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Posted in History

The Secret of McDonald’s’ Success? Not Hiring Women

Chris Holmes
posted on June 22, 2016
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According to this 1959 interview with McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, the fast food giant was successful in part for not hiring

Posted in Ephemera

UNC Men’s Basketball 1972-73: “How You Doin’?”

Chris Holmes
posted on January 12, 2015January 6, 2015
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What goes together better than college basketball and pretty women? Nothing, if this 1972-73 UNC men's hoops media guide is an

Vintage photo: Papier-mache cow in Australia, 1944

Posted in Vintage Photo Wednesday

Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 33: Papier-mâché Cow in Australia, 1944

Chris Holmes
posted on June 5, 2013June 2, 2013
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Here's one of the odder photos I've seen from the World War II era - a woman tying a papier-mache cow to her car in the Australian home

Vintage Springs Cotton Mills/Springmaid Fabrics ad

Posted in Retrotisements

Springmaid Fabrics, You So Naughty!

Chris Holmes
posted on February 25, 2013October 3, 2016
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Here's a delightfully racy group of vintage advertisements for a company called Springmaid Fabrics, a line of the Springs Cotton Mills

Posted in Funny Stuff

Please Welcome the Newest Addition to Mitt Romney’s Legal Team

Chris Holmes
posted on October 17, 2012June 18, 2013
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I don't often do political humor, but I've been dying for an opportunity to work Binder & Binder into a joke for a long time. Binders full of

The Best Musical Comedy Songs (Bettie Page album cover)

Posted in Album Cover of the Week, Music

Four Classic Bettie Page Album Covers — Two Old, Two New

Chris Holmes
posted on October 15, 2012February 10, 2015
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In addition to inspiring a generation of models and pin-up fans, Bettie Page has graced the covers of albums as well. Here's a short

Posted in Rants

Jennifer Love Hewitt – Social Crusader

Chris Holmes
posted on December 4, 2007October 7, 2012
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Jennifer Love Hewitt has had it with how women are made to feel bad about their body... now that she can't use hers to sell sexy photos anymore I

Posted in Retrotisements

Retrotisements — Marlboro Cigarettes

Chris Holmes
posted on July 13, 2007February 11, 2013
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Wherein I present a gallery of vintage Marlboro cigarettes advertisements from the days before the Marlboro Man. These are from the "Mild As May"

The Secret of McDonald’s’ Success? Not Hiring Women

UNC Men’s Basketball 1972-73: “How You Doin’?”

Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 33: Papier-mâché Cow in Australia, 1944

Springmaid Fabrics, You So Naughty!

Please Welcome the Newest Addition to Mitt Romney’s Legal Team

Four Classic Bettie Page Album Covers — Two Old, Two New

Jennifer Love Hewitt – Social Crusader

Retrotisements — Marlboro Cigarettes

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