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Postcards of Dead Bodies: Grim Souvenirs From The  Mexican Revolution

Postcards of Dead Bodies: Grim Souvenirs From The Mexican Revolution

Would you send a postcard featuring the picture of a dead body of a pile of charred ...
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Roman Totenberg And What The Holocaust Teaches Us About Giving ‘Freedom For The Thought We Hate’

Roman Totenberg And What The Holocaust Teaches Us About Giving ‘Freedom For The Thought We Hate’

Before the remarkable story of Roman Totenberg and his family's escape from the Nazis, a ...
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Hit! The Service Man’s Gazette (June 1944)

Hit! The Service Man’s Gazette (June 1944)

June 1944 was the month of D-Day, where 160,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel to ...
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LAFF Magazine – October 1945

LAFF Magazine – October 1945

It's October 1945, Japan has just surrendered and, months before that, the Axis powers were ...
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The Unwilling Tourist: Adolf Hoffmeister’s 1941 Guide To Being A Refugee

The Unwilling Tourist: Adolf Hoffmeister’s 1941 Guide To Being A Refugee

“I have nothing very nice to say about myself, but one thing I know, on ...
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USA vs. Bikers, Commies, & Savages! A Fun-Filled Look at Action Mag Xenophobia

USA vs. Bikers, Commies, & Savages! A Fun-Filled Look at Action Mag Xenophobia

We're all familiar with the "When Animals Attack" trope of the vintage action magazine.  However, ...
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Bert Hardy’s Personal Vintage Collection: Extraordinary British Photojournalism

Bert Hardy’s Personal Vintage Collection: Extraordinary British Photojournalism

Bert Hardy (19 May 1913 – 3 July 1995), born in London, worked his way ...
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Mata Hari In Photos: The Ultimate Femme Fatale and Woman of Courage

Mata Hari In Photos: The Ultimate Femme Fatale and Woman of Courage

Before we get to the life of Mata Hari, the woman who epitomises spying and ...
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The Farm Hall Transcripts: German Nuclear Scientists Weep For Hiroshima And Regret Not Annihilating London (1945)

The Farm Hall Transcripts: German Nuclear Scientists Weep For Hiroshima And Regret Not Annihilating London (1945)

Werner Heisenberg and his team were tasked with building a nuclear weapon for Nazi Germany. In ...
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The Joy Of People Knitting In The 20th Century

The Joy Of People Knitting In The 20th Century

Do you knit? Maria Popova has a word to the wise, noting that “the flower doesn’t go ...
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Photographs of Anti-Fascist French Youth Camps, By Pierre Jamet  (1930s)

Photographs of Anti-Fascist French Youth Camps, By Pierre Jamet (1930s)

Pierre Jamet (May 24, 1910, Saint-Quentin, France - 17 August,2000, Belle Île, France) was a singer ...
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The Classic World Domination Game: Celebrating RISK (Parker Brothers)

The Classic World Domination Game: Celebrating RISK (Parker Brothers)

  In 1959, Parker Brothers licensed from creator Albert Lamorisse (1922-1970) a game called “Conquest ...
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