
Jimi Hendrix, Farrah Fawcett, Professor Longhair. n/t CousinIT Mar 1 #154
TY Cousin IT, You had a nice selection there. TY for sharing your memories with us. debm55 Mar 1 #156
RATT Shermann Mar 1 #159
TY Shermann. So you had two cool posters for the price of one. Ty for sharing. debm55 Mar 1 #163
I had this Rush poster Bristlecone Mar 1 #164
Thank you Bristlecone. they look like Oriental robes. TY for sharing with us. debm55 Mar 1 #166
Where are the Che Gueveras? Sneederbunk Mar 1 #169
I never heard of him until I was old LeftInTX Mar 1 #175
Che enid602 Mar 1 #179
David Cassidy, Dirk Benedict and Richard Hatch, BlueKota Mar 1 #172
Thank you, BlueKota. debm55 Mar 1 #173
A seri graph by Sister Mary Coritta eyewall Mar 1 #183
Thank You, eyewall. debm55 Mar 2 #188
The Clash - Sandinista! JenniferJuniper Mar 1 #184
TY, Jennifer Juniper. debm55 Mar 2 #189
Big one of Winston Churchill making his V for Victory sign, that we adopted as a Peace sign... Hekate Mar 2 #185
Thank you Hekate. debm55 Mar 2 #190
Alas, None ProfessorGAC Mar 2 #191

lastlib

(23,389 posts)
67. She was in a pink bikini (such as it was....)
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 01:27 AM
Mar 1

(I think the ocean was in the background, but I never paid much attention to that...... )

chowder66

(9,110 posts)
38. I'm a woman and had it too.
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 11:32 PM
Feb 29

I wanted to look like her. Plus she looked a little like my aunt.
I also had Elvis, David Lee Roth, U2, the Clash and the B52’s.

Ilsa

(61,720 posts)
168. I think I had that Garden of Eden blacklight poster.
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 04:58 PM
Mar 1

You know, the one with the couple's profile at the top of a precipice overlooking a valley and mountains.

livetohike

(22,172 posts)
13. Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens, Jim
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 09:45 PM
Feb 29

Morrison and Warren Beatty all in my dorm room. And a number of day glo posters. Groovy .

Rabrrrrrr

(58,356 posts)
14. Soooo many KISS posters! Later, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Sabbath, U2; and Frazetta, Valejo,
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 09:52 PM
Feb 29

and other comic/fantasy art greats, including some of the Hildebrandt's Lord of the Rings.

Pretty much all music and fantasy/comic stuff. During/after college, I started including some movie ones, like the awesome one for the first Keaton Batman movie, and theater/museum, like the poster from the first Stratford Shakespeare Festival I attended. I still have the Batman one, and also added the Star Wars Episode I of the boy Annakin standing by a "hut" casting the shadow of Darth Vader on it. That was a total stinker of a movie, but that promotional poster was absolutely one of the greatest, most creative, minimalist ideas for one. Stunning.

I never found Farah Fawcet attractive, so I never had her poster.

I still have that Star Wars one, an old Zappa concert poster, and a great poster of Zappa from the '88 tour playing guitar, on my walls, and I'm far beyond the age when many people find those things appropriate.

But the KISS stuff - man, there was a shit ton of that on my walls. In high school, those posters started coming down for the fantasy art. Then those came down, and now my walls are almost exclusively original art or signed numbered editions.

But gosh, those old KISS posters were awesome. Really fed my imagination!

calguy

(5,352 posts)
15. Raquel Welch - One Million Years BC
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 09:54 PM
Feb 29

Cave man girls wore the skimpiest outfits back then, dontcha think?

calguy

(5,352 posts)
20. Not sure about that
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 10:00 PM
Feb 29

but it was the first poster I hung in my bedroom. I had so many fantasies about her when I was 16.

calguy

(5,352 posts)
151. Good point
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 04:21 PM
Mar 1

I knew there was a good reason the cave men dressed their women like that. Now if I can just figure how their hair always looked like they just visited the beauty parlor.

Aristus

(66,530 posts)
16. I had a couple of Jim Morrison posters up in my bachelor pad when I was single.
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 09:56 PM
Feb 29

The future Mrs. Aristus thought I must be gay to put up posters of Jim Morrison.


If she had seen my bedroom wall when I was in junior high, she would not have thought that.

I had the famous Cheryl Tiegs pink bikini poster up in my bedroom.

debm55

(25,783 posts)
31. TY Aristus. Jim was a very sexy man, great writer and singer.Your post made me laugh.
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 11:11 PM
Feb 29

Last edited Fri Mar 1, 2024, 11:58 AM - Edit history (1)

Aristus

(66,530 posts)
91. I'm still a huge fan of The Doors.
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 11:25 AM
Mar 1

I've got a baritone singing voice similar to Morrison's, so I can do a pretty good imitation of his singing (and poetry recitations, too.)

No way in Hell am I wearing those leather pants, though...

debm55

(25,783 posts)
95. TY Aristus. I still like there old stuff too. I think toward the end, Jim wasn't wearing them either. But his voice and
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 12:43 PM
Mar 1

sonds were beautiful.

Onthefly

(193 posts)
17. Common Fish of the North Atlantic
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 09:56 PM
Feb 29

Great poster. I wanted to study fish, but it was not offered at my school. Environmental science and research methods, instead.

debm55

(25,783 posts)
33. I had a butterfly picture . loved to look at it and observe the different colors and pattern.TY Onthefly.
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 11:15 PM
Feb 29

debm55

(25,783 posts)
60. That you IcyPeas. Saw them in a club in Pittsburgh. Get it on, Bang a gong Get it on.
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 12:16 AM
Mar 1

Last edited Fri Mar 1, 2024, 02:01 PM - Edit history (1)

debm55

(25,783 posts)
37. Oh I thought I was the only one that did that. You could get 12 pictures and once the year started they would drop the
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 11:21 PM
Feb 29

price down. I loved Escher's work. It always amazed me how he came up with his art. Ty Midnight Writer.

True Dough

(17,394 posts)
22. I think it would be completely inappropriate
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 10:08 PM
Feb 29

to hang any DU posters on my bedroom wall. They are fellow people with human rights and I will treat them as such!

Next topic!

debm55

(25,783 posts)
39. Hahahahahahahhahaha, I was waiting for someone to post that!!!!!!!!! You are the WINNER! As I wrote the OP , I thought
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 11:36 PM
Feb 29

Last edited Fri Mar 1, 2024, 10:38 AM - Edit history (1)

you know someone is going to give a poster"s name. No, they would not do that, would they? You proved me wrong. Good for you. I guess I will have to take my True Dough poster down.

Niagara

(7,776 posts)
75. Oops!
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 09:18 AM
Mar 1

It might have been you hanging on my wall shirtless with button fly style jeans that were in fact unbuttoned.


If that was you, I apologize for objectifying you.


In my defense, I was a teenage girl at the time.

True Dough

(17,394 posts)
76. I did own button-fly jeans back in the day, Your Honor (I mean Niagara)
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 09:21 AM
Mar 1

so guilty as charged, I guess? They were Buffalo jeans. I loved them! Would have been a size 30 waist. Not a chance I'd be getting them on these days!

Niagara

(7,776 posts)
78. It sounds like I'm also guilty as charged, True.
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 09:27 AM
Mar 1

This sounds like you were hanging on my wall. I didn't realize that you had previously moonlighted as a male model in your youth.


True Dough

(17,394 posts)
92. Sort of feels
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 11:56 AM
Mar 1

like some biblical character! Don't worry, three days later, apparently things get a lot better!

bluedigger

(17,091 posts)
23. Had a nice one of Koko, the gorilla.
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 10:09 PM
Feb 29

Room mate had one of Daisy from Dukes of Hazzard so the girls wouldn't think we were weird.

debm55

(25,783 posts)
41. Ty I had a poster of Koko with it's yellow kitten "Ball" That is sweet that you had it hanging on your wall.
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 11:42 PM
Feb 29

Last edited Fri Mar 1, 2024, 02:02 PM - Edit history (1)

Niagara

(7,776 posts)
25. I had an awesome silver Lamborghini Countach with a black background.
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 11:03 PM
Feb 29

I had one Jim Morrison blacklight poster, one Dr. Feelgood Motley Crue poster, and one Bon Jovi chillin' on a Harley.



There's another poster that I had that didn't sit well with the parents.



The only posters that I still have are my Marilyn Monroe posters. One I've had since I was 14 the other since I was 15.

Niagara

(7,776 posts)
74. Sadly I abandoned Rick Springfield during my teen years.
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 08:59 AM
Mar 1

He was my first music crush though.


I had a screen print t-shirt of him when I about 8 or 9 years old.

BlueKota

(1,864 posts)
176. I saw him 4 times in concert and even got my picture
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 09:57 PM
Mar 1

taken with him. Even though I no longer crush on him like I did way back when, I still relate to a lot of his music. Not the top 40 stuff, which I enjoyed, but the deeper stuff he'd include on his albums. He wrote anti nuclear songs, about child abuse, struggling with religion, etc. He and I apparently view the world in very similar ways even though he's 13 years older than me and was raised in Australia.

I was completely unsurprised when he revealed in an interview that he suffers from severe recurrent depression which I have too.

yorkster

(1,540 posts)
43. Bought that one for my father.
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 11:45 PM
Feb 29

He used to see Fields movies as a kid in the 30s and got a kick out of that poster.

Response to Glorfindel (Reply #32)

edbermac

(15,952 posts)
71. Someone was playing with Photoshop on that top pic
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 04:43 AM
Mar 1

Underneath that on the left was the original.

Anyway, it was a nice poster to wake up to.

WestMichRad

(1,350 posts)
40. On my wall I had a copy of the petition...
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 11:41 PM
Feb 29

… for the Michigan bottle return initiative, that I helped gather signatures for and get on the ballot, way back in the 70s. We gathered enough signatures and it passed, instituting our state’s 10 cent deposit on carbonated beverage containers. That was back before hardly any states had a deposit on beverage containers. My displayed copy lacked signatures, BTW.
What a dweeb, huh?

debm55

(25,783 posts)
120. We had a bottle return of glass soda containers. 2 cents for the small bottles and 5 cents for the larger bottles. ---
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 02:47 PM
Mar 1

Thank you WestMichRad for helping to keep the envionment clean.

happybird

(4,671 posts)
47. Middle thru high school my room was wallpapered with U2
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 11:54 PM
Feb 29

My college bf had worked in a record store so our apartment had two really cool enormous promotional posters:





We also had “lot art” from concerts we attended including a wonderful, large pencil drawing of Jerry Garcia I bought for $10 and had framed. It’s been lost to the sands (and fog) of time, though. Plus artwork by a friend and some Dali and Van Gogh prints.

I had one of these which has also been lost. My mom worked at a place that did custom framing. It was not picked up after being there for close to a year and they couldn’t get ahold of the customer so the ladies who worked in the framing department asked me if I wanted it. Come to find out, it was an original and is worth a lot of money now. No idea where it ended up.



Gawd help me, this one sold for over $14,000. Last time I looked (a few years ago) they were going for about $3500
https://rockposters.com/products/auction-fd-26-grateful-dead-skeleton-roses-original-mouse-kelley-poster-avalon-ballroom-condition-excellent

debm55

(25,783 posts)
122. ty happypird. I love that poster by the Grateful Dead You have such a great collection Thank you for sharing with us.
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 02:57 PM
Mar 1

Deuxcents

(16,456 posts)
49. I had a poster hanging in my garage and it was the last thing I saw as I moved out..
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 11:59 PM
Feb 29

“Feminism is the radical notion that women are people”. Wish I had stopped to take it with me but he needed it more than me!

BigMin28

(1,186 posts)
55. A large
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 12:08 AM
Mar 1

Led Zeppelin poster. Fell in love with Jimmy Page's guitar playing after hearing the Rain Song. Some blacklight posters, and a framed movie poster from Casablanca, a gift from my father when I was 13. I still have that.

madamesilverspurs

(15,821 posts)
59. Fabian
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 12:12 AM
Mar 1

My display area was limited to the bulletin board over my small desk. And, since I wasn't allowed to 'waste money' on fan magazines, I had to borrow from friends' sources. Lately, I've been enjoying the middle-of-the-night reruns of the old Ed Sullivan show; interesting traipse down memory lane!

.

LudwigPastorius

(9,265 posts)
66. In high school, it was Bruce Lee from "Fists of Fury"
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 01:15 AM
Mar 1

John Coltrane playing a concert somewhere in Europe

...and, for strictly prurient interest, Adrienne Barbeau in a purple corset.

debm55

(25,783 posts)
127. Ty LudwigPastorius. You had quite a varied collection. Is that the real Adriene or the photoshopped version?
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 03:10 PM
Mar 1

Response to Chipper Chat (Reply #69)

Response to zanana1 (Reply #73)

303squadron

(562 posts)
77. Neil Young, Danny Whitten
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 09:26 AM
Mar 1

It's a black and white small poster, Neil in the fore ground, Danny in the back. Extremely rare, and yes, I still have it.

Mad_Dem_X

(9,581 posts)
84. Rick Springfield, Duran Duran, Wham!
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 10:04 AM
Mar 1

All on my bedroom walls at home. Why, yes, I *did* grow up in the 80's...how could you tell?

PJMcK

(22,075 posts)
160. I thought they made me look sophisticated!
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 04:35 PM
Mar 1

Ever since, I’ve had a fetish about framing. A good frame can enhance any picture.

ArtEd, eh? I had to take a year-long Art History course in college. I learned a lot but had some spirited discussions with the professor. He was quite dull and didn’t appreciate that I would reference the contemporary music of whichever art period we were studying. The parallels, while not exactly in sync, are remarkable. For example, Picasso’s paintings look like Stravinsky’s music sounds. (I believe they collaborated at the Ballet Russe.) No way I could have majored in that discipline! Music was enough abstractions for me!

debm55

(25,783 posts)
165. Thank you PJMcK. Oh you could. I loved creating. and music is a different form of creating. There were "times" I woud
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 04:51 PM
Mar 1

see wonderful creations that flowed with the music.

Prairie_Seagull

(3,350 posts)
90. I was changing fast and so did my posters.
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 11:19 AM
Mar 1

The ones that lasted until I joined the Navy were. Many of Bruce Lee, Rachel Welsh, Chevelle SS and Led Zepplin. Spent significant money on posters and music when I didn't have much.

malthaussen

(17,241 posts)
94. Snoopy and some Beatles
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 11:57 AM
Mar 1

The local paper had a big poster of Snooper which I had hanging on my wall from 1968. And I also put up the posters that came with the White Album.

-- Mal

debm55

(25,783 posts)
126. Do ypu still have? It would be easy to paint one yourself. I think it is beautiful. Ty for sharing.
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 03:06 PM
Mar 1

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
100. Matisse - Icarus I also had a long roll of thick white art paper
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 01:22 PM
Mar 1

tacked up that ran down one wall - making a giant poster. Everyone who came by would grab big fat markers to use to write poems or lyrics, doodle sketches, etc, ... so most of the artwork was generated by us. I still have a few chunks cut/torn from the last one that had been hanging before I left college.
❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

Just remembered that I also had Goldfish - also by Matisse


louis-t

(23,318 posts)
101. The calendar from Alice Cooper "Killer" album
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 01:30 PM
Mar 1

It was ole Vince himself with a noose around his neck. My Dad made me take it down.

debm55

(25,783 posts)
103. TY louis-t. Yes, I could see his point. Were there any others in the calendar that were appropriate?
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 01:34 PM
Mar 1

louis-t

(23,318 posts)
192. I think it was just the one.
Sun Mar 3, 2024, 03:03 PM
Mar 3

It was the background and the calendar was below. I'm going to see if I can find an example on the internets.

louis-t

(23,318 posts)
193. Just saw one. It was kind of a 3 color print
Sun Mar 3, 2024, 03:09 PM
Mar 3

with all 12 months below it. Folded in the middle to fit in the album jacket.

LakeArenal

(28,894 posts)
102. I had these three:
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 01:34 PM
Mar 1




And the Beatles ‘65 Poster that I have stored away but couldn’t find on Etsy.

Wish I’d kept that velvet poster. Damn.

debm55

(25,783 posts)
106. Thank you, Lake Arenel. The Beatles one I have never seen before. The other two, I have seen in frequently in different
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 01:43 PM
Mar 1

forms. It's a shame when we have them , we don't think of them as only have worth to us. I like the Beatles one as it is very unique.

marble falls

(57,605 posts)
171. I vaguely remember the story. I decided I wanted one and figured no more than $100. More like $750 ...
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 09:43 PM
Mar 1

... My mother bought it for me in '67 at a local discount store. No more than a couple of bucks.

I have a whole list of things I've misplaced.

My Salvidor Dali silk tie.

MontanaMama

(23,369 posts)
109. Kenny Loggins - Keep The Fire.
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 01:53 PM
Mar 1

It was in my dorm room because my parents didn’t like posters on my bedroom walls at home. I LOVED Kenny Loggins. Still do.

Jilly_in_VA

(10,045 posts)
112. Travel posters and art posters
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 02:13 PM
Mar 1

were big when I was in college. I had a big one of Moscow, for some reason, and one or Renoir's "Child in White" that I got when a friend and I visited the Art Institute in Chicago where it was hanging.

tavernier

(12,429 posts)
116. I am 77 and I still have a queen poster on my wall.
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 02:32 PM
Mar 1

It is an advertisement for a queen concert at Carnegie Hall.

Queen never played Carnegie Hall, so it was an obvious fake deal, but because it looks like one of those old, black and white pictures on an orange background, I always got a kick out of it and hung it as Kitch. And I do love Queen so it’s appropriate.

coprolite

(188 posts)
125. I had a 30 dollar dorm fridge
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 03:05 PM
Mar 1

in my room with a poster of Raquel Welch from 1 Million Years BC taped to the door.

I paid 5 dollars for the fridge and 25 for the poster. That was a damn good fridge.

woodsprite

(11,944 posts)
137. David Cassidy, Tony Orlando and Dawn, Randy Mantooth, Edward Mulhare (The Ghost) and ....
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 03:33 PM
Mar 1

4 "Big Eye" pictures my mom insisted I hang above my bed.

enid602

(8,679 posts)
178. Granny joint
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 10:25 PM
Mar 1

No, but here is a description. I don’t know how to post photos here.

“ Granny Smoking Joint 1969 Melvin Marshall Hippie Poster. Fun black & white offset lithographic poster of a blissful granny published by Melvin Marshall Associates in 1969 (marked along bottom.) Such an iconic image that there is one in the Whitney Museum of American Art's Collection of Protest Posters.”

Brother Buzz

(36,508 posts)
140. Does a roadmap count?
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 03:56 PM
Mar 1

When I was eight, or so, I asked Pops to bring home a map. He promptly brought home a AAA (CSAA) roadmap of my town. I fixed it to the wall next to me bed and started studying it. Seriously studying it.

Brother Buzz

(36,508 posts)
167. Smart was the dude who invented the map folding machine
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 04:56 PM
Mar 1

Fast forward ten years: I worked a summer at CSAA in 'Mail, Shipping, and Storage' The print short was down in the basement, right next door, and I would visit during my lunch break. The map folding machine totally mesmerized me, "Fwap, frap, fwap..."

Shermann

(7,489 posts)
159. RATT
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 04:34 PM
Mar 1

I had a collage on the outside of my bedroom door, and RATT was featured prominently in the middle. On the back was Guns N' Roses, who I wasn't really listening to at first. Not everybody remembers, but Appetite for Destruction was out for quite a while before it broke. I had a friend who turned me on to it, as he always seemed to know what was cool. Anyway, I really got into Guns, and then recalled seeing them somewhere before. But where? They were on the back of that RATT poster! So, I spun that sucker around as Guns was WAY edgier than RATT (although RATT is cool too).

Bristlecone

(10,152 posts)
164. I had this Rush poster
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 04:42 PM
Mar 1


Those robes….they cracked me up as a kid and still do.

I know I had others, but I just can’t remember what they were. This one lasted the longest.

enid602

(8,679 posts)
179. Che
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 10:30 PM
Mar 1

I stayed in his family home in Rosario, Argentina for a week, with friends from Arizona. Off Avenida Cordoba, the big shopping peatonal. There was a plaque commemorating Che in the doorway of the apartment building. Good times.

BlueKota

(1,864 posts)
172. David Cassidy, Dirk Benedict and Richard Hatch,
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 09:46 PM
Mar 1

Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul, Lindsay Wagner and Rick Springfield.

eyewall

(674 posts)
183. A seri graph by Sister Mary Coritta
Fri Mar 1, 2024, 11:16 PM
Mar 1

Which featured this phony Buddha-quote;
"Don't just do something" the Buddah said,
"stand there".

Hekate

(91,055 posts)
185. Big one of Winston Churchill making his V for Victory sign, that we adopted as a Peace sign...
Sat Mar 2, 2024, 12:40 AM
Mar 2

Big poster of Picasso’s Guernica. Yes, the theme was ending the Vietnam War.

Desiderata.

That was college.

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