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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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Gorgeous Book Design and Binding: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and Other Delights

Gorgeous Book Design and Binding: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and Other Delights

'The strength of the frontiers, which had always consisted in arms rather than fortifications, was insensibly undermined; and the fairest provinces were left exposed to the rapaciousness or ambition of the barbarians, who soon discovered the decline of the Roman empire' ...
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Desktop Dining: Photographer Brian Finke Pictures The Joy Of Eating In The Office

Desktop Dining: Photographer Brian Finke Pictures The Joy Of Eating In The Office

'Appetite that comes from hunger. It makes no fuss over the food that satisfies it. If it is great enough, a piece of raw meat will appease it as easily as a roasted pheasant or woodcock' - Alexandre Dumas ...
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26 Abandoned Discos

26 Abandoned Discos

“Disco's are tricky. You look a total wally if you dance too early but after one crucial song tips the disco over, you look a sad saddo if you don't” ― David Mitchell, Black Swan Green ...
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The Paint By Numbers Phenomenon Made Dan Robbins The Most Exhibited Artist In The World

The Paint By Numbers Phenomenon Made Dan Robbins The Most Exhibited Artist In The World

“They were considered something pretty wonderful and serious décor” ...
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Lewis Hine’s Striking Portraits of US Child Laborers in the 1900s

Lewis Hine’s Striking Portraits of US Child Laborers in the 1900s

“If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't have to lug around a camera” - Lewis Hine ...
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Remembering the Scala Cinema: London’s All-Night ‘Country Club for Lunatics’

Remembering the Scala Cinema: London’s All-Night ‘Country Club for Lunatics’

‘The Scala had magic. It was like joining a very secret club, like a biker gang or something…' - John Waters ...
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The Holy Word in the Glossy Pages of 1980’s Christian Youth Magazines

The Holy Word in the Glossy Pages of 1980’s Christian Youth Magazines

Church of God magazines for youth in the 1980s ...
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