This is an Associated Press article written by Amy Sancetta, so it can probably be found in many other newspapers around the same time. If you are looking for pink flamingos and everything related to these unusual plastic creatures, check out the Flamingo Mania web site. So tacky, yet so cool. The pink flamingo is one of those objects that people seem to either love or hate. Considered by some to be a work of art and to others to be visual pollution, this one object stands for everything that is good and bad about our modern society.
Lawn ornaments are nothing new.
From marble statues created centuries ago to the Granny Fannies of the late 1980 s, lawn decorations have been around for an eternity. Some compare a lawn without any ornaments to be like a coffee table that is totally empty. My coffee table was empty for years. The history of the pink flamingo can be traced back to 1946 when a company called Union Products started manufacturing Plastics for the Lawn . Their collection included dogs, ducks, frogs, and even a flamingo.