Category Archives: Blast from the Past

Chambers of Commerce – Eat, Drink and Be Merry!

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Joe

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 →

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The Counter at Bill’s No. 7

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Tina Garceau

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 →

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Chambers of Commerce – Get a Tattoo!

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Joe

Back when tattoos were still novel and newspapers had readers and thus advertising revenue and thus budgets to hire freelance artists, I did this cartoon for The Philadelphia Daily News. My illustrations accompanied an article entitled Chambers of Commerce which … Continue reading →

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Inside Bill’s No. 7

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Tina Garceau

Here’s another scanned 35mm negative in the Photo Elective category. This one was from the interior of a fantastic old diner on Main Street in downtown Willimantic, Connecticut. Through the window you can see Willimantic’s famous foot bridge. All sophomore … Continue reading →

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Lost and FOUND!

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Joe

A little digging turned up the tear sheet featuring the shivering banana from yesterday’s post. It was for an article in the The Philadelphia Daily News titled “The secret life of food,” and it was published on August 28, 1996. … Continue reading →

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The Sign Remains

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Joe

I think I had just finished my post about the former ubiquity of the once mighty Blockbuster chain of video rental shops when I spotted this sign on my commute to work. Perched high up on a very tall pole … Continue reading →

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DUCKWORK • October 1981

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Joe

[pdf-embedder url=”https://willceau.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/DUCKWORK_Number_4.pdf”] I was settling into my freshman or foundation year at the Philadelphia College of Art when this issue of the school’s quasi-newspaper was published. I have written about this particular issue previously on this website, but I’ve recently … Continue reading →

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