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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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The Terminal Bar, NYC: Derelicts, Wonderers, The Medicated, Pimps And Punters (1973-1981)

The Terminal Bar, NYC: Derelicts, Wonderers, The Medicated, Pimps And Punters (1973-1981)

  From 1973 to 1981, bartender Shelly Nadelman photographed the patrons and surroundings of the ...
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Interrogations At The Wrong End Of A Gun: Ukraine 2010

Interrogations At The Wrong End Of A Gun: Ukraine 2010

  “This is work not about Ukraine or Russia or even the former Soviet Union, ...
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Civil Rights Mug Shots: Heroes Of The Montgomery Bus Boycott And Freedom Rides

Civil Rights Mug Shots: Heroes Of The Montgomery Bus Boycott And Freedom Rides

  "We do not seek to humiliate or defeat the opponent but to win his ...
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One Got Fat: A Strange Bicycle Safety Film (1963)

One Got Fat: A Strange Bicycle Safety Film (1963)

  The story behind One Got Fat, a 1963 bicycle safety film, is simple: A ...
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Blow-vertising: 27 adverts for cocaine paraphernalia (1976 -1981)

Blow-vertising: 27 adverts for cocaine paraphernalia (1976 -1981)

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, magazines like High Times and Hustler featured adverts on ...
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