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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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Stacking Vintage Kodachrome Slides to Create Strange Stories

Stacking Vintage Kodachrome Slides to Create Strange Stories

Artist Ian Trask delved into a collection of thousands of 35mm slide photographs to juxtapose the found imagery into surreal scenes. ...
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Extraordinary Photographs of a Captured WW1 U-Boat Submarine (1918)

Extraordinary Photographs of a Captured WW1 U-Boat Submarine (1918)

Ever wanted to see inside a WW1 German U-Boat? Well now you can. These photographs, taken in 1918, show the interiors of a UB 110 submarine just prior to being scrapped. ...
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