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Ed and Kath’s Wedding Day in Bermondsey (1953)

Ed and Kath’s Wedding Day in Bermondsey (1953)

A reader sent us these great photos of her dad on his wedding day... ...
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The Paint By Numbers Phenomenon Made Dan Robbins The Most Exhibited Artist In The World

The Paint By Numbers Phenomenon Made Dan Robbins The Most Exhibited Artist In The World

“They were considered something pretty wonderful and serious décor” ...
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Yesterday’s Buffet: A Look at the Mid-Century Smörgåsbord

Yesterday’s Buffet: A Look at the Mid-Century Smörgåsbord

The buffet’s time had truly arrived in post-WWII America. Enjoying an unprecedented economic boom, the “table of plenty” fit perfectly within this period.  Gone were the Depression-era days of meager portions, and gone were the WWII days of rationing.  In Cold War America, tables bent beneath the weight of the mighty buffet. ...
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1960s Las Vegas

1960s Las Vegas

No-one seeking authenticity will find it in modern Las Vegas’s laminated neon expanse of human endeavour through the ages. There’s the Eiffel Tower, the Pyramids, a version of Venice’s Grand Canal upstairs on the second floor, the New York skyline and the legend of Camelot turned into a plug-and-play fibreglass Excalibur. ...
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Patti Smith’s Horses And Pink Tea Cup Eggs With Robert Mapplethorpe

Patti Smith’s Horses And Pink Tea Cup Eggs With Robert Mapplethorpe

“I flung my jacket over my shoulder, Frank Sinatra style. I was full of references. He was full of light and shadow” - Patti Smith ...
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‘A Good Round Figure’: A 1950 Beach Fashion Magazine Spread

‘A Good Round Figure’: A 1950 Beach Fashion Magazine Spread

The French "Bikini" bathing suit has just about disappeared (it never quite fitted Amer­ican figures and American modesty) to be replaced by an earlier popular import from France, the maillot. ...
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Things On The Doorstep: 30 Great Halloween Snapshots

Things On The Doorstep: 30 Great Halloween Snapshots

'We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be' - Kurt Vonnegut - 'Mother Night' ...
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The Age of Hammer Horror: Classic Posters From the British Genre Giant

The Age of Hammer Horror: Classic Posters From the British Genre Giant

“If we saw the logo of Hammer Films,” remarked Martin Scorsese, “we knew it was a very special picture. We knew it was a certain kind of film. A surprising experience, usually—and shocking.” ...
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Halloween Party Yesteryear: 20 Found Photos from the 1950s -1980s

Halloween Party Yesteryear: 20 Found Photos from the 1950s -1980s

Let's dust off a stack of 20 old found photographs featuring Halloween celebrations. From awkward office festivities to Hallow's Eve dances, from barroom bashes to neighborhood costume parties, we're taking a look at how adults celebrated the holiday in decades past.  Enjoy. ...
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Sin City! Pictures of Las Vegas 1906-1971

Sin City! Pictures of Las Vegas 1906-1971

'For a loser Vegas is the meanest town on earth'. HUNTER S. THOMPSON, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ...
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Lewis Hine’s Striking Portraits of US Child Laborers in the 1900s

Lewis Hine’s Striking Portraits of US Child Laborers in the 1900s

“If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't have to lug around a camera” - Lewis Hine ...
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‘The Car You Always Promised Yourself’ – Ford Capri ads from 1969 -1986

‘The Car You Always Promised Yourself’ – Ford Capri ads from 1969 -1986

The ‘fastback coupé’ Capri Mk 1 was introduced to the British public in 1969 and was dubbed “the car you always promised yourself” - except my dad who had always promised himself a Cortina Estate. ...
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    The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976

    The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976

    Dave Lee's guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book ...
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    The Bystanders’ Snapshots of John F. Kennedy’s Murder in Dallas, 1963

    The Bystanders’ Snapshots of John F. Kennedy’s Murder in Dallas, 1963

    How snapshots told the story of the day the world changed ...
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    Raymond Chandler’s Guide to Street, Hoodlum, and Prison Lingo

    Raymond Chandler’s Guide to Street, Hoodlum, and Prison Lingo

    Some of the best parts of Chandler's notebooks were his compilations of pickpocket lingo, jail house slang, and terms used by Narcs ...
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    Spivs and the Post-War British Gangster Films

    Spivs and the Post-War British Gangster Films

    In January 1948 the Observer film critic, C.A. Lejeune, made no attempt to hide her disapproving tone when reviewing the Boulting Brothers’ Brighton Rock: “Graham Greene’s savage story about a couple of race-course gangs and their fancy ways with a razor is one of the most brutal things I have seen on 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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    Opening Night at The Haçienda: New Order’s Manchester Club Begins Its Legendary 15-Year Run in 1982

    Opening Night at The Haçienda: New Order’s Manchester Club Begins Its Legendary 15-Year Run in 1982

    You know the story, or a version of it, if you’ve seen 24 Hour Party People. New Order—or rather, their manager Rob Gretton—opens a club with Factory Records’ Tony Wilson in 1982. From the start, it’s a financial disaster... ...
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    The Death of Cass Elliot and Keith Moon at Harry Nilsson’s Macabre Mayfair Flat

    The Death of Cass Elliot and Keith Moon at Harry Nilsson’s Macabre Mayfair Flat

    Cass Elliot died choking on a ham sandwich; everybody knows that. Except that she didn’t. ...
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    ‘I’m A Fat Boy Now’ – The Diabetes Miracle (1922)

    ‘I’m A Fat Boy Now’ – The Diabetes Miracle (1922)

    This is known as one of medicine's most incredible moments. Imagine a room full of parents sitting at the bedside waiting for the inevitable death of their child. ...
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    Jesus Amongst the Fans: The Naked Hippie Dancer

    Jesus Amongst the Fans: The Naked Hippie Dancer

      It was a Saturday evening, St Valentine’s Day 1970, when William Jellett first thought he might be Jesus. He was on the London Underground, travelling back from work, and noticed the headline of the newspaper unfurled opposite him: “Cambridge riots — two policemen beaten up”. There had been student protests the ...
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    The LSD Archive at The Institute of Illegal Images

    The LSD Archive at The Institute of Illegal Images

    “It kept me from eating it if it was framed on the wall” - Mark Mcloud on his amazing collection of LSD Blotters ...
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