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Jack Kerouac’s 39 Rules for Writing Prose

Jack Kerouac’s 39 Rules for Writing Prose

  Don't fret. It took Jack Kerouac all of three weeks to write On the ...
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20 Superb Mid-Century Advertising Trade Card Postcards

20 Superb Mid-Century Advertising Trade Card Postcards

  Via William Bird's collection
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Meat Is Beautiful: Art Of The Butcher’s Shop Window 1924 – 1970

Meat Is Beautiful: Art Of The Butcher’s Shop Window 1924 – 1970

“Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we ...
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Ken Russell’s Brilliant Photos of Teddy Girls from 1955

Ken Russell’s Brilliant Photos of Teddy Girls from 1955

In 1955 Ken Russell was commissioned to take photographs of working class girls in neo-edwardian clothing who called themselves Teddy Girls ...
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20 Mid-Century Christian Ventriloquism Albums

20 Mid-Century Christian Ventriloquism Albums

In the 1950s and 1960s Christian teachers turned to ventriloquism to teach kids about Jesus. They ...
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1950s Cookbooks: Recipes From A Decade Of Hope And Regret

1950s Cookbooks: Recipes From A Decade Of Hope And Regret

  So, I picked up a few midcentury cookbooks at an antiques store and thought ...
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The Story of British Coal In Photos: 1930-1950

The Story of British Coal In Photos: 1930-1950

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When China Wiped Out the Common Sparrow And Slit Its Own Throat (1958)

When China Wiped Out the Common Sparrow And Slit Its Own Throat (1958)

When China's Communist Party killed 30m people in a botched plan ...
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The Lesbian Gateways Club on the King’s Road and The Killing of Sister George

The Lesbian Gateways Club on the King’s Road and The Killing of Sister George

Between the 9th and 16th of June in 1968 The Gateways club became internationally famous when it appeared as a backdrop to many scenes filmed for The Killing Of Sister George, a movie starring Beryl Reid, Coral Browne and Susannah York. ...
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Ruth Ellis Poses For Captain Ritchie’s Camera (1954)

Ruth Ellis Poses For Captain Ritchie’s Camera (1954)

The last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom undresses in the flat above her club on the Brompton Road in Knightsbridge ...
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Roger Mayne – Brilliant Post-War Street Photography

Roger Mayne – Brilliant Post-War Street Photography

Roger Mayne was, undoubtedly, one of the great British post-war photographers. He was born in ...
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The Kansas Beard Grown Contest of 1957

The Kansas Beard Grown Contest of 1957

Pictures of a 1957 beard growing contest in as Olathe, Kansas ...
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