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Vintage Guide for Strip-teasers: Bettie Page Illustrates What Strippers Are Allowed To Show By State

Vintage Guide for Strip-teasers: Bettie Page Illustrates What Strippers Are Allowed To Show By State

In the 1950s, striptease artistes were confused. What could they show legally in each US ...
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David Bowie: The Exquisite Mug Shot From His 1976 Drugs Bust

David Bowie: The Exquisite Mug Shot From His 1976 Drugs Bust

  On March 21, 1976, David Bowie was busted for pot. The Democrat and Chronicle reported that ...
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The French Newspaper Story That Inspired Kubrick’s The Shining (1922)

The French Newspaper Story That Inspired Kubrick’s The Shining (1922)

Before 'Here's Johnny' there was a Frenchman at the door ...
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The Boys Brotherhood Republic Tear Up New York City (1955)

The Boys Brotherhood Republic Tear Up New York City (1955)

You remember those great photos of a New York teenage girl gang from 1955? Well, ...
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Photos Of A New York Teenage Girl Gang (1955)

Photos Of A New York Teenage Girl Gang (1955)

Were you in a teenage girl gang in 1955 New York City? It's hard to ...
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Saartjie Baartman: The Hottentot Venus Who Aroused The Victorians

Saartjie Baartman: The Hottentot Venus Who Aroused The Victorians

 “Her contour and formation certainly surpass any thing of the kind ever seen in Europe, ...
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Welcome To 1970s New York City: Riding The ‘Muggers’ Express’ Train

Welcome To 1970s New York City: Riding The ‘Muggers’ Express’ Train

  Ever ride the New York City subway system in the 1970s? If you did, the ...
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Mug Shots of Feckless Hippies And Other Juvenile Delinquents

Mug Shots of Feckless Hippies And Other Juvenile Delinquents

What became of the lumpen hippies and juvenile delinquents in the mugshots below? They were ...
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Death Row Stories: Life In The Iowa State Penitentiary At Fort Madison (1956)

Death Row Stories: Life In The Iowa State Penitentiary At Fort Madison (1956)

In the mid 1950s, prisoners at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison were visited ...
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The Cautious Twins: A Bizarre 1960s Stranger Danger PSA

The Cautious Twins: A Bizarre 1960s Stranger Danger PSA

In 1960 kids thrilled to the newest cartoon characters in town: The Cautious Twins. What ...
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Tokyo Subway Manners Posters (1976 – 1982)

Tokyo Subway Manners Posters (1976 – 1982)

These 'manners' posters appeared on the Tokyo Subway between 1976 and 1982.       ...
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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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