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Tag Archives: vintage
Happy Anniversary Joe!
Today marks the twenty fourth anniversary of our walking down the aisle and saying, “I do”. I’m a lucky girl – a toast to my butter half!
Posted in Collage, News
Tagged 24th wedding anniversary, collage, digital collage, Midcentury Modern, retro, toast, vintage
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day to my dear Joe! xo
Posted in Collage, Holiday, Illustration
Tagged collage, retro, shrimp, steak, surf and turf, Valentine's Day, vintage
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Sleepy Hollow Portrait Studio
Posted in Collage, Halloween, Holiday, News, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged cabinet image, Halloween, Hans Stolze, Jack O'Lantern, October, pumpkin, vintage
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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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BEYOND the Spinning Rack of Comics
I guess the thing I miss most about comics is the newsstands and druggists that once carried the 4-colored treasures I eagerly plucked from spinning racks or wooden shelves. I would spend what was probably an inordinate amount of time … Continue reading
Posted in Curious Clutter, Trash or Treasure, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1956, Anthony Perkins, black and white, buxom, cheap, cheesecake, detective, Diane Webber, girlie, James Dean, pasties, Psycho, scandal, sex on the campus, SHOW, strippers, tawdry, trash, vintage, vintage ads
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Shoes on 11th Street
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, Trash or Treasure
Tagged fashion, shoes, size 7 1/2, trash day, vintage
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