Category Archives: Philadelphia

Above Broad & Spruce in 1983

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Joe_Williams

This is a photograph I shot from what was once Anderson Hall on the Northwest corner of Broad and Spruce which once housed The Philadelphia College of Art. This is probably the 7th floor where the illustration majors were situated. … Continue reading →

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Never Say Never Again

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Joe_Williams

PLUS 2 ALL NEW BLOCKBUSTERS!!!

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A&A Food Corp.

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Joe_Williams

Sunset over Broad Street • Philadelphia, PA

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Termini’s Pastries

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Tina Garceau

Truly one of the best store fronts in Philly.

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Walking Up 15th

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Joe_Williams

Tina Garceau was one of many illustration majors at The Philadelphia College of Art forced to required to take an elective course in photography. She and an army of other art students scoured the streets of The City of Brotherly … Continue reading →

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Barber on Snyder

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Tina Garceau

 

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15th & Locust Newsstand

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Joe_Williams

Here’s another Photo Elective shot committed to a frame of Pan-X film by the incomparable Tina Garceau. This was a busy newsstand at the corner of 15th and Locust Streets in Center City Philadelphia back when newsprint was one of … Continue reading →

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Marlboro Country

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Joe_Williams

The Market-Frankford El had made an unscheduled stop along the rails due to one of those mysterious and omnipresent signal problems. Fortunately this delay afforded me the opportunity to shoot the three-dimensional cigarette sign I had always admired as the … Continue reading →

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Stupid Cupid

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Joe_Williams

…and here’s my Valentine to Tina. I saw this poor guy on a stoop in South Philadelphia during one of my South Philly Safaris, and I knew I couldn’t pass it up with February 14th right around the corner.

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