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The Air Stewardess in Advertising 1934-1989

The first female ‘flight attendant’ was a 25-year-old registered nurse named Ellen Church. Hired by ...

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“Fly the Friendly Skies” – United Airlines Ads 1934-1970

On September 20, 2013 announced a return of the “Fly the Friendly Skies” slogan in ...

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Branch Rickey’s Jackie Robinson Scouting Report That Saved America

Branch Rickey (1881–1965) is best known for breaking the color bar when he brought ...

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Life, Love And Murder: A Secret Lodz Ghetto Time Capsule

As well as recording scenes of depravation, abuse, disease and murder, Ross also recorded Jews at home before they were despatched to the death camps at Chelmno nad Nerem and Auschwitz ...

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Residents Share Stories, Photos And Enduring Love For Their Prefab Homes

My passion or rather obsession for prefabs happened by accident very soon after I ...

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Poster Art by the Artist Paul Colin

Paul Colin, who died in 1985 a few days away from his 93rd birthday, was undoubtedly one of France’s greatest poster artists. ...

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Albert Einstein Explains the Meaning Of Life, The Trouble With Girl Scientists And The Secret To Happiness

On September 19, 1946, Myfanwy (Tyfanny) Williams wrote a letter to Albert Einstein (14 ...

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Der Giftpilz (The Poisonous Mushroom): A Nazi School Book Saves Children From ‘The Poisonous Jew’ (1937)

In 1938, Rupprecht’s illustrations appeared in Der Giftpilz (The Poisonous Mushroom), an antisemitic book for German children, copies of which made their way into the classroom. ...

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When Papua New Guinea Angels Rescue Allied Soldiers In World War 2

The United States. Office of War Information took photographs of the movements and fighting, including these pictures of the natives risking life and limb to aid the Allied troops. ...

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Men Misbehaving in Mid-Century Adult Magazine Cartoons

Well before Playboy came along, men's magazines had a long tradition of providing risqué cartoons ...

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Ernesto García ‘The Chango’ Cabral’s Bawdy And Brilliant Mexican Movie Posters

Ernesto García 'The Chango' Cabral (18 December 1890 – 8 August 1968) lampooned the good, ...

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Postcards of the ‘Streamline Moderne’ Greyhound Terminals

Greyhound, the intercity bus carrier, that still serves over 3,800 destinations across North America began ...

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