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Category Archives: Blast from the Past
Let’s Make a Sandwich
Usually Tina does the cooking posts, but I thought I would share this recipe that was a little more my speed. I think I could hack this without burning the house down.
Posted in Blast from the Past, Food, Glorious Food
Tagged 1950s, cooking, Food, humor, recipe, sandwich
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Headed South about 10 Years Ago
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Blast from the Past, Looking South, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged commute, convergence, Philadelphia, SEPTA, subway, urban
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Black and White and Read All Over
Newsstand in the vicinity of 15th and Locust circa 1981. The Photo Elective All students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would take and process black and … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 35mm, analog, Locust, newsstand, PA, Philadelphia
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I wonder what Valerie Perrine is up to
A buddy of mine has been haunting flea markets and online auctions looking to feed his unquenchable hunger for old comic books and magazines. He managed to score this issue of Playgirl’s Games for Lovers from March of 1981 as … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter
Tagged 1981, clutter, Jenner, magazine, Perrine, Playgirl
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The Dorothy Haon Letters
I was running errands in my neighborhood, when I came across old letters scattered on the rain soaked steps of a Church. The envelopes were yellowed with age and one had a three cent stamp affixed to it. My curiosity … Continue reading
The Old Homestead
Here is a shot of my parents’ house in Westville, NJ that I took sometime during the Fall of 1982. The Sears branded SLR camera I shot this with was borrowed from my Father and was loaded with either a … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 35mm, analog, antique photograph, black and white, home, Joe Williams, New Jersey, photography, Westville
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The Wonder of White Bread
This was another cartoon spot illustration that I did for The Philadelphia Daily News as part of “The Secret Life of Food.” It ran with the shivering banana that I featured here at Willceau Illo News recently. Similar to the … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged 1996, analog, bread, Cartoon, freelance, Illustration, Joe Williams, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Daily News, USA, Willceau
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Artists’ Corner
This was a little cartoon I did when I worked at Taws which was an art supply store located in Center City Philadelphia. This was for a short-lived newsletter published by the store called 100% Rag. I thought I had … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, Philadelphia
Tagged 1527 Walnut, art supplies, artist, Cartoon, defunct, Joe Williams, newsletter, out of business, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, store, Taws
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Chambers of Commerce – Eat, Drink and Be Merry!
Long before fine dining in Philadelphia took place in makeshift shacks made of forklift palette wood and plastic tarpaulins haphazardly situated on the pavements and streets outside of the actual brick-and-mortar restaurants, people read newspapers. They were actual newsprint newspaper … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged 1997, analog, Cartoon, cartoons, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, restaurant, The Philadelphia Daily News, USA
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The Counter at Bill’s No. 7
Here is another scanned 35mm negative in the Photo Elective category. We’re back inside Bill’s No. 7 which was on Main Street in downtown Willimantic, Connecticut. I must have been in there between the breakfast and lunch rush. At its … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Photo Restoration, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 35mm, analog, black and white, Connecticut, diner, scan, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage, Willceau, Willimantic
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