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Swimming in the Steno Pool: A Look at the Vintage Secretary

Swimming in the Steno Pool: A Look at the Vintage Secretary

  The "secretary" as the mid-century once knew her is forever gone.  Like the stewardess, ...
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Totally Rad 1980s Video Game Advertising

Totally Rad 1980s Video Game Advertising

Clearly, this game is just too much to handle.  The RGB color graphics and the AY-3-8910 PSG sound ...
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Arthur C. Clarke Predicts The World In 2100: Future Visions From 1964 and 2001

Arthur C. Clarke Predicts The World In 2100: Future Visions From 1964 and 2001

    In 2001 (obviously, he did write 2001: A Space Odyssey), Arthur C. Clarke shared ...
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Rib and Bones: When Soviet X-rays became bootleg records of forbidden Western music

Rib and Bones: When Soviet X-rays became bootleg records of forbidden Western music

A quick trim with manicure scissors; a hole made (a burning ciggie was fine) and the ‘Bones’ or ‘Ribs’ were good to play. ...
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Paleo-Television: A Look at Boob Tube Technologies Through the Years

Paleo-Television: A Look at Boob Tube Technologies Through the Years

The purchase of TV set used to be akin to buying a car; they were ...
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The Joy Of Taking A Bath In the 20th Century

The Joy Of Taking A Bath In the 20th Century

It's bath-time! The vast range of aromatherapy soaps and shampoos will create a better, newer and ...
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Troops of the Royal Scots Regiment demonstrate their Grantapault in Belfast, Northern Ireland in July 1970

Troops of the Royal Scots Regiment demonstrate their Grantapault in Belfast, Northern Ireland in July 1970

We've seen photographs of British troops in Northern Ireland. But we thought these pictures deserved their ...
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Personal Computers In The 1980s: The Faces And Sensations That Made Us All Triangle Drawing Nerds

Personal Computers In The 1980s: The Faces And Sensations That Made Us All Triangle Drawing Nerds

In the 1980s personal computers kicked in. In 1980 alone, the Acorn Atom, Sinclair ZX80 ...
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Jaron Lanier’s EyePhone: Head And Glove Virtual Reality In The 1980s

Jaron Lanier’s EyePhone: Head And Glove Virtual Reality In The 1980s

Before the iPhone, there was the EyePhone.     In this photograph from June 7 ...
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May 5, 1961: Alan Shepard Blasts Off To Outer Space And Comes Back Alive (Photos)

May 5, 1961: Alan Shepard Blasts Off To Outer Space And Comes Back Alive (Photos)

Nothing thrills the masses like space travel. A few names epitomise the mid 20th Century space ...
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Nature Through Microscope and Camera: The Religious Tract Society Sees God In The Minute (1909)

Nature Through Microscope and Camera: The Religious Tract Society Sees God In The Minute (1909)

  Arthur E Smith's photo-micrographs featured in Richard Kerr's 1909 publication Nature through Microscope & Camera. The photographs were produced ...
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1981: Arsenal And Pele Go Nuts For Ingersoll Electronics

1981: Arsenal And Pele Go Nuts For Ingersoll Electronics

You should see the first photo when Pele was wearing shorts: Brazil legend Pele gets a ...
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