Tag Archives: vintage

Fat Sacks of CASH

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Apparently,  some time around the middle of the twentieth century this fellow was making FAT SACKS OF CASH selling America’s Greatest Family Newspaper GRIT. At least that was the potential promise to young entrepreneurs willing to sell this weekly publication … Continue reading →

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William Shatner, Star of “For The People?”

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Before the Promise margarine commercials; well before T.J. Hooker, and a bit before he sat on the bridge of the Enterprise, the Shat sat on the panel of What’s My Line? in 1965 where avuncular host John Charles Daly introduced him … Continue reading →

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Fancy Fiat

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Tina Garceau

I spotted this 1969 Fiat 500L on 9th Street over the weekend. I’m not really clear as to why it’s there – perhaps some kind of promotion, or a labor of love – the decoration is hand painted, and not … Continue reading →

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Urban Texture

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Off of Rittenhouse Square in what is known as Center City in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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The Portrait Sitter Number Two

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Tina Garceau

 

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Seeing The Being

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Joe_Williams

I sit and draw and watch TV. I always have. When I was little, I watched amiable announcer Bill “Wee Willie” Webber present hours of kids shows every afternoon as I drew cartoons on scratch pads, rolls of adding machine … Continue reading →

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Ask Your Father

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Ma, it says right here that they’ll send ya ‘ONE PREGNANT MALE who will give birth to as many as 25 babies!’ How can that be, Ma? How can that be?

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Gaiety Sandwich Shop — an Update

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Joe_Williams

People constantly scour the Internet seeking the newest of the new. What I love about the Internet is that it is also a nearly infinite backlog of information. There is something for everyone, and something that may have been posted … Continue reading →

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Almost All of Them Flops

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Joe_Williams

This is a nicely printed flyer that was handed out at a comic book convention in the very early 1980s. On the opposite side of what’s pictured above was a list of horror and science fiction classics released by Universal … Continue reading →

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