Category Archives: Blast from the Past

Chasing the Cool Kids

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Joe

Back in the 1970s Marvel Comics was trying to chase an audience beyond the typical comic reader which was comprised chiefly of seven to twelve year old boys. Somebody thought a rock album based on their most popular character would … Continue reading →

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South Philadelphia in the ’40s.

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Joe

Family friend Aunt Francis with my Mom in South Philadelphia back in the ’40s.

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Before Video Cassettes

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Joe

A lot of members of the generation that begat the baby boomers were sold on movie cameras in order to capture those babies’ first steps or opening presents Christmas morning or the vacation to the beach. And if Mom and … Continue reading →

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Let’s Make a Sandwich

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Joe

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.

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Headed South about 10 Years Ago

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Joe
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Black and White and Read All Over

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Tina Garceau

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 →

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I wonder what Valerie Perrine is up to

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Joe

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 →

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The Dorothy Haon Letters

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Tina Garceau

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 →

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The Old Homestead

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Joe

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 →

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