1960s

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Car Crazy #4: 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente Convertible

Chris Holmes
posted on December 15, 2016December 15, 2016
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Courtesy this vintage car dealership postcard comes this fun image of the 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente Convertible. It’s the best bargain under the big

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Happy Birthday to It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Chris Holmes
posted on October 24, 2016October 27, 2016
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2016 marks the 50th anniversary of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Let's celebrate and prove how sincere we really

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A Gallery of Vintage Halloween Costume Slides

Chris Holmes
posted on October 7, 2016
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These days preserving memories of Halloween parties and trick or treating is as simple as clicking an icon on your phone. Back in the day it not only meant fumbling with a camera and film, but also

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Car Crazy #3: 1960 Dodge Polara

The Dodge Polara was an automobile introduced in the United States for the 1960 model year as Dodge’s top-of-the-line full-size car; after the introduction of the Dodge Custom 880 in 1962, the

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Brochure Beauties #5: Pacific Telephone Colorphones

This lovely brochure comes from Pacific Telephone, and advertises their line of extension colorphones. There’s no date on this one, but I think 1960s is a reasonable guess. The front of the