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‘Humours of London’ by Tony Sarg: Wonderful Illustrations of the City From Above (1914)

‘Humours of London’ by Tony Sarg: Wonderful Illustrations of the City From Above (1914)

This series of 13 colour illustrations by Tony Sarg (April 21, 1880–March 7, 1942) take ...
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A Glorious Selection of Vintage Leap Year Cards

A Glorious Selection of Vintage Leap Year Cards

These cards reminds us that every four years a lady may ask a man for his hand in marriage ...
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One of the First True Monorail Systems Debuts in 1910, Wins High Praise from Winston Churchill, Then Fails

One of the First True Monorail Systems Debuts in 1910, Wins High Praise from Winston Churchill, Then Fails

In the early 20th Century Irish-born inventor Louis Brennan invented a monorail inspired by a child's toy ...
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The Suffragette Photographs of Christina Broom

The Suffragette Photographs of Christina Broom

Lugging her camera equipment around while in her forties and less than five feet tall she became the first female press photographer... ...
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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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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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Boxing Day In Pictures: Wonderful Photos Of December 26 (1900-2000)

Boxing Day In Pictures: Wonderful Photos Of December 26 (1900-2000)

December 26 is St Stephen's Day, when the Church distributed charity boxes to the needy but can also be traced back to when the wealthy gave their servants a box of Christmas treats; hence Boxing Day. ...
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Nijinsky in Pictures: The World-Famous Ballet Dancer Disappears into His Celebrated Roles

Nijinsky in Pictures: The World-Famous Ballet Dancer Disappears into His Celebrated Roles

“I am God in a body,” wrote Vaslav Nijinsky (1879-1944) in his famous Diary. “Everyone has this feeling, but no one uses it.” ...
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Fabulous Photos of Christmas Shopping in New York City – December 1910

Fabulous Photos of Christmas Shopping in New York City – December 1910

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph." Shirley Temple ...
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Hilma af Klint’s Cosmic Art Of The Invisible

Hilma af Klint’s Cosmic Art Of The Invisible

“I had no idea what they were supposed to depict… I worked swiftly and surely, without changing a single brush stroke.” ...
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The Fabulous Design Album of Mary Lowndes And Other Members of the Artists’ Suffrage League

The Fabulous Design Album of Mary Lowndes And Other Members of the Artists’ Suffrage League

Inside a book with a plain brown cover are wonderful photographs and designs for banners carried in the 13 June 1908 procession of The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) ...
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Buy Prints E. J. Bellocq’s Surviving Storyville Photographs Circa 1912

E. J. Bellocq’s Surviving Storyville Photographs Circa 1912

Wonderful portraits of prostitutes in America's first red-light district ...
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