New Jersey – 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

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Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 38: Late 1950s Ford Dealership in Newark, New Jersey

Chris Holmes
posted on July 31, 2013July 26, 2013
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This gorgeous photo of a New Jersey Ford dealership from the late '50s is very much worth your time to look

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Photo Gallery: 1973-74 United States Oil Shortage Crisis, Vol. 1

Chris Holmes
posted on June 10, 2013April 18, 2014
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A gallery of vintage photographs showing the effects of the 1973-74 oil shortage crisis in the United

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Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 30: Two Guys in the ’50s and ’70s

Chris Holmes
posted on March 20, 2013March 20, 2013
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Remember better times for the Two Guys department store chain with these vintage photographs from the 1950s and

Vintage Photograph of a Franklin Township Deli, 1936

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Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 27: Franklin Township Deli, 1936

Chris Holmes
posted on February 13, 2013March 11, 2013
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A vintage photograph of a Franklin Township (NJ) delicatessen and grocery store from February

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Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 25: Calco Chemical Company, 1936

Chris Holmes
posted on January 30, 2013March 11, 2013
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This week's vintage New Jersey photo captures a snowy day in 1936 at the Calco Chemical Company plant in Bound

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Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 24: Holland Tunnel Opening, 1927

Chris Holmes
posted on January 23, 2013March 11, 2013
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Here's a vintage photograph with New York and New Jersey officials at the opening of the Holland Tunnel in

Jersey Homestead Garment Factory Bus, 1936

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Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 23: Going to the Garment Factory, 1936

Chris Holmes
posted on January 16, 2013March 11, 2013
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This week's vintage photo features people on an old Studebaker bus going to the garment factory at the Jersey Homesteads (Roosevelt) in

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Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 22: Hudson Tunnel Station Newsies, 1909

Chris Holmes
posted on January 9, 2013March 11, 2013
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Starting this week I’m going to start featuring more vintage photographs from my home state of New Jersey — the good, the bad, and the just plain neat. It’s a great opportunity for