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Album Cover of the Week: Arthur Lyman on Broadway

Chris Holmes
posted on March 19, 2021
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Folks, this one has it all. Matching outfits, leis, pants up to the belly button, at least three tubes of Brylcreem, a vibraphone (or is it a marimba?), and state of the art photo editing. It’s

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Postcards from the Past #3: Merry Christmas from Bethlehem, PA

Chris Holmes
posted on December 23, 2020August 2, 2021
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Here’s a wonderful early-to-mid century postcard from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (aka the Christmas City”). There’s no postmark or other text on this

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Celebrate Thanksgiving with the Navy Pacific Reserve Fleet (1952)

Chris Holmes
posted on November 24, 2020
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Enjoy a sumptuous Thanksgiving feast with the U.S. Navy's Pacific Reserve

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Now Playing #3: Airport (1970)

A vintage 1970 newspaper ad for the classic disaster movie

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Comic Book Rack #1: Our Gang, 1946

Chris Holmes
posted on October 28, 2020
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Just in time for Halloween, I’m kicking off a new series featuring a festive Halloween cover. It’s the cover to Our Gang Comics #28 (Dell, November

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Kodachrome Memories #7: Halloween Memories (1950s & 1970s)

Chris Holmes
posted on October 7, 2020
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A pair of quartets in classic Halloween costumes as seen in Kodachrome slides from the 1950s and

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Retrotisement: Whitman’s Chocolates for Halloween, 1928

Chris Holmes
posted on October 1, 2020
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Courtesy the October 27, 1928 issue of The Saturday Evening Post comes this great, spooky ad for Whitman's

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What’s on TV #1: CHiPs, 1977

Chris Holmes
posted on September 15, 2020
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A groovy newspaper ad for the series debut of NBC's CHiPs, September 15,

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Single Cel Organism #2: Journey Back to Oz

Chris Holmes
posted on September 10, 2020
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Among the many things Filmation Studios is known for, I don’t think the 1972 theatrical release Journey Back to Oz is among them. It’s certainly not because of the cast, which featured