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‘The Morning After’ – Evocative Photos of London 1980-85

Trevor Fletcher lived in London on and off during the late 1970s and 80s. His photographs are a fantastic record of the time. ...

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X-rated Movie Posters of the 1960s and 1970s

“Lets you feel good without feeling bad.” – Emmanuelle ...

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61 Sensational Soviet Space Posters

In the 1950s and 1960s the Soviet Union assured the great unwashed that ploughing fortunes into the space race was good for them ...

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This Is A Journey Into Sound: A Look at Old-School Headphones

The first true headphone was made in 1910, but for the next forty-plus years they weren't used for listening to music. Headphones were worn almost exclusively by military personnel and telephone operators. Using them for entertainment wasn't a possibility until 1958 with the invention of the stereo headset. In ...

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The Rise And Fall Of Tower Records

Listening to music is a deeply personal experience. Some songs will always make certain people happy, while those same tunes will just as reliably make other people cry. Incredible as it may seem today, the mundane act of acquiring music also used to be personal, or at least required a ...

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Gorgeous Celestial Maps and Illustrations From A 19th Century American Atlas

Highlights from Yaggy's Geographical Portfolio - 'Comprising Physical, Political, Geological, and Astronomical Geography' ...

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Bunny Yeager : The Brilliant Selfies

Bunny Yeager was a model whose photographs made Bettie Page and the other pin-up "girls" shine ...

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Guy Gibson of the Dambusters, and his Desert Island Discs

In February 1944 Guy Gibson VC appeared on Desert Island Discs with Roy Plomley, just seven months later he died. ...

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‘Nobs & Nosh’ – Photos of Celebrities by Allan Warren from 1974

'Nobs & Nosh - Eating with the Beautiful People' features photographs of celebrities and aristocrats accompanied with a favourite recipe and their musings about their relationship with food. Many of the beautiful people, unsurprisingly perhaps, admitted to not eating much at all and often seemed rather bored with the activity. ...

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Violent Innocence: Photographing New York City’s Brooklyn Gangs (1959)

In 1959 photographer Bruce Davidson spent several months with NYC gang The Jokers ...

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Doris Day Sings Atomic Rock – An Ode To The Geiger Counter

In 1949 Doris Day hailed the magic of uranium in a Hollywood musical ...

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Arnold Genthe’s Fascinating Photos of Japan In 1908

Two years after his photographic studio burnt down in the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake Arnold Genthe made a six month trip to a rapidly changing Japan. ...

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Christine Osinski’s Photographs of Staten Island’s Overlooked New Yorkers – 1983-84

When Christine Osinski moved to Staten Island in the 1980s (the Manhattan loft was bought ...

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Wonderful Cecil Beaton Photographs of the Tyneside Docks in 1943

It must have all seemed a bit incongruous watching the great society photographer walking around the Tyneside Dockyards taking pictures... ...

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Picking Hops In Kent – 1900-1949

For centuries families have travelled to Kent to pick hops ...

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Amazing Photos of Demonstrations and Protests at Trafalgar Square (Part 1)

From almost the time when it was first opened to the public in 1840, and despite the best attempts of the authorities to ban them, Trafalgar Square has always been a centre for protests and demonstrations. In fact the fountains were a late and relatively futile addition to the original plans in an attempt to reduce the possibility of crowds collecting in the square. ...

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David Jacobs Opens the Reading Butts Centre Tesco in 1971

In 1971 David Jacobs was called upon to open the vast supermarket in Reading with the help the glamorous Miss Ty-Phoo, aka Young Generation dancer and occasional Benny Hill performer Kay Frazer. ...

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