Posted in Retrotisements To (Well-Tailored) Arms! (Botany 500 Ad, 1960) Chris Holmes posted on January 28, 2014January 27, 2014 Comments Off on To (Well-Tailored) Arms! (Botany 500 Ad, 1960) A fantastic Botany 500 ad from the 1960s made to look just like a vintage American wartime recruiting Read More
Posted in Vintage Photo Wednesday Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 40: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West in Philadelphia, 1908 Chris Holmes posted on October 23, 2013February 19, 2022 Comments Off on Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 40: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West in Philadelphia, 1908 A vintage photograph showing Buffalo Bill and His Wild West Show in front of Wanamaker's Department Store, Philadelphia, in Read More
Posted in Ephemera, History This 1846 Anti-Slavery Alphabet Is Fantastic Chris Holmes posted on July 16, 2013July 17, 2013 3 Comments This hand-drawn Anti-Slavery Alphabet from 1846 is a fascinating artifact of America in the stormy, pre-Civil War Read More
Posted in Football Friday, Sports Retired NFL Jersey Numbers: AFC South Chris Holmes posted on June 21, 2013July 17, 2013 Comments Off on Retired NFL Jersey Numbers: AFC South A football card gallery featuring retired NFL jersey numbers of players from the AFC South (Texans, Colts, Jaguars, and Read More
Posted in Football Friday, Sports Retired NFL Jersey Numbers: NFC North Chris Holmes posted on April 19, 2013April 14, 2013 Comments Off on Retired NFL Jersey Numbers: NFC North A football card gallery featuring retired NFL jersey numbers of players from the NFC North (Bears, Lions, Packers, and Read More
Posted in Football Friday, Sports Retired NFL Jersey Numbers: NFC East Chris Holmes posted on March 29, 2013July 29, 2013 Comments Off on Retired NFL Jersey Numbers: NFC East A sports card gallery featuring retired NFL jersey numbers of players from the NFC East (Cowboys, Giants, Eagles, and Read More
Posted in Vintage Photo Wednesday Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 9 — Republican National Conventions Chris Holmes posted on August 22, 2012March 11, 2013 1 Comment A gallery of classic photographs depicting scenes from Republican National Conventions of the past -- from 1908 to Read More
Posted in Movies Movies That Defined My Youth, Part 3 Chris Holmes posted on March 22, 2011March 21, 2011 1 Comment Chris Holmes offers the third in a seemingly endless series dedicated to exploring the movies of his youth (aka The Read More
Posted in Music Well that wasn’t so scary: GFS goes to the opera Chris Holmes posted on October 19, 2010February 28, 2013 2 Comments A heathen finds culture, and likes Read More