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Mug Shots of San Francisco Boxers In the Early 20th Century

Mug Shots of San Francisco Boxers In the Early 20th Century

  Princeton University's early 20th Century album of portraits in the mugshot style of boxers ...
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Feed Sack Fashions And Patterns of Depression Era America

Feed Sack Fashions And Patterns of Depression Era America

During the Depression people used cotton flour bags and feed sacks to make clothes, curtains, diapers, awnings and other household items. ...
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Children Dressed As Flowers For The Wildflower Preservation Society’s Colorful Day Out (1920)

Children Dressed As Flowers For The Wildflower Preservation Society’s Colorful Day Out (1920)

  In 1920, the Wildflower Preservation Society, Illinois Chapter, (WPSIC) convened for a celebration of ...
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Willy Michel And Me: A Photographer’s Joyous Mid-Century Photomaton Portraits

Willy Michel And Me: A Photographer’s Joyous Mid-Century Photomaton Portraits

In the summer of 1928, Willy Michel (August 20, 1905 - March 1, 1976) began ...
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Anna Pavlova And Her Pet Swan Jack (1927)

Anna Pavlova And Her Pet Swan Jack (1927)

Anna Pavlova ( February 12, 1881 – January 23, 1931) was a principal ballerina of the ...
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Fake Beards And Sandstorms: A 1923 Road Trip Through Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma

Fake Beards And Sandstorms: A 1923 Road Trip Through Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma

In 1923, recreational automobile travel was still new enough to be considered special and exciting. ...
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‘Fanny Hill – Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure’ Covers and Artwork (NSFW)

‘Fanny Hill – Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure’ Covers and Artwork (NSFW)

I thrill / To any book like Fanny Hill, / And I suppose I always ...
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Para Todos Covers: Brazil’s Gorgeous 1920s Art Deco Style Magazine

Para Todos Covers: Brazil’s Gorgeous 1920s Art Deco Style Magazine

Brazil’s Para Todos magazine, under the direction of José Carlos (July 18, 1884 - October ...
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A Gauntlet of Terrors: An Undercover Reporter Shames America Over Its Treatment Of Immigrants (1921)

A Gauntlet of Terrors: An Undercover Reporter Shames America Over Its Treatment Of Immigrants (1921)

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" - The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus ...
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100 Years of Amazing Piccadilly Circus Photos

100 Years of Amazing Piccadilly Circus Photos

Piccadilly Circus is one of the world's most famous road junctions and known for it's ...
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Cal Schenkel And The Fathers of Invention: The Genesis of Frank Zappa’s Album Covers

Cal Schenkel And The Fathers of Invention: The Genesis of Frank Zappa’s Album Covers

Can you inherit artistic ability? Cal Schenkel, arguably best known for creating album covers for the mercurial Frank ...
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Twenty-Five Lady Chatterley’s Lover Covers

Twenty-Five Lady Chatterley’s Lover Covers

Sexual intercourse began In nineteen sixty-three (which was rather late for me) - Between the end of the "Chatterley" ban And the Beatles' first LP. ...
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