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Postcards from the Past #3: Merry Christmas from Bethlehem, PA

Chris Holmes
posted on December 23, 2020August 2, 2021
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Here’s a wonderful early-to-mid century postcard from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (aka the Christmas City”). There’s no postmark or other text on this

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Postcards from the Past #2: Labor Day at Dorney Park

Chris Holmes
posted on August 20, 2020
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This postcard is a wonderful piece of mid-century Labor Day ephemera from Dorney Park in

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45 Years of Selling the McDonald’s Big Mac

Chris Holmes
posted on March 24, 2014April 18, 2014
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This month in 1969, the McDonald's Big Mac made its national advertising

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Get Your Free Intercourse Maps!

Chris Holmes
posted on November 12, 2013November 6, 2013
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Now I understand the reason the Amish have been so successful for so long — they have intercourse maps. I’ll take one of those and, OK, a shoo fly pie too. (Dutch Haven Barn —

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Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 40: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West in Philadelphia, 1908

Chris Holmes
posted on October 23, 2013February 19, 2022
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A vintage photograph showing Buffalo Bill and His Wild West Show in front of Wanamaker's Department Store, Philadelphia, in

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A Gallery of Vintage Beistle Halloween Decorations

Chris Holmes
posted on October 10, 2011November 2, 2012
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Just like the title says, here's an image gallery of classic, vintage Beistle paper Halloween

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Vintage ephemera: Best Western/AT&T Business Resource Guide

Straight out of 2009 comes this totally current and useful business travel and technology guide from your friends at AT&T and Best Western. So

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This Week in History! (March 24-30)

Chris Holmes
posted on March 28, 2008April 8, 2011
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March 24, 1989: The Exxon tanker Valdez accidentally hits the state of Alaska, spilling about 11 million gallons of oil. Capt. Joseph Hazlewood was later convicted of negligent discharge of oil and

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Postcards from the Past #3: Merry Christmas from Bethlehem, PA

Postcards from the Past #2: Labor Day at Dorney Park

45 Years of Selling the McDonald’s Big Mac

Get Your Free Intercourse Maps!

Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 40: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West in Philadelphia, 1908

A Gallery of Vintage Beistle Halloween Decorations

Vintage ephemera: Best Western/AT&T Business Resource Guide

This Week in History! (March 24-30)

An A+ for the Bad Plus

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