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The Strange and Wonderous Creations of Tony Sarg: America’s “Master Puppeteer”

The Strange and Wonderous Creations of Tony Sarg: America’s “Master Puppeteer”

Working with fellow puppeteer Bil Baird, Sarg built a 60-foot balloon dragon, tottering Felix the Cat, hummingbird, and other buoyant wonders that made their way down the Manhattan streets. ...
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Gorgeous Vintage New Year’s Greeting Cards – Circa 1900

Gorgeous Vintage New Year’s Greeting Cards – Circa 1900

These greeting cards from the late 19th and early 20th-century celebrate the New Year with lucky pigs, foxes fleeing for their lives and at least one drunk frog ...
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Boxing Day In Pictures: Wonderful Photos Of December 26 (1900-2000)

Boxing Day In Pictures: Wonderful Photos Of December 26 (1900-2000)

December 26 is St Stephen's Day, when the Church distributed charity boxes to the needy but can also be traced back to when the wealthy gave their servants a box of Christmas treats; hence Boxing Day. ...
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Santa On Shrooms: A Trippy 1943 Comic Book

Santa On Shrooms: A Trippy 1943 Comic Book

Enjoy this 1943 comic book featuring a psychedelic mushroom chomping Santa Claus. It's sort of a bonkers take-off on Alice in Wonderland but with added Santa. ...
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Found Photos of A Mid-Century Family Christmas

Found Photos of A Mid-Century Family Christmas

Wonderful famsnapshots from a wodnerful time of the year ...
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Fabulous Photos of Christmas Shopping in New York City – December 1910

Fabulous Photos of Christmas Shopping in New York City – December 1910

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph." Shirley Temple ...
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You Better Watch Out! Vintage Scary Santa Snapshots

You Better Watch Out! Vintage Scary Santa Snapshots

  "I'm sorry you saw me, Timmy," says Santa to the boy watching him place ...
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Beautiful LNER Posters of the 1930s

Beautiful LNER Posters of the 1930s

Railway posters that offered, let's face it, a slightly unrealistic promise of sunshine, romance, fast trains and sophistication. ...
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John Hinde and his Fabulous Colourful Postcards

John Hinde and his Fabulous Colourful Postcards

Hinde was an innovator in a world where serious photography was black and white, and where colour photography was poor – because neither Ireland nor Britain had the technological capabilities to reproduce the vibrant hues Hinde dreamed of. ...
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Summer Smoke : Liming With Debbie Harry, The Clash and Joey Ramone

Summer Smoke : Liming With Debbie Harry, The Clash and Joey Ramone

Hanging out at the beach and larking about in the sun with the smoking hot pop stars ...
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‘Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight’ – Glorious Pictures of the Skegness Butlin’s

‘Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight’ – Glorious Pictures of the Skegness Butlin’s

The first ever Billy Butlin holiday camp was opened at Skegness in 1936 - it still exists today. ...
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A Dozen ‘Mundane’ Cornwall Postcards Found in a Penzance Hardware Shop

A Dozen ‘Mundane’ Cornwall Postcards Found in a Penzance Hardware Shop

These faded old postcards were for sale ten for a pound. I think they'd been there for thirty years or so... ...
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