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19th Century Portraits Of “Russian Types” by William Carrick

19th Century Portraits Of “Russian Types” by William Carrick

In September 1859 Edinburgh-born William Carrick opened a studio in St Petersburg. With John MacGregor, Carrick produced portraits of locals he called 'Russian Types', sold as cartes-de-visite to tourists. ...
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When the Alarm Clock Was a Person: The “Knocker-Uppers” of Industrial-Era Britain

When the Alarm Clock Was a Person: The “Knocker-Uppers” of Industrial-Era Britain

Rural laborers, used to keeping time with the seasons, relocated to manufacturing towns and cities at significant rates. They not only had to adjust to dangerous, fast-paced industrial work, but to new schedules... ...
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Extraordinary Portraits of Bedouins By The American Colony Photo Department in 1898

Extraordinary Portraits of Bedouins By The American Colony Photo Department in 1898

At the very end of the 19th century the American Colony Photo Department, (later the Matson Photo Service), took these pictures of Bedouins in Egypt, the Sinai, Palestine and Jerusalem. ...
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Gorgeous Vintage New Year’s Greeting Cards – Circa 1900

Gorgeous Vintage New Year’s Greeting Cards – Circa 1900

These greeting cards from the late 19th and early 20th-century celebrate the New Year with lucky pigs, foxes fleeing for their lives and at least one drunk frog ...
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Dirty Postcards: Vintage erotic photographs from over a century ago (NSFW)

Dirty Postcards: Vintage erotic photographs from over a century ago (NSFW)

Dirty postcards sounds disapproving, censorious as if there is something wrong, something shameful about the naked body (like Adam and Eve covering their nakedness from God) and something deeply unsavoury about sexual intercourse. ...
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Gorgeous Japanese Firework Illustrations From The Late 1800s

Gorgeous Japanese Firework Illustrations From The Late 1800s

These illustrations of 花火, Hanabi (fireworks or “fire flowers”),  advertised Japan's Hirayama Fireworks and Yokoi Fireworks companies in the late 19th century. ...
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The Story Of ‘Punk’

The Story Of ‘Punk’

The rotten etymology of Punk - a word used to describe music for centuries ...
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All Good Things From Stephen Ellcock – A Book Of Visual Delights

All Good Things From Stephen Ellcock – A Book Of Visual Delights

Stephen Ellcock's brilliant book shows us all the things we should see in a sparkling ride through the ages filled with visual wonder ...
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News From the Bedroom: The Pillow Library – 19th Century Japanese Erotica

News From the Bedroom: The Pillow Library – 19th Century Japanese Erotica

Kesai Eisen inspired Van Gogh. He also created these erotic prints - two of which show us sex from the inside ...
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Banned In The USA: Charges et Décharges Diaboliques by Eugène Lepoittevin

Banned In The USA: Charges et Décharges Diaboliques by Eugène Lepoittevin

Twelve satirical images the USA once considered "obscene and immoral" (NSFW) ...
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Yokai Horrors From The 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll

Yokai Horrors From The 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll

The nightmarish, curious and rather cute demons were created in the Edo period ...
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The Story of Poor Robert McGee : Scalped in 1864

The Story of Poor Robert McGee : Scalped in 1864

'Young McGee' tells the story of how he came to scalped and live in the 'Indian Wars' ...
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