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Airline Memories #5: Mount Cook Airlines Prop Plane Slide

Chris Holmes
posted on April 1, 2022
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Whenever I get the chance to combine my love of vintage airlines with my love of vintage photo slides I take it. So here is a beauty: It’s a Kodachrome of a prop plane from New Zealand’s

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First Year Covers #2: Life

Chris Holmes
posted on March 11, 2022January 5, 2023
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In my humble opinion Life is one of the preeminent magazines in American history. From its outstanding photos to its rich and varied content, I’m rather sorry I wasn’t around for its

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Hollywood Beauty #8: Suzy Parker

Chris Holmes
posted on February 19, 2022
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Suzy Parker (born Cecilia Ann Renee Parker; October 28, 1932-May 3, 2003) was an American model and actress active from 1947 into the early 1960s. Her modeling career reached its zenith during the

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Don’t Touch That Dial #5: Daniel Boone, 1966

Chris Holmes
posted on February 3, 2022January 5, 2023
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Today’s TV viewing takes us back to the frontier. Or at least the frontier as imagined on NBC in the 1960s. Courtesy the Sioux City Journal from February 3, 1966 is this ad for Daniel Boone,

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Kodachrome Memories #8: 1960s Chinatown, New York

Chris Holmes
posted on January 7, 2022
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Here's a small slice of life from New York's Chinatown, circa late

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Comic Book Rack #3: Superman’s Christmas Adventure, 1944

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Superman, Santa Claus, and Me! Superman’s Christmas Adventure, 1944; published by Detective Comics (aka DC Comics), artist

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Swing Hard With This Newport Jazz Festival 1955 Program

Chris Holmes
posted on September 24, 2021
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This one image, the cover for the program from the 1955 Newport Jazz Festival, pretty much sums up everything I love about the aesthetic of mid-century jazz in America. Notably, this was just the 2nd

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That’s Entertainment! #6: The Cast of Emergency!, 1970s

Chris Holmes
posted on September 3, 2021September 3, 2021
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My current favorite TV show aired its last episode in 1979, but I watch it every week. I’m talking about the 1970s medical drama Emergency!, which aired weekly on NBC from 1972 to 1977 (with a

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Brochure Beauties #9: RCA Victor’s Popular Records for January 1947

Chris Holmes
posted on August 13, 2021
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You kids with your YouTube and streaming services have it so good. Back in 1947 the main way to listen to recorded music at home was rather brittle shellac 78 rpm records. One of the leading brands

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Airline Memories #5: Mount Cook Airlines Prop Plane Slide

First Year Covers #2: Life

Hollywood Beauty #8: Suzy Parker

Don’t Touch That Dial #5: Daniel Boone, 1966

Kodachrome Memories #8: 1960s Chinatown, New York

Comic Book Rack #3: Superman’s Christmas Adventure, 1944

Swing Hard With This Newport Jazz Festival 1955 Program

That’s Entertainment! #6: The Cast of Emergency!, 1970s

Brochure Beauties #9: RCA Victor’s Popular Records for January 1947

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