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Caturday
This is a combination Caturday / Photo Elective post. Illustration majors at the school formerly known as The Philadelphia Collage of Art were required to take a photography elective where students would shoot 35mm film; process the film and make … Continue reading
Posted in Caturday, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, analog, art school, cat, kitten, Philadelphia College of Art, photo elective, photography, Photoshop, sunglasses, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage, Willceau
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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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The Counter at Bill’s No. 7
Here is another scanned 35mm negative in the Photo Elective category. We’re back inside Bill’s No. 7 which was on Main Street in downtown Willimantic, Connecticut. I must have been in there between the breakfast and lunch rush. At its … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Photo Restoration, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 35mm, analog, black and white, Connecticut, diner, scan, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage, Willceau, Willimantic
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Reading Terminal Spring 1984
I took this picture as a student at The Philadelphia College of Art. I think a classroom of illustration majors was dispatched to Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market to annoy shoppers and vendors with our 35mm SLR cameras in order to … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged analog, butcher, Joe Williams, meat, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, Reading Terminal, USA, vintage
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The Sixth Sense
This is the house used as the residence of Haley Joel Osment’s character in the supernatural classic The Sixth Sense. My guess is the door was swapped out to make the location appear to be an apartment building. While watching … Continue reading


