“The only soft drink that doesn’t treat you like a kid.” August 1966 advertisement.

A 1960s Dial soap advertisement.

Who remembers when Hines Ward of the Pittsburgh Steelers was a zombie on The Walking Dead? (My photo from 2013) 🧟‍♂️

As described by Encyclopedia Britannica: “[The] Great Migration, in U.S. history, [is] the movement of millions of African Americans from rural communities in the South to urban areas in Northern and Western states during the 20th century.“ #history #maps #ushistory

A 1966 advertisement for Armour turkey. I can imagine the ad meeting now: “How’s the turkey look, sir?” “Drier!” “How about now?” “DRIER!” “How about now?” “Goddamn it, Frank, cook it until there is NO moisture left!” #food #history #1960s

“It’s not frozen solid… It’s SOFT-frozen. 1966 advertisement for Hi-C for Breakfast. #1960s #breakfast

Growing up, we all knew somebody who had a couch like one of these. August 1966 advertisement. #1960s

JET Magazine cover story about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls from 30 years ago. May 1996. 🏀 #nba #basketball

Corporal Joseph Foley, U.S. Army 106th Infantry Division, World War II. #EriePA resident. (Hagen History Center) #history #WWII

The King of Cool himself: Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh, Pirates. 1976. #mlb #pittsburgh #pittsburghpirates

The effective simplicity of this 1976 Heinz ketchup advertisement really highlights how awful and jumbled those 2026 AI-generated ads are.

You can only bring one of these department store chains back. Which are you choosing? #1980s #1990s

Bird’s eye view of Grove City, #Pennsylvania. 1901. Drawn and published by Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler.

Radio Shack Nationwide Super Computer Sale! A color monitor! MS-DOS! A point and click mouse with TWO buttons! Only $1,299 ($3,600 when adjusted for inflation). Erie Daily Times. July 16, 1989.

Sept. 20, 1980. New York Times. Steven V. Roberts interviews #EriePA residents about a potential Ronald Reagan presidency: "He thinks he's still before the movie cameras. He comes off to me as an actor, and I can usually spot an honest person." #history #1980s

Did anybody (or their grandparents) have one of these growing up? The Fliptop Dishmobile. LIFE Magazine, 1968.

Ah, the wonder of long distance telephone calls. Columbia Telephone Company. 1950. #history #1950s

What are you watching in each time slot? Saturday TV. January 20, 1990. Erie Daily Times. #television #90skid #80skid

The City of Erie was a 324 ft long passenger steamship that raced another steamship, the Tashmoo, in a hyped race from #Cleveland, #Ohio to Erie, Pennsylvania in 1901. The race was over 4 hrs long. The City of Erie steamship won by 45 seconds, giving it the claim of fastest ship on the Great Lakes.

Who Owns Antarctica? The Centre Reporter (Centre Hall, PA). January 16, 1930. #history #1930s #skystorian

21-year-old George Washington’s route to Fort LeBoeuf in 1753, occupied by the French near modern day French Creek in Waterford, #Pennsylvania. From LIFE magazine, Feb. 26, 1956. #GeorgeWashington #history

Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in Warren County, #Pennsylvania. I was an adult before I learned how its construction displaced over 600 Seneca members and flooded 1/3 of their territory, including most of the historic Cornplanter Tract. (Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1993) #history

“Almost every police department in the nation refuses by one means or another to hire gay recruits.” From the Erie Daily Times. August 13, 1979. #history #skystorians #lgbtq

Who knew? The many uses of Listerine. Erie Daily Times. May 2, 1928. #1920s #history #advertising

From Jet Magazine, Apr 5, 1973. #1970s #history #skystorians

Data on strikes throughout the United States, 1941. (Source: United States Dept. of Labor) #history #laborhistory

In August 1925, this is what Popular Science predicted 1950 cities would look like. #futurism #history

In 1990, this is what some believed would be the house of the future in the 2000s. As seen in Popular Science magazine. #futurism #science #history

Sesame Street hand puppets advertisement. Ebony Magazine, Dec. 1971. #history #pbs #sesamestreet

Holstein dairy farm. #WaterfordPA. n.d. From the Tinchor Brothers postcard collection. Harry & Louis Tinchor founded the company in 1908 & it became one of the most successful souvenir postcard manufacturers in the US. Harry, sadly, died young in 1911, but Louis lived until 1974. #history