Arizona – The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Ads from the Open Road, Volume 3: Local News Edition

Chris Holmes
posted on April 19, 2016
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For this third installment of vintage billboard photos, I have a gallery of roadside advertisements for local news broadcasts. Just about all of these date from the 1970s and ’80s, and include

Vintage Airline Travel Poster / TWA - Florida

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20 Beautiful Vintage Airline Travel Posters

Chris Holmes
posted on July 30, 2013July 26, 2013
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These vintage airline travel posters from the likes of TWA, Pan Am, American Airlines, and BOAC will have you heading to your nearest travel

Vintage 1969-70 Phoenix Suns NBA billboard ad

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Ads from the Open Road, Volume 2: Phoenix Suns Billboards

Chris Holmes
posted on June 11, 2013June 4, 2013
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My latest vintage billboard capsule looks at a series of 1969-70 Phoenix Suns basketball ads. It was the team's second year in the

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Ads from the Open Road, Volume 1

Chris Holmes
posted on January 8, 2013February 5, 2013
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A photo gallery of some vintage Billboard advertisements from the 1950s, '60s, '70s, and

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Vintage Fruit Crate Label Art

Chris Holmes
posted on June 7, 2012July 17, 2012
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Here's a gallery celebrating the lost art of vintage fruit crate

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Gray Flannel Fotos: Old Glory

Chris Holmes
posted on June 29, 2011August 7, 2011
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This seems as appropriate a time as any to republish one of my favorite photographs. This was taken at an Arizona Cardinals home game (in Sun Devil Stadium) on Veterans Day 2005. (click on the pic to

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Retrotisement: Dristan and the giant flying suitcase

Ever wondered what giant, flying suitcases and Dristan nasal decongestant have in common? Find out in this edition of

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A fortune cookie for Sarah Palin

Chris Holmes
posted on January 13, 2011January 12, 2011
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In the wake of another gaffe from everyone's favorite former governor/mayor/reality TV star, Sarah Palin, I offer a few words of wisdom in fortune cookie

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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Ads from the Open Road, Volume 3: Local News Edition

20 Beautiful Vintage Airline Travel Posters

Ads from the Open Road, Volume 2: Phoenix Suns Billboards

Ads from the Open Road, Volume 1

Vintage Fruit Crate Label Art

Gray Flannel Fotos: Old Glory

Retrotisement: Dristan and the giant flying suitcase

A fortune cookie for Sarah Palin

Separated at Birth? (Jan Brewer and Bernadette Basinger/Ralph Waite)

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