Tag Archives: 1982

With The Comico Boys

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Joe

Among the well worn stack of comics that I refer to as Barbershop Comics was an old issue of the X-Men that hit the stands late in 1981. There is nothing special about that particular issue, but the advertisement above … Continue reading →

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Social Isolation for 88¢!

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Joe

This ad is a clearing house of school house contraband that would inevitably be confiscated by the teacher. I always wanted to order at least a couple of these items, but I was always talked out of it by a … Continue reading →

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Peekers and Other True Facts

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Joe

My brother Brian took this picture in the Summer of 1982 of the marquee on the side of what was the GCC Deptford Mall movie theater. He always meant to send it in to National Lampoon magazine which had a … Continue reading →

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Gaiety Sandwich Shop — an Update

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Joe_Williams

People constantly scour the Internet seeking the newest of the new. What I love about the Internet is that it is also a nearly infinite backlog of information. There is something for everyone, and something that may have been posted … Continue reading →

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Gift wrap a bottle of Cutty

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Joe_Williams

Another photo of the Southeast corner of Broad and Spruce Streets shot from the building on the Northwest corner of that same intersection. The last one I posted here was in color and shot about a year after this one.

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Storm Pipe

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Joe_Williams

Here’s a photo I took as part of an art school course during the Fall of 1982. It’s a storm pipe somewhere in the vicinity of the pond in Westville, New Jersey if I remember correctly. It was in-between a … Continue reading →

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Probably listening to an 8-Track Tape

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Joe

This was probably a self-portrait assignment that was part of the photo elective class illustrators had to take at the Philadelphia College of Art. I was probably listening to one of a small collection of remainder bin 8-track tapes while … Continue reading →

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Around Westville’s Pond

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Joe

This is far from being a spectacular photo, but people who live, lived in or walked around Westville, New Jersey probably know exactly where I took this shot.

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