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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

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Vintage 20th Century World’s Fair Postcards (1958 – 1992)

Chris Holmes
posted on July 24, 2013July 20, 2013
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Through a gallery of vintage postcards, let’s take a look at World’s Fairs from the second half of the 20th century (1958 – 1992).

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Listening booth — Tab Benoit, “Come and Get It”

Chris Holmes
posted on May 6, 2011September 16, 2011
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Here's one of the better tracks off the latest release from blues guitarist and singer extraordinaire Tab Benoit, "Come and Get

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Listening Booth – Tab Benoit, “So High”

Chris Holmes
posted on March 8, 2010June 23, 2011
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This popped up on a last.fm mix the other day, and I stopped what I was doing and proceeded to dance around the room like a mental patient. I figure this little blues boogie is as good a way as any

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The ’30s and ’40s in living color, Part 1

Chris Holmes
posted on November 15, 2009June 16, 2014
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GFS presents a gallery of selections from the Library of Congress' collection of color photos of the 1930s and

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

Vintage 20th Century World’s Fair Postcards (1958 – 1992)

Listening booth — Tab Benoit, “Come and Get It”

Listening Booth – Tab Benoit, “So High”

The ’30s and ’40s in living color, Part 1

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