Tag Archives: Rockville

Peepers Jeepers

Inauguration Jeeps in IKE Salute. Rockville, Maryland, January 15, 1953 -  Sixty white jeeps which will escort the floats in the Eisenhower-Nixon inaugural parade on January 20th are shown in this air view in a salute to ‘Ike.’ The jeeps will be driven by U.S. Marines wearing full dress uniform [Getty|TBlade]

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Supermarket Swept

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The Super Giant supermarket in Rockville, Maryland. color transparency by John Dominis for LIFE magazine, 1964 [Shorpy]

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The Hostesseses With The Mostessesses

in my hometown of Rockville, Maryland, there’s a little magical place called the Wonder Bread / Hostess Cake Bakery Thriftshop, which is basically an outlet where they sell moldy oldy baked goods, instead of giving them away for free to the rats on the street, or even homeless people.  anywho, and morse importantly – the thriftshop is also home to the three greatest signs I’ve ever seen in my life, EVER!!!

Fruit Pie The Magician

Freddy, The Fresh Guy

Twinkie The Kid

what, no love for Captain Cupcake????

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Glazed & Confused

these are the hottest dang photos we hath ever done seen from our moist beloved and moist deceased donut shoppe of balls thyme – Montgomery Donuts

you will forever be in our minds, even if you are no longer in our farts

with MoDos out of the picture, our #1 spot is Cresent Donut of Bloomington

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