The Video Archive, Vol. 1
Our family bought its first VCR in April 1985. To me, being able to watch movies on it was only half the fun. It was the ability to record stuff…
Time Capsule: Life, Nov. 24, 1958
Too many things on my mind are failing to cohere into a decent post (or series thereof), so why don't we dive back into the stacks, eh? Here's the November…
The Fifth Column of Decency: Life, Sept. 23, 1957
One of my favorite pastimes on a lazy afternoon is to leaf through old magazines in various online archives. The big Life magazine archive is a particular joy to me,…
A day with the Big Ship
I didn't have "weekend trip to Philadelphia" on my bingo card back in July. But life happened, as it will. The ocean liner United States has been a long-standing fascination…
Time capsule: November 19, 1979
Many years ago when I started working on a few projects, I made the investment into a Newspapers.com subscription. As it turned out, the projects took a back seat. Having…
Farewell to a friend (and to an era)
One of the sad things about getting older is that every year, you find yourself going to more funerals and memorial services. I've been to plenty as it was, but…