To a Swell Dad I’d kill to have someone give me a card that says, “To a Swell Dad – Handyman, You Fit the Bill.” This is from an ad for Gibson’s Cards, LIFE Magazine, June 15, 1953. By Lee Wallender Deception, influence, fakes, illusions, themed environments, simulations, secret places, secret infrastructure, imagined places, dreamscapes, movie sets and props, evasions, camouflage, studio backlots, miniatures. View all of Lee Wallender's posts.