Tag Archives: Pennsylvania

It was Strawbridge & Clothier

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Joe

This was one of Philadelphia’s premier department stores. It has sadly gone out of business along with the rest of the retail chain. Tina and I and everybody I know who lives in Philadelphia shopped here. They had everything — … Continue reading →

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17th and Walnut

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Tina Garceau

Here’s another Photo Elective shot taken of a reflection in a florist’s window in the vicinity of 17th and Walnut in downtown Philadelphia, PA. I took this photograph as a sophomore at The Philadelphia College of Art. The Photo Elective … Continue reading →

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Artists’ Corner

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Joe

This was a little cartoon I did when I worked at Taws which was an art supply store located in Center City Philadelphia. This was for a short-lived newsletter published by the store called 100% Rag. I thought I had … Continue reading →

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Chambers of Commerce – Eat, Drink and Be Merry!

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Joe

Long before fine dining in Philadelphia took place in makeshift shacks made of forklift palette wood and plastic tarpaulins haphazardly situated on the pavements and streets outside of the actual brick-and-mortar restaurants, people read newspapers. They were actual newsprint newspaper … Continue reading →

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Chambers of Commerce – Get a Tattoo!

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Joe

Back when tattoos were still novel and newspapers had readers and thus advertising revenue and thus budgets to hire freelance artists, I did this cartoon for The Philadelphia Daily News. My illustrations accompanied an article entitled Chambers of Commerce which … Continue reading →

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Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Joe

…but BEAUTYLAND is in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania!

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Along Passyunk Avenue

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Joe
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DUCKWORK April 1981

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Joe

Embedded below is a PDF of the April 1981 edition of DUCKWORK which was CREATED FOR THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF ART COMMUNITY. It was a newspaper put together by PCA students for PCA students, and I found a pile of … Continue reading →

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Getting Out of Dodge for a Day

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Joe

My son and I wanted to take in the latest Spider-Man movie, but we decided a change in venue was in order. We decided to take a short commuter train trip to the township of Narberth in Montgomery County to … Continue reading →

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