Author Archives: Joe

Looking Up Along Market Street

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Joe

I detest cell phones particularly “smart” phones so I carry a camera and I look up. I saw this old beauty on Market Street while running some errands.

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Get to the Point!

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Joe

A search through some old art bins in the studio set me tumbling down a rabbit hole of wooden pencils, pencil sharpeners and crafting the perfect point.

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The Sun Sets on Passyunk Avenue

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Joe

Sunset over Passyunk Avenue in Philadelphia, PA.

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Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Joe
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Caturday

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Joe
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Social Isolation for 88¢!

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Joe

This ad is a clearing house of school house contraband that would inevitably be confiscated by the teacher. I always wanted to order at least a couple of these items, but I was always talked out of it by a … Continue reading →

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Movie Matinee — Baby Face (1933)

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Joe

Today, thanks to the Internet Archive, I am offering up Baby Face from 1933 featuring the incomparable Barbara Stanwyck in a torrid, pre-code melodrama that IMDB describes as: A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the … Continue reading →

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