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Glorious Stills, Lobby Cards and Posters of Josef von Sternberg’s Shanghai Express

Glorious Stills, Lobby Cards and Posters of Josef von Sternberg’s Shanghai Express

“A shaft of white light used properly can be far more effective than all the color in the world used indiscriminately.” – Josef von Sternberg ...
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The Bloody Valentine’s Day Massacre and a Nightclub Toilet

The Bloody Valentine’s Day Massacre and a Nightclub Toilet

A reporter at the scene, called O'Rourke from the Chicago American, memorably remarked after looking down at his shoes: I’ve got more brains on my feet than I have in my head. ...
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Snapshots of a Family Trip to Michigan’s Prehistoric Forest in 1979

Snapshots of a Family Trip to Michigan’s Prehistoric Forest in 1979

"My dad was an amateur photographer back then," write Trina Ferris, a native of Kalamazoo, ...
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The Story of Soho Girl Jessie Matthews

The Story of Soho Girl Jessie Matthews

In films, the fact that you can always do a scene again takes a load off your mind, enabling you to strive for perfection, which I always wanted. ...
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Quo Vadis, Scott’s and Quaglino’s – Extraordinary History of Three London Restaurants

Quo Vadis, Scott’s and Quaglino’s – Extraordinary History of Three London Restaurants

Strange but true tales of three of the London’s most famous restaurants, all of which remain open to diners. ...
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22 Snapshots of Men In Killer Sunglasses – The Future’s So Bright

22 Snapshots of Men In Killer Sunglasses – The Future’s So Bright

Snapshots of mid-century men in great sunglasses ...
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The Harvard Computers –  The Forgotten Female Scientists Who Mapped Space

The Harvard Computers – The Forgotten Female Scientists Who Mapped Space

"We cannot maintain that in everything woman is man’s equal, yet in many things her ...
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Books By Their Covers: Ernest Hemingway in the 1960s and early ’70s

Books By Their Covers: Ernest Hemingway in the 1960s and early ’70s

  Ernest Hemingway's book titles are like short poems: The Sun Also Rises A Farewell ...
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They See Us: John Alinder’s Portraits of People of Sweden From 100 Years Ago

They See Us: John Alinder’s Portraits of People of Sweden From 100 Years Ago

As if their gaze can travel the hundred years or so that lie between their time and ours. As if they were saying, “You are alive now, but we were once alive” ...
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The Roads That Nearly Destroyed London

The Roads That Nearly Destroyed London

Thomas Ableman remembers when city planners wanted to make London one giant motorway... ...
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Debbie Harry And Me – Shooting The Blondie Singer in 1970s New York City

Debbie Harry And Me – Shooting The Blondie Singer in 1970s New York City

Chris Stein 's photographs of Debbie Harry and friends take us back to a great era of music ...
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Illustrations From Naturalist’s Rambles on the Devonshire Coast by Philip Henry Gosse – 1853

Illustrations From Naturalist’s Rambles on the Devonshire Coast by Philip Henry Gosse – 1853

Philip Henry Gosse's records of lie on Earth (and how it got there) ...
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