Category Archives: Trash or Treasure

Waterlogged Olympians and Huey Lewis Shoes at 13th and Kimball

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Joe_Williams

Spotted on the corner of 13th Street and Kimball in South Philadelphia – a hardback semi-autobiography of Michael Phelps and a two-tone shoe that was probably the height of fashion in the 1980s.

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Bond, James Bond

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Tina Garceau

  I was shopping in my neighborhood on Saturday morning when I came upon a man selling second hand items at a table. Baseball cards in foil packets, DVDs, cookie tins – nothing I was particularly interested in. However, at … Continue reading →

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At Circle Thrift

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Is it an ashtray? A very heavy mask with no eye holes? An object d’art? Trash or treasure?

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Three Guys Walk Into A Bar…

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Mrs. Crankipants

and The Jewish fellow says to the Italian, “The Irish kid’s buyin’! His Old Man’s loaded!“ Spotted at a sidewalk sale in South Philadelphia.

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I find your lack of faith…disturbing.

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Walking to work on trash days I’m noticing a certain disenchantment with my favorite of all holidays before the day has even arrived!

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Trash or Treasure?

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Joe_Williams

It’s trash day in the neighborhood, and something I found in a neighbor’s pile of refuse has prompted me to create this new category: Trash or Treasure.

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