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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)

  • Chris Holmes
  • posted on November 12, 2020
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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
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Scenes from a Southern California Drug Store, 1970

  • Chris Holmes
  • posted on August 26, 2020
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A wonderful gallery of found store display photos from a Southern California drug store, circa
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