I find vintage photographs of ukulele players absolutely fascinating. Obviously, those playing the ukulele are the coolest and most individual of their time. I have to warn you, there are some junk pictures that turn up here as well (cheesy photos of Hawaiian girls in grass skirts and little else seems to be a particularly [...]

Obama proved to be quite a hit with ukulele players. They sang him songs, set up groups, went on marches and photoshopped ukes into his photos. So it’s probably inevitable that they’d want to immortalise him and the uke in tacky dashboard-doll form. On eBay Mini Dashboard Bobble Head Obama Ukulele Hawaiian 40668    US $12.99 [...]

Kitsch up your car with a Hawaiian girl playing the ukulele. Alternatively, there’s the Obama playing ukulele doll. On eBay Mini Dashboard Bobble Head Obama Ukulele Hawaiian 40668    US $12.99 Hawaiian Hula Girl Ukulele Dashboard Dancing 2651 Tan    US $9.95 Hawaiian Hula Girl Ukulele Dashboard Dancing 2651 Red    US $9.95

As with all great men, Santa is a ukulele player. This fact is amply represented in the number of tacky Santa-playing-uke Christmas ornaments available. For some reason, there seem to be a whole load of these for sale all year round. On eBay Hawaiian UKULELE UKELELE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT Hawaii New NIB Holiday Palm Glitters    US [...]