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 Auction Finds, TV & Radio Vintage NBC Promo Slides Chris Holmes posted on June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 Comments Off on Vintage NBC Promo Slides A gallery of slides used by NBC in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s to promote upcoming TV shows, movies, and Read More
Posted in Ephemera First Year Covers: Playboy Chris Holmes posted on May 18, 2018May 18, 2018 Comments Off on First Year Covers: Playboy A gallery of covers from Playboy's first year of publication, December 1953 through December Read More
Posted in Ephemera Get Toasty With These Wisconsin Electric Power Company Christmas Cooky Books Chris Holmes posted on December 2, 2017 Comments Off on Get Toasty With These Wisconsin Electric Power Company Christmas Cooky Books A wonderful gallery of Christmas cookie recipes from the 1950s, '60s, and '70s published by Wisconsin Electric Power Read More
Posted in Photography Another Gallery of Vintage Halloween Costume Slides Chris Holmes posted on October 5, 2017September 18, 2017 Comments Off on Another Gallery of Vintage Halloween Costume Slides Another wonderful gallery of vintage photos of costumed merriment for 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 Music Club 99: Teresa Brewer, “Pickle Up A Doodle” Chris Holmes posted on August 29, 2017 Comments Off on Club 99: Teresa Brewer, “Pickle Up A Doodle” Club 99 revisits the tongue-twisting pop hootenanny that is Teresa Brewer's “Pickle Up A Doodle,” which peaked at #99 in Read More
Posted in Retrotisements Retrotisements: Back to School Edition, Part 2 Chris Holmes posted on August 1, 2017July 23, 2017 1 Comment A gallery of vintage back-to-school advertisements from the 1930s through the Read More
Posted in Retrotisements Retrotisements: The Early Days of Kentucky Fried Chicken Chris Holmes posted on April 19, 2017February 19, 2022 3 Comments One of the many things that makes Kentucky Fried Chicken unique in fast food history is that its growth as a powerhouse franchise was not quite as direct as, say, McDonald’s. For one thing, the Read More