Tag Archives: 1960s

PCA – The Class of ’68 – The Painters

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Joe_Williams

As I said in recent weeks, 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 – 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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American Wax Museum

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Joe_Williams

Yes, Philadelphia once had a wax museum, and fortunately it was AIR CONDITIONED! The wax figures never would have survived a summer in The City of Brotherly Love if it wasn’t!

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Bud Cort Digs Soft Buttery Spread

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Before he was running around with Minnie Castevet, Bud Cort was shilling soft buttery spread. Take a look! …and if you have difficulty viewing it, head over to the Internet Archive for a streaming or downloadable version!

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Amazing Powers of Penetration

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Joe_Williams

IMAGINE – a genuine spy pen enabling you to see through walls with its amazing powers of penetration. According to the advertising copy, it was developed by the German secret service during World War II although it didn’t gain them … Continue reading →

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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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Black Friday Beckons or Tis The Season to Be Stressful

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Time flies. Somebody said something in work about the coming week being short, and then it dawned on me that it’s THANKSGIVING! That means that Christmas is right around the corner! Oh, crap! So soon? Don’t we still have Halloween … Continue reading →

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Don Draper Fired This Moron!

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Mrs. Crankipants

Couldn’t they get the Ann Margaret lookalike for this? “Man, it’s the sloppiest?” If only she knew?

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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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