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When Tobacco Companies Used Doctors to Sell Cigarettes

There was a time when doctors actively promoted cigarettes—or at least appeared to—in dozens of ads with supposedly authoritative testimonials from physicians. ...

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Selling ‘Solid Sunshine’ – The Art of the Empire Marketing Board

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Britain attempted to direct its trade towards the Empire through an advertising campaign led by the Empire Marketing Board. The posters were great but ultimately unsuccessful. ...

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Greet the Dawn! – Labour Party Election Posters from the 20th Century

Industry must serve the people. Not enslave them! ...

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Incredibly Stylish Mugshots From The 1920s

These mugshot portraits - we'd call them pictures but their style demands more - are part of 2500 "special photographs" taken by New South Wales Police Department photographers between 1910 and 1930 ...

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Sydney Illuminations (1908 -1925) – Australia Welcomes the United States Great White Fleet in a Blaze of Lights

The Australian National Maritime Museum has these terrific pictures of ‘Sydney Illuminations’, when ships, buildings and the quay were lit up to hail visiting vessels. ...

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“It’s Meat and Drink to You” – 100 Years of Oxo Cube Adverts

Even the busiest housewife can make a meal in a moment! ...

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Captivating P & O Shipping Line Adverts

P&O first introduced passenger services in 1844, advertising sea tours to destinations such as Gibraltar, Malta and Athens, sailing from Southampton these were the forerunners of the modern cruise holidays and were the first of their kind. ...

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23 Vintage Snapshots On The Pleasures and Terrors of Childhood

Do you believe in ghosts? What do you see in these haunting images from yesteryear? ...

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Thirteen Fabulous BBC Year Book Covers from 1928 – 1966

The BBC's handbooks came out annually from 1928 to 1987 and were illustrated by the most prestigious artists of the day - often creating stimulating and daring covers. ...

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Incredible Photographs of Shipwrecks (1872 – 1997)

From the Gibson Archives - stunning photographs of ships wrecked on his British coasts ...

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“If I Ever Bore You, It’ll Be With a Knife” – Glorious Pictures of Louise Brooks

“A well dressed woman, even though her purse is painfully empty, can conquer the world.” ...

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‘Narre Tod, Mein Spielgesell’ – Fool Death, My Playmate by Franz Fiedler – c. 1922

A weird and wonderful album of life's dance with sex, love and death ...

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