Posted in Ephemera, Featured Posts Groovy College Course Catalogs of the 1970s Chris Holmes posted on December 26, 2016September 16, 2022 Comments Off on Groovy College Course Catalogs of the 1970s Here are one dozen college course catalogs from the 1970s, from small junior/community colleges to well-known and prestigious universities. Read More
Posted in Photography Kodachrome Memories #4: Miami (OH) University Homecoming, 1953 Chris Holmes posted on May 26, 2015February 23, 2018 Comments Off on Kodachrome Memories #4: Miami (OH) University Homecoming, 1953 Beautiful photos from 1953 Homecoming Weekend at Miami University (Ohio), with a football game against the Ohio Read More
Posted in Ephemera UNC Men’s Basketball 1972-73: “How You Doin’?” Chris Holmes posted on January 12, 2015January 6, 2015 Comments Off on UNC Men’s Basketball 1972-73: “How You Doin’?” What goes together better than college basketball and pretty women? Nothing, if this 1972-73 UNC men's hoops media guide is an Read More
Posted in Ephemera, Photography Here’s the Inspiration for That Tom Hanks Piano Scene from Big Chris Holmes posted on January 25, 2013February 3, 2013 Comments Off on Here’s the Inspiration for That Tom Hanks Piano Scene from Big In which we view a dance routine at the University of North Dakota's Flickertail Follies in May Read More
Posted in Sports The word cloud of Robert Burton’s letter to Jeff Hathaway Chris Holmes posted on January 26, 2011 Comments Off on The word cloud of Robert Burton’s letter to Jeff Hathaway A word cloud of Robert G. Burton's angry letter to UConn's athletic director, Jeff Hathaway. Full text of the letter also Read More
Posted in Advertising Commercials I hate: Education Connection Chris Holmes posted on September 2, 2010December 19, 2010 1 Comment Here’s a classic example of “more is less”. There’s nothing inherently bad or obnoxious about the current group of Education Connection commercials. The problem comes from Read More