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Tag Archives: Pennsylvania
‘Tis Autumn
Jefferson Square in South Philadelphia
Posted in Looking South
Tagged autumn, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, South Philly, USA
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Headhouse Square
Off of South Street in Philadelphia, PA
Posted in South Philly Safari
Tagged brick, convergence, ground, Pennsylvania, perspective, Philadelphia
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Caturday
Two for the price of one!
Fall Arrives to Jefferson Square
The square is mostly green, but we are getting some colors of the season coming in.
Posted in Looking South, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged autumn, Fall, Jefferson Square, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, USA
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It was Strawbridge & Clothier
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
17th and Walnut
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
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, analog, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA
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Artists’ Corner
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
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, Philadelphia
Tagged 1527 Walnut, art supplies, artist, Cartoon, defunct, Joe Williams, newsletter, out of business, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, store, Taws
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Chambers of Commerce – Eat, Drink and Be Merry!
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
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged 1997, analog, Cartoon, cartoons, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, restaurant, The Philadelphia Daily News, USA
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Chambers of Commerce – Get a Tattoo!
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

