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Postcards from the Past #1: Pike’s Peak Auto Race, 1950s

Chris Holmes
posted on November 2, 2018
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Postmarked June 18, 1956: PIKES PEAK AUTO RACE Here on Labor Day of each year gather the world’s best dirt track drivers to test their skill on the 10% grade up the side of Pikes Peak, rising

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Fiat Testing, 1929

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posted on November 1, 2018November 1, 2018
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Testing cars on the roof of the Fiat factory in 1929.

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Wire Service: London Hospital 1928

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posted on November 1, 2018November 1, 2018
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September 8, 1928 – ABOVE LONDON’S CHIMNEY POTS – On the roof of the West London Hospital, situated in the busy Hammersmith quarter of the great Metropolis, has just been constructed a sand

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Greatest Misses: Van Halen

Chris Holmes
posted on October 3, 2018
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In Van Halen: Greatest Misses we look at (and listen to) the least popular songs from each of the band's

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Now Playing: On the Waterfront

Chris Holmes
posted on September 26, 2018
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From the September 26, 1954 edition of the Dayton Daily News comes this ad for Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront, starring Marlon

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Vintage TV Show Trading Card Packs of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s

Chris Holmes
posted on August 20, 2018
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A gallery of vintage trading card wrappers for TV shows of the '70s, '80s, and

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Now Playing: Vintage Movie Ads of the 1950s (Part 1)

Chris Holmes
posted on August 18, 2018August 18, 2018
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A gallery of vintage 1950s newspaper advertisements for

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Single Cel Organism #1: Quisp and Quake

Chris Holmes
posted on August 5, 2018September 10, 2020
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Here’s an interesting cel featuring some vintage cereal mascots, Quake and Quisp, with a third character I’ve not seen before. If anyone knows who the man in the black hat is, drop a

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Brochure Beauties #8: 1937 Willys, The Surprise Car of the Year!

Chris Holmes
posted on August 1, 2018July 29, 2018
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A look at a forgotten classic car, a 1937 Willys