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An Evening Stroll Around London’s West-End in November 1955

An Evening Stroll Around London’s West-End in November 1955

On the evening of 5th November Allan Hailstone went on a stroll around a brightly lit West End and here are some of his pictures he took that night… ...
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Noël Coward Visits an Adelaide Koala Farm in 1940

Noël Coward Visits an Adelaide Koala Farm in 1940

Nobody in England has the faintest idea what the Australians are like, and when I do get back I am going to make it my business to tell them. They are simple and direct and friendly, and their feeling about England is so deep and touching... this really is being a wonderful experience. ...
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Marvellous Photographs of Manhattan in 1936

Marvellous Photographs of Manhattan in 1936

The great big city's a wondrous toy just made for a girl and boy, We'll turn Manhattan into an isle of joy... (Lorenz Hart) ...
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Take an 1890 Photochrom Tour of Rome

Take an 1890 Photochrom Tour of Rome

“Rome – the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar.” – George Eliot ...
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The Lost Kodachrome Family Photos (1976-1981)

The Lost Kodachrome Family Photos (1976-1981)

A set of photos bought at a car boot sale ...
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Women At The British Nylon Spinners Factory (1964)

Women At The British Nylon Spinners Factory (1964)

"It takes a special eye to make arduous industrial processes and perilous manual labour seem sexy, epic and mysterious" - Tim Teeman on Maurice Broomfield ...
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“The Only Good Girl in Hollywood” – Pictures of the Beautiful Myrna Loy

“The Only Good Girl in Hollywood” – Pictures of the Beautiful Myrna Loy

'Wouldn't you know, the kid they pick to play tramps is the only good girl in Hollywood.' - John Ford, 1929 ...
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Who was Janet? Time Travel With A Massachusetts Woman (1961-1975)

Who was Janet? Time Travel With A Massachusetts Woman (1961-1975)

Who is she, and who is the photographer? A sibling, neighbor or lover? Possibly even a self-timer? Each snapshot becomes another chunk of our invented narrative of Janet." ...
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Bostonians Recycle Scrap Metal To Win The War (1942)

Bostonians Recycle Scrap Metal To Win The War (1942)

In 1942 Leslie Jones, a Staff photographer for the Boston Herald-Traveler took pictures of locals supporting the fight by collecting scrap metal, cloth, cooking fat, rubber and anything else that could help. ...
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Thomas Mann Explains Why Nazis Foment Anti-Semitism (1940)

Thomas Mann Explains Why Nazis Foment Anti-Semitism (1940)

Anti-Semitism "is nothing but a wrench to unscrew, bit by bit, the whole machinery of our civilization" ...
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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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Photographs of an Austere and Dour Manchester from 1963

Photographs of an Austere and Dour Manchester from 1963

Manchester, England in 1963 - Coronation Street first aired in 1960; a season ticket to see Manchester United cost £8.50; in 1961, the City of Manchester’s population was 662,000 ...
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