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Caviar Fishing On The Caspian Sea (1949)

Caviar Fishing On The Caspian Sea (1949)

In 1949 Russian cinematographer and photographer Vladislav Mikosha (1909-2004) spent a day with fishermen looking ...
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The Joy Of People Knitting In The 20th Century

The Joy Of People Knitting In The 20th Century

Do you knit? Maria Popova has a word to the wise, noting that “the flower doesn’t go ...
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Life Aboard The Alden Fishing Boat Out of Gloucester, Massachusetts (June 1943)

Life Aboard The Alden Fishing Boat Out of Gloucester, Massachusetts (June 1943)

In June 1943 Antonio Milietello, the owner and oldest fisherman aboard the fishing vessel Alden, working ...
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Only The Dead Know Brooklyn: Irwin Klein’s ‘Bensonhoist’ Color Views of Brooklyn (1972-1974)

Only The Dead Know Brooklyn: Irwin Klein’s ‘Bensonhoist’ Color Views of Brooklyn (1972-1974)

Alan Klein writes of his brother Irwin Klein: "In one of Irwin’s last letters to ...
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The Men Who Ran The Burlington Route – June 1965

The Men Who Ran The Burlington Route – June 1965

These found photos appear to be of workers at the Burlington Route, aka The Chicago, Burlington ...
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The Great Break: The Russian Peasant Becomes The Collective Farmer (1920-1931)

The Great Break: The Russian Peasant Becomes The Collective Farmer (1920-1931)

The Great Break. From the surplus to total collectivization - these photos record the transformation ...
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Children’s World: A Russian Fashion Show From 1958

Children’s World: A Russian Fashion Show From 1958

An unusual series of photos of children behind the Iron Curtain ...
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The True Strangeness of the Universe: Errol Morris’ Aborted Film For IBM

The True Strangeness of the Universe: Errol Morris’ Aborted Film For IBM

Errol Morris, the director, whose 2003 film The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life ...
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When Bicycle Messenger Boys Peddled Drugs And Sex Across America (1908 – 1917)

When Bicycle Messenger Boys Peddled Drugs And Sex Across America (1908 – 1917)

In 1908, Lewis Hine began taking photographs of bicycle messenger boys across America. Funded by the National ...
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Postcards of Mid-Century Motel Rooms With Style

Postcards of Mid-Century Motel Rooms With Style

Below are mid-Century postcards from American motels and hotels, single or two-storey brick boxes with ...
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The Alpha Beta Store In Santa Ana (1974)

The Alpha Beta Store In Santa Ana (1974)

Alpha Beta (1917-1995) was chain of supermarkets in the United States. These 1974 snapshots are of ...
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Mid-Century Men At Vintage Computers

Mid-Century Men At Vintage Computers

We've seen women at computers - the sexist adverts, the women being dwarfed by humungous ...
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