Tag Archives: New Jersey

Temporary Tattoos

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Joe

Back when only bikers, sailors and circus freaks had tattoos, kids could exhibit their countercultural zeal and longing to be different like everyone else by donning a tee-shirt emblazoned with a garishly colored, usually rudely humorous decal. Along the boardwalks … Continue reading →

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The Old Homestead

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Joe

Here is a shot of my parents’ house in Westville, NJ that I took sometime during the Fall of 1982. The Sears branded SLR camera I shot this with was borrowed from my Father and was loaded with either 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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A Capewell Descendant Reaches Out

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Joe

One of the things I’ve said about the internet and our website in particular is that there is always a new reader out there somewhere. Even if there is an article I published years ago, it’s always brand new to … Continue reading →

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Things to do about four decades ago…

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Joe

These ads were on the back of an article in what was probably The Courier Post that I thought was very important at the time. This was before the home video market took off and not everybody had cable television … Continue reading →

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