1970s

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Retrotisements — 1972 Pontiac New Car Lineup

Chris Holmes
posted on August 16, 2022
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A collection of vintage print ads and brochures, as well as TV commercials, for the 1972 Pontiac new car

Posted in TV & Radio

TV Listings Flashback #5: July 31, 1972

Chris Holmes
posted on July 31, 2022January 5, 2023
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This edition of the TV Listings Flashback showcases the CBS evening lineup for Monday, July 31, 1972. Specifically, South Bend, Indiana affiliate WSBT-TV Channel 22. Let’s take a look: 5:00

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Airline Memories #5: Mount Cook Airlines Prop Plane Slide

Chris Holmes
posted on April 1, 2022
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Whenever I get the chance to combine my love of vintage airlines with my love of vintage photo slides I take it. So here is a beauty: It’s a Kodachrome of a prop plane from New Zealand’s

Posted in TV & Radio

That’s Entertainment! #6: The Cast of Emergency!, 1970s

Chris Holmes
posted on September 3, 2021September 3, 2021
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My current favorite TV show aired its last episode in 1979, but I watch it every week. I’m talking about the 1970s medical drama Emergency!, which aired weekly on NBC from 1972 to 1977 (with a

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Album Cover of the Week: Alice Cooper, School’s Out

Chris Holmes
posted on June 11, 2021
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I’d say this album cover is quite appropriate for this time of year. It’s the 1972 rock classic School’s Out (Warner Bros. Records ‎– BS 2623), and boy does this one have a lot.

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Now Playing #4: A 1971 Creature Double Feature!

Chris Holmes
posted on May 24, 2021January 5, 2023
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A 1971 newspaper ad for a horror double feature - Beast of the Yellow Night and Creature with the Blue

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Car Crazy #6: 1977 Lincoln Continental Town Coupé

Chris Holmes
posted on April 30, 2021
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Soft lighting, feathered hair, and a giant automobile that would never fit in your garage. It must be the 1970s! 1977 to be precise, in the form of a dealer postcard for the 1977 Lincoln Continental

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Now Playing #3: Airport (1970)

A vintage 1970 newspaper ad for the classic disaster movie

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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

Retrotisements — 1972 Pontiac New Car Lineup

TV Listings Flashback #5: July 31, 1972

Airline Memories #5: Mount Cook Airlines Prop Plane Slide

That’s Entertainment! #6: The Cast of Emergency!, 1970s

Album Cover of the Week: Alice Cooper, School’s Out

Now Playing #4: A 1971 Creature Double Feature!

Car Crazy #6: 1977 Lincoln Continental Town Coupé

Now Playing #3: Airport (1970)

Kodachrome Memories #7: Halloween Memories (1950s & 1970s)

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