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Colour Pictures of the Festival Pleasure Gardens in Battersea Park in 1953 by Vern Orton

Colour Pictures of the Festival Pleasure Gardens in Battersea Park in 1953 by Vern Orton

The Pleasure Gardens were meant to bring “elegant entertainment” to the people and create a classless environment where different and exciting forms of entertainment were available to everyone. ...
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The Story Of ‘Punk’

The Story Of ‘Punk’

The rotten etymology of Punk - a word used to describe music for centuries ...
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Photographs of Stoke Newington During the ‘Winter of Discontent’ by Alan Denney

Photographs of Stoke Newington During the ‘Winter of Discontent’ by Alan Denney

It was the coldest winter for sixteen years and will always be remembered as ‘the winter of discontent’ - from the famous first line from Shakespeare’s Richard III. ...
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Tank Training at Fort Knox in 1942

Tank Training at Fort Knox in 1942

In June 1942, Office of War Information photographer Alfred T. Palmer (1906–1993) visited Fort Knox, ...
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On The Streets of Detroit Michigan in 1973

On The Streets of Detroit Michigan in 1973

In 1973 Don Hudson was a student at the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts - he photographed what he saw ...
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Hilma af Klint’s Cosmic Art Of The Invisible

Hilma af Klint’s Cosmic Art Of The Invisible

“I had no idea what they were supposed to depict… I worked swiftly and surely, without changing a single brush stroke.” ...
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All Good Things From Stephen Ellcock – A Book Of Visual Delights

All Good Things From Stephen Ellcock – A Book Of Visual Delights

Stephen Ellcock's brilliant book shows us all the things we should see in a sparkling ride through the ages filled with visual wonder ...
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Selling ‘Solid Sunshine’ – The Art of the Empire Marketing Board

Selling ‘Solid Sunshine’ – The Art of the Empire Marketing Board

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Britain attempted to direct its trade towards the Empire through an advertising campaign led by the Empire Marketing Board. The posters were great but ultimately unsuccessful. ...
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Greet the Dawn! – Labour Party Election Posters from the 20th Century

Greet the Dawn! – Labour Party Election Posters from the 20th Century

Industry must serve the people. Not enslave them! ...
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Liverpool in the 1980s – Poignant Photos by Dave Sinclair

Liverpool in the 1980s – Poignant Photos by Dave Sinclair

An official photographer for Militant, Dave Sinclair’s stunning images show a city that refused to lie down in the face of adversity. ...
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The Fabulous Design Album of Mary Lowndes And Other Members of the Artists’ Suffrage League

The Fabulous Design Album of Mary Lowndes And Other Members of the Artists’ Suffrage League

Inside a book with a plain brown cover are wonderful photographs and designs for banners carried in the 13 June 1908 procession of The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) ...
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Something’s Going On: Mary Lou Fulton’s Newly Rediscovered Photographs of Punks, Mods, and Rockabillies from the 1980s

Something’s Going On: Mary Lou Fulton’s Newly Rediscovered Photographs of Punks, Mods, and Rockabillies from the 1980s

"I began working on a coming of age subculture piece in the early 80s. It included Punks, Mods, Rockers, Rockabillies, Guardian Angels etc.. I was drawn to their energy, camaraderie, and creative spirit" ...
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    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

      These portrait photographs of Russia's ruling Romanovs were taken in 1903 at the Winter Palace in majestic. St. Petersburg. Knowing what was to follow, the venue was apposite. St Petersburg is the city Christopher Hitchens called "an apparent temple of civilization: the polished window between Russia and Europe... the ...
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    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Ephemeral, disposable, they served only one purpose—to let someone know "I'm here. I'm thinking of you" - Pablo Iglesias Maurer ...
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    The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

    The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

    "I get a thrill when they’re kneeling there, between my knees and they’re looking up at me. And I want them to call me Mr Hill, not Benny. ‘Is that all right for you, Mr Hill?’ That’s lovely, that is, I really like that,” I asked him why and he said, “Well, it’s respectful...”’ - Benny Hill ...
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    Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sublime Polaroids‎ (And Free Films)

    Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sublime Polaroids‎ (And Free Films)

    Andrei Tarkovsky's Polaroids‎ (1979 - 1984) show us thoughtful and dreamy visions of his native Russia, featuring his family, his dog, his home, his garden, views from trips to Italy and a 'selfie'. Tarkovsky (4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) is the revered film director of whom Ingmar Bergman said, “Tarkovsky ...
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    The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder

    The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder

    Eadweard Muybridge (9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904) was not into smut and eroticism. His rapid-fire sequential photographs of two naked women kissing served to aid his studies of human and animal movement. It was in the interests of art and science Muybridge secured the services of two women, ...
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    Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s

    Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s

    Siouxsie Sioux (born Susan Janet Ballion on 27 May 1957) found fame with Siouxsie and The Banshees, the band she so-created with Steven Severin. Many pictures of Siouxsie Sioux and the rest of the group and their friends were taken by photographer Ray Stevenson, the brother of Nils Stevenson, who managed ...
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