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Category Archives: Blast from the Past
PCA – The Class of ’68 – The Painters
As I said in recent weeks, Tony Visco handed me a blast from our Alma mater’s past — The Philadelphia College of Art’s yearbook from 1968!
Posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia
Tagged '60s, 1960s, 1968, art school, painters, PCA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, UArts
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The Arco Park Preservation Society
Posted in Blast from the Past, News, Philadelphia
Tagged art school, Broad Street, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, UArts
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PCA – The Class of ’68 – Photography
As I said last week, Tony Visco handed me a blast from our Alma mater’s past — The Philadelphia College of Art’s yearbook from 1968!
Posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged '60s, 1960s, 1968, analog, art school, black and white, film, PCA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photographers, photography, USA, vintage, yearbook
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PCA – The Class of ’68
Tony Visco recently handed me a blast from our Alma mater’s past. It was a battered slipcase containing two books and titled The Philadelphia College of Art Annual 1968.
Posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia
Tagged 1968, art school, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, printmaker, USA, vintage
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Beauty & The Niece
I was hunting through an old four-drawer filing cabinet in my studio for something that eluded me and has now completely escaped me when I came upon this old snapshot of me under heavy zombie makeup and my niece Jessica … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past
Tagged 1980s, latex, makeup, monster, New Jersey, Ocean City, Plague Productions, zombie
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Up on the 7th Floor on an Evening in ’85
One evening back in April of 1985 rather than do work that was due for one of our classes at the Philadelphia College of Art a group of guys up on the Illustration Floor decided to procrastinate by doing some … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comic, Ely, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, UArts, USA
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You have been warned…
Posted in Animated GIF, Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter
Tagged 1980s, animated gif, copyright, home video, television, VHS, warning
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The Greatest Store That Ever Was
I was digging through a dusty 4-drawer filing cabinet in my studio when I came upon this catalog for a sadly gone but not forgotten store — Rocketships & Accessories!
Posted in Blast from the Past, Collecting, Curious Clutter
Tagged 1980s, cartoons, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Robots, science fiction, South Street, toys, vintage
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