{"id":29868,"date":"2011-02-21T12:34:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T19:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/?p=29868"},"modified":"2011-02-21T14:30:26","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T21:30:26","slug":"allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-%e2%80%93-happy-presidents-day-kennedys-creamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-%e2%80%93-happy-presidents-day-kennedys-creamer\/","title":{"rendered":"Allee Willis&#8217; Kitsch O&#8217; The Day \u2013 Celebrate Presidents Day with a  Kennedy Creamer"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29876\" title=\"kennedy-creamer_0106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_0106.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_0106.jpg 375w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_0106-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>\n<p>At that point in history, the 1960s, no more swag had ever been created for an American Presidency than for the first couple of Camelot, John and Jackie Kennedy.   I have much of it, including busts, porcelain plates, copper plates, ashtrays, keychains and the like. But most of that is buried away and  I&#8217;m too lazy to dig it out on a holiday. Here&#8217;s one that&#8217;s handy of a porcelain plate using the exact same image as on the creamer but for a new chair:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-plate-front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29871\" title=\"kennedy-plate-front\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-plate-front.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-plate-front.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-plate-front-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another of the exact same plate I have where the Kennedys have been replaced by a camper:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/God-Bless-Our-Camper-plate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29870\" title=\"God Bless Our Camper plate\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/God-Bless-Our-Camper-plate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/God-Bless-Our-Camper-plate.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/God-Bless-Our-Camper-plate-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Many people would argue the Kennedys have never been replaced as a Presidential couple.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer2-0109sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29880\" title=\"kennedy-creamer2-0109sm\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer2-0109sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer2-0109sm.jpg 301w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer2-0109sm-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>As you can see, the plate as American presidency was made in Japan.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-plate-back2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29873\" title=\"kennedy-plate-back2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-plate-back2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-plate-back2.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-plate-back2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>My creamer, however, was made in the good ol&#8217; USA. Squint and you can see it:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_2514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29879\" title=\"kennedy-creamer_2514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_2514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_2514.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_2514-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an idea of how tall the Presidential creamer is:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_4755.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29878\" title=\"kennedy-creamer_4755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_4755.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_4755.jpg 338w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_4755-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>May we all stand tall this President&#8217;s Day (and have as nice of hair as the Kennedy&#8217;s)!<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_0109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29877\" title=\"kennedy-creamer_0109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_0109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_0109.jpg 338w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/kennedy-creamer_0109-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At that point in history, the 1960s, no more swag had ever been created for an American Presidency than for the first couple of Camelot, John and Jackie Kennedy. I have much of it, including busts, porcelain plates, copper plates, ashtrays, keychains and the like. But most of that is buried away and I&#8217;m too &hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-%e2%80%93-happy-presidents-day-kennedys-creamer\/\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[253,191,181,359,1007],"tags":[61,2586,2587,2588,3232,3245],"class_list":["post-29868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-drink","category-furniture-and-housewares","category-hair","category-political","tag-allee-willis","tag-jfk-creamer","tag-jfk-jackie-creamer","tag-john-jackie-creamer","tag-kitsch","tag-kitsch-o-the-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}