Category Archives: Blast from the Past

The Arco Park Preservation Society

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Joe_Williams
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PCA – The Class of ’68 – Photography

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Joe_Williams

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!

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PCA – The Class of ’68

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Joe_Williams

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.

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Beauty & The Niece

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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Up on the 7th Floor on an Evening in ’85

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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The Summer of ’82

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Joe_Williams

Spikes – CHECK Mohawk – CHECK Leather – CHECK Eye-patch – CHECK

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You have been warned…

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Joe_Williams
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The Greatest Store That Ever Was

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Joe_Williams

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!

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The Best Place To Satisfy The Inner Man

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Tina Garceau

This is an advertisement for Hotel Bornot from the program/souvenir booklet for the play L’ Aiglon starring Maude Adams which played in Philadelphia at The Broad Street Theater back in 1901.

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