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Tag Archives: bus
Have Yourself a Merry Little Truck Mascot
While this may not count as a true Truck Mascot being that the vehicle is not a truck but a school bus, I feel it’s close enough. It is mostly a big International truck adapted to haul kids off to … Continue reading
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Posted in Truck Mascots
Tagged bus, Christmas, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, school, truck mascot, winter, wreath, yellow
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What’s Playing at Dobbs?
Tina shot a few frames from the corner of Broad and Locust Streets back in what may be the fall of 1981. Note the poster pasted to the pole for a show at JC Dobbs.
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Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, analog, bus, JC Dobbs, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, SEPTA, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage
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My Ride to Art School
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives … Continue reading
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Posted in Blast from the Past, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, art school, Broadway, bus, commute, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, transit, USA, vintage, Westville
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Broad & Chestnut • The Photo Elective
Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau. As I’ve said before, all sophomore students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would take and process … Continue reading
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The Photo Elective – The Broadway Deli
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a course in photography. In order to finish off a roll of film so I could process … Continue reading
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Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Blast from the Past, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1982, 35mm, analog, art school, Broadway, bus, Gloucester City, New Jersey, photography, Southern New Jersey, transit
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The Photo Elective – Gloucester City, NJ
Back when I was majoring in illustration at the art school formerly known as The Philadelphia College of Art, we were required to take a photography elective. We shot black and white film; developed the negatives and made prints. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 1982, analog, art school, BAR, black and white, Broadway, bus, Gloucester, Walt Whitman
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The Larkin Method
When I first saw this negative shot by John B. Capewell, I thought I was looking at a food stand or a ticket booth at a carnival, but on closer examination, it turned out to be something else.
