In our Style and Design issue, Smithsonian covered the history of the lawn ornament, from its humble beginnings in the Plastics Capital of the World -- to a John Waters movie -- to being housed in the collections of the National Museum of American History.

We’d like to see your photos of these pieces of Americana. Are they on your lawn now? Do you have old photos stashed away of your childhood home, where pink flamingos welcomed guests? Where is the strangest place you’ve seen them? Share your stories with us and they might make it into the next issue of Smithsonian. 

A few ground rules: Each photo should be scanned in an electronic format such as JPG or GIF. Please try to keep the size of the electronic file under 1 megabyte. (If you don’t know how to make electronic scans of your snapshots, most photo stores or copy centers should be able to do it for you.)

Remember: By uploading your photo you are also acknowledging that you have the rights to upload the photo to our gallery,  you are giving us permission to display it on Smithsonian.com, our other digital platforms and partners, and also in the print edition of the magazine, and you have permission from the subjects in the photo consistent with these uses.

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