A Brief History of the Plastic Pink Flamingo

A Brief History of the Plastic Pink Flamingo

The pink flamingo lawn ornament was invented in the same decade that polyester pants, pink washing machines, vinyl wallpaper and Naugahyde lounge chairs were cool.

In 1957, a man named Don Featherstone designed the first pink flamingo lawn ornament.

When they first hit stores, the blushing birds cost $2.76 a pair and were an immediate hit in working-class subdivisions from the Redwood Forest to the Gulfstream waters. This bird was made for you and me.

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