Mystery Photo: What on earth is this????

[malkin]

Degas' dashboard hula girl paintings were just so far ahead of their time that they were never as popular as the ballet dancers.

[pardes]

Degas' dashboard hula girl paintings were just so far ahead of their time that they were never as popular as the ballet dancers.

Just imagine how very bizarre it would be if they opened some vault somewhere and actually found some of his "hula" paintings. It was probably during the period when he was experimenting with painting on velvet.

[Tuckervill]

That would be bizarre.

I don't know the storied history of the dashboard hula girl, but I do know that a small group of my friends in Memphis went through "a phase" wherein they all had versions of hula girls, or bobble-head Jesus', and even a moose on their dashboards. My mind was already primed for recognition.

Karen

[pardes]

My memories of the 50's and 60's was boys who always had their tassel from their graduation cap dangling from the rear view mirror. OR, if they used their father's car, their father always had one of those liquid bubble compasses on the dashboard.

I wonder if there is an equivalent odd item that people put on their handlebars. Something non-functional and simply "ornamental."

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I wonder if there is an equivalent odd item that people put on their handlebars. Something non-functional and simply "ornamental."

Read this thread on "bike mojos":
biking mojos