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Highlights From An Archive Of 10,000 Digitized Wax Cylinder Recordings

  The University of California at Santa Barbara library has digitised its impressive haul of ...
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Migrant Mothers: Dorothea Lange’s Faces Of The Dust Bowl (1930s)

Migrant Mothers: Dorothea Lange’s Faces Of The Dust Bowl (1930s)

Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) was commissioned by the US Farm Security Administration to document the lives ...
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Gay Bob: ‘The World’s First Openly Gay Doll’ Stepped From The Closet In 1977

Gay Bob: ‘The World’s First Openly Gay Doll’ Stepped From The Closet In 1977

In 1977, former advertising executive Harvey Rosenberg gave the world Gay Bob,  'the world's first ...
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Bette Davis Introduces Her Mustard Gelatin Ring (1981)

Bette Davis Introduces Her Mustard Gelatin Ring (1981)

No amuse-gueules, suburban dinner parties (or, worse still, urban ones), egg white enemas, coulis, gastro-pubs, wheatgrass juice ...
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Poetry of Physics: Dr. Harold Edgerton’s Time Stopping Strobe Photography

Poetry of Physics: Dr. Harold Edgerton’s Time Stopping Strobe Photography

Dr. Harold "Doc" Edgerton (1903-1990; MIT electrical engineering professor from the 1930s until his death in ...
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Boys Boxing In British Schools (1950s): When The Noble Art Was A Force For Good

Boys Boxing In British Schools (1950s): When The Noble Art Was A Force For Good

  Frank Horvat's pictures of seductively seedy Paris nightlife in 1956 are glorious. His pictures of London a year ...
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People Lying On A Bed Of Nails Was Once All The Rage

People Lying On A Bed Of Nails Was Once All The Rage

Like footballers drinking milk, men in brocaded jackets spinning plates atop tall sticks and Open ...
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Color Photos Of The 1922 Discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb

Color Photos Of The 1922 Discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb

"I think at the moment we did not even want to break the seal [on ...
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Sounds Of Glory: Listen To The Isolated Vocals Of The Ronettes Sing Baby I Love You (1963)

Sounds Of Glory: Listen To The Isolated Vocals Of The Ronettes Sing Baby I Love You (1963)

  "All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music" - Walter Parker, 1888   ...
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Elvis Presley Drugs Paraphernalia For Sale (And The King Of The Jews Says Chai)

Elvis Presley Drugs Paraphernalia For Sale (And The King Of The Jews Says Chai)

  Julien's - “The Auction House to the Stars” - features as part of its Icons ...
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Polaroids Of Nights Out In Amsterdam’s Electric Townhouses (1979-1980)

Polaroids Of Nights Out In Amsterdam’s Electric Townhouses (1979-1980)

  Marc H. Miller and Bettie Ringma documented Amsterdam nightlife through Polaroids in 1979 and 1980. Artists ...
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The Terminal Bar, NYC: Derelicts, Wonderers, The Medicated, Pimps And Punters (1973-1981)

The Terminal Bar, NYC: Derelicts, Wonderers, The Medicated, Pimps And Punters (1973-1981)

  From 1973 to 1981, bartender Shelly Nadelman photographed the patrons and surroundings of the ...
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