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The Three Coffins - Vintage Pulp Fiction Novel Cover

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Pop Culture Capsule: Vintage Pulp Fiction Novel Book Covers

Chris Holmes
posted on March 20, 2012February 19, 2022
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A gallery of ten vintage pulp fiction novel book covers from the 1940s and 1950s, curated for maximum cheesiness and

1974 Billboard Magazine Soul Train Spotlight (Don Cornelius)

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Pop Culture Capsule — 1974 Billboard Magazine Soul Train Spotlight

Chris Holmes
posted on February 2, 2012February 4, 2013
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In honor of the late Don Cornelius, here's a Soul Train spotlight piece from the September 28, 1974 issue of Billboard

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To Arms! A Gallery of War Recruitment Posters

Chris Holmes
posted on November 10, 2011October 3, 2016
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Here is a gallery of recruiting posters used for various wars and conflicts the United States military was engaged in from the 18th through the 20th

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Photo gallery: Cool 45 & 33 RPM Record Labels

Chris Holmes
posted on October 25, 2011February 4, 2013
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One of the unsung casualties of the death of vinyl as a large-scale music delivery medium was not just the loss of liner notes and cool album art, but record label art. As you know by now, I

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Road Trip! — Ten Songs Inspired by Real Places

Chris Holmes
posted on October 18, 2011February 4, 2013
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Let's take a look at the very real places that inspired ten very real songs, shall we? Some of them might surprise

Halloween (1978) West German movie poster

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Retrotisements: Halloween (1978) U.S. and Foreign Movie Posters

Chris Holmes
posted on October 14, 2011January 17, 2017
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Enjoy this gallery of advertising posters, foreign and domestic, for the classic 1978 John Carpenter horror film

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Photo Gallery: World War I in Color

Chris Holmes
posted on October 7, 2011February 4, 2013
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A gallery of striking color photographs from World War I - taken mostly by the French

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Pop Culture Capsule: The Evolution of the Beatles

Chris Holmes
posted on September 30, 2011February 19, 2022
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A photo gallery time capsule showing the evolution of the Beatles, from 1960 -

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Pop Culture Capsule — Superman through the Years

Chris Holmes
posted on September 13, 2011February 19, 2022
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Since his debut in 1938, Superman has become an American icon. Here's just a sampling of how the Last Son of Krypton has appeared over the

Pop Culture Capsule: Vintage Pulp Fiction Novel Book Covers

Pop Culture Capsule — 1974 Billboard Magazine Soul Train Spotlight

To Arms! A Gallery of War Recruitment Posters

Photo gallery: Cool 45 & 33 RPM Record Labels

Road Trip! — Ten Songs Inspired by Real Places

Retrotisements: Halloween (1978) U.S. and Foreign Movie Posters

Photo Gallery: World War I in Color

Pop Culture Capsule: The Evolution of the Beatles

Pop Culture Capsule — Superman through the Years

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