Top Posts & Pages
-
Recent Posts
- One for the Money January 8, 2026
- A New Slipcase for my Sketchbook January 6, 2026
- French Apple Tart January 5, 2026
- Caturday January 3, 2026
- Mummer’s Parade 2026 January 1, 2026
Read Monkey & Bird

Archives
Subscribe via Email
-
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy Pages
Sites of Interest
Tags
- 9th Street
- 1980s
- analog
- antique photograph
- baking
- Cartoon
- cartoons
- cat
- collage
- comic
- comic book
- comics
- digital illustration
- Drawer Cards
- early 20th Century
- feline
- Friday Five
- ginger cats
- glass negative
- Halloween
- horror
- humor
- Illustration
- Joe Williams
- John B Capewell
- kitty
- monster
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- Philadelphia College of Art
- photography
- Photoshop
- Plywood
- Plywood the Cat
- Sketch
- sketchbook
- South Philly
- The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
- Tina Garceau
- USA
- vintage
- vintage photos
- Westville
- Willceau
Tag Archives: vintage photographs
Twelve
This photo was among the group of family photos I inherited when my father died. Unfortunately, it’s not labeled so I’m not sure who these folks are – but I liked the photo so I cleaned it up and I’m … Continue reading
Friday Five – Number Ninety One
Ninety-first in a series creating a collage using five elements.
Friday Five – Number Ninety
Ninetieth in a series creating a collage using five elements.
Sisters
I was searching for something in an old envelope of negatives, when I stumbled upon this gem. A photo of my father’s six sisters, on what looks to be a happy occasion, and judging by their clothes – I’m guessing mid to … Continue reading
Posted in News, Photo Restoration, Photography
Tagged family, Garceau Girls, Sisters of Charity, vintage photographs
Leave a comment
Friday Five – Number Eighty Seven
Eighty-seventh in a series creating a collage using five elements.
Posted in Collage, Friday Five, News
Tagged collage, found objects, textures, vintage photographs
1 Comment
Couple on a Courting Bench
Another restoration of an old family photo, unfortunately, I haven’t a clue as to who they are. Since the handsome fella makes an appearance in several photos that I have, I’m assuming he is a relative. It could be an engagement … Continue reading
Posted in News, Photo Restoration
Tagged courting benches, family, J.C. Leyendecker illustration, vintage photographs
Leave a comment
Friday Five – Number Seventy Eight
Seventy-eighth in a series creating a collage using five elements.
The Magnificent Seven
Another photo restoration of an old photograph of my grandmother – Rhea Garceau, seated in the middle. I’m not certain who the other women are – but being that two of them are dead ringers for my cousins, I think it’s … Continue reading


