Posted in Retrotisements Retrotisement: Whitman’s Chocolates for Halloween, 1928 Chris Holmes posted on October 1, 2020 Comments Off on Retrotisement: Whitman’s Chocolates for Halloween, 1928 Courtesy the October 27, 1928 issue of The Saturday Evening Post comes this great, spooky ad for Whitman's Read More
Posted in Photography Fiat Testing, 1929 Grayflanneltumblr posted on November 1, 2018November 1, 2018 Comments Off on Fiat Testing, 1929 Testing cars on the roof of the Fiat factory in 1929. Read More
Posted in Photography Wire Service: London Hospital 1928 grayflannelsuit posted on November 1, 2018May 13, 2022 Comments Off on Wire Service: London Hospital 1928 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 Read More
Posted in Retrotisements Retrotisements: Back to School Edition, Part 3 Chris Holmes posted on July 29, 2018 Comments Off on Retrotisements: Back to School Edition, Part 3 We're back for our junior year of vintage back-to-school print Read More
Posted in Retrotisements The Revenge of Halloween Retrotisements! Chris Holmes posted on October 3, 2017September 13, 2017 2 Comments Let's scare up a good time by checking out some spooky vintage Halloween ads from years gone Read More
Posted in Vintage Photo Wednesday Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 35: New York Horsecar Scene, 1910s-1920s Chris Holmes posted on June 26, 2013July 17, 2013 Comments Off on Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 35: New York Horsecar Scene, 1910s-1920s A fantastic vintage photograph of a New York City harbor from the 1910s-1920s, featuring a horsecar in Read More
Posted in Vintage Photo Wednesday Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 24: Holland Tunnel Opening, 1927 Chris Holmes posted on January 23, 2013March 11, 2013 2 Comments Here's a vintage photograph with New York and New Jersey officials at the opening of the Holland Tunnel in Read More
Posted in Vintage Photo Wednesday Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 21: New York Santa & Mobile Xmas Post Office Chris Holmes posted on December 19, 2012March 11, 2013 Comments Off on Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 21: New York Santa & Mobile Xmas Post Office As we head down the final stretch into Christmas, here's a pair of images from early 20th century America featuring Santa Read More
Posted in Vintage Photo Wednesday Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 20: Santa and Swimmers on the Beach, Los Angeles 1927 Chris Holmes posted on November 28, 2012March 11, 2013 Comments Off on Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 20: Santa and Swimmers on the Beach, Los Angeles 1927 Here's one of the odder vintage Christmas photographs around - Santa Claus and a bunch of swimmers around a tree on the beach (Los Angeles, Read More