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The Girl Suspended For Wearing Pants – New York City, 1942

The Girl Suspended For Wearing Pants – New York City, 1942

In March 1942 Beverley Bernstein, 16, was sent home for her Brooklyn NYC school for wearing trousers. A protest ensued... ...
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How Vinyl Records And Music Tapes Are Made (1954)

How Vinyl Records And Music Tapes Are Made (1954)

This is how vinyl records was made in 1954 at the AMPEX factory in San Carlos, California ...
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Women Workers at a Naval Air Base in Texas 1942

Women Workers at a Naval Air Base in Texas 1942

The US Farm Security Administration took these color photographs of women working in the Assembly and Repair Dept. of the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. ...
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Women At The British Nylon Spinners Factory (1964)

Women At The British Nylon Spinners Factory (1964)

"It takes a special eye to make arduous industrial processes and perilous manual labour seem sexy, epic and mysterious" - Tim Teeman on Maurice Broomfield ...
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Technicians at the Government of Alberta Dairy and Food  Canada Laboratory (1970)

Technicians at the Government of Alberta Dairy and Food Canada Laboratory (1970)

A great collection of color portraits of staff at a Canadian lab in 1970 ...
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A Child’s Life in Wales 1939-1962

A Child’s Life in Wales 1939-1962

What was it like being a child in Wales during the mid 20th Century? Let's see... ...
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An Afternoon At Currie’s Ice Cream Store – Los Angeles 1946

An Afternoon At Currie’s Ice Cream Store – Los Angeles 1946

Lucille Stewart took these photographs for the Currie's Ice Cream parlor's newsletter ...
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A Slave’s Letter: Jordan Anderson’s Exquisite Reply to His Former Owner

A Slave’s Letter: Jordan Anderson’s Exquisite Reply to His Former Owner

  On August 7, 1865 Jordan Anderson (aka Jourdan Anderson and Jordon Anderson) wrote to Colonel ...
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Buy Prints Curtis Moffat: Bright Young Things;  Experimental Photography and Design, 1923-1935

Curtis Moffat: Bright Young Things; Experimental Photography and Design, 1923-1935

"A gentle, quiet, easy-going man with velvet eyes and enormous charm, Curtis Moffat was the most Europeanised of Americans. He seemed to be only 'at home' in the quietness of his book-filled rooms. But appearances are deceptive; in fact he was the centre of enormous creative activity. " Cecil Beaton ...
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Tyne Pride and Fall: Chris Killip’s Photographs Of Britain’s Vanished Industrial Heartlands

Tyne Pride and Fall: Chris Killip’s Photographs Of Britain’s Vanished Industrial Heartlands

"Even then I had a sense that all this was not going to last, though I had no idea how soon it would all be gone" - Chris Killip ...
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Great Photos of the Liverpool School Strike of 1985

Great Photos of the Liverpool School Strike of 1985

"There were speeches back at the pier head but I can't remember a single one of them. I was just filled with the feeling that being on strike was far better than being in school" ...
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A Wonderful and Extraordinary Collection of Old Hotel ‘Do Not Disturb’ Signs

A Wonderful and Extraordinary Collection of Old Hotel ‘Do Not Disturb’ Signs

“The first widespread use was probably in the beginning of the 20th century, mostly in the U.S., in some of the more prestigious hotels where discretion was the better part of valour,” says Edoardo. “DND signs have also been known for covering up crimes, or at least, delaying the discovery..." ...
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