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Pictures of a Run-down Bristol in the 1970s

Pictures of a Run-down Bristol in the 1970s

In the post-war years, far more destruction was done, far more unforgivably, to the fabric of cities, such as Bristol, by their own officials than was ever inflicted by the Luftwaffe. ...
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The Fantastic and Troubled History of the Video Phone

The Fantastic and Troubled History of the Video Phone

Being able to see the person on a call is something we now take totally for granted.  However, once upon a time, the idea of a “video phone” was pure science fiction. ...
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Classic Celebrity Beach Photos: Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Paul Newman, The Rolling Stones & More

Classic Celebrity Beach Photos: Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Paul Newman, The Rolling Stones & More

Celebrity beach scenes have taken many forms over the years, from the wickedly salacious to the silly to the tawdry to the tabloid. ...
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Ashtrays Everywhere: A Look at Tobacco’s Ubiquity in the 1960s-1980s

Ashtrays Everywhere: A Look at Tobacco’s Ubiquity in the 1960s-1980s

People who don’t remember (or weren’t alive) in the sixties and seventies can’t comprehend how ubiquitous cigarettes were. ...
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Pictures of Liverpool in 1969

Pictures of Liverpool in 1969

In 1969 Bernd Loos travelled to Liverpool to visit some friends. It was only a short trip but he took these wonderful photographs of a city long gone. ...
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Glorious Pictures of the Scandalous Chelsea Arts Club Ball: (1908-1958)

Glorious Pictures of the Scandalous Chelsea Arts Club Ball: (1908-1958)

How good a do was the Chelsea Arts Club Ball? Answer: very. The London ball was a highlight of the social calendar, a New Year’s Eve fancy dress extravaganza. ...
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Roughing It in the 1930s: Camping Photos from 80 Years Ago

Roughing It in the 1930s: Camping Photos from 80 Years Ago

In the 1930s, as we see in the photos here from US and UK camping expeditions, basic military-style tents and simple caravans still predominated. ...
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30 Forgotten Night Club Acts from the Glory Days of the Cocktail Lounge

30 Forgotten Night Club Acts from the Glory Days of the Cocktail Lounge

Once upon a time, lounge music was no joke.  Believe it not, it was the ultimate in cool.  ...
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The “Modernist Mecca” of Palm Springs: Photographer Ludwig Favre Captures the Charm of Desert Modernist Houses from the Mid-20th Century

The “Modernist Mecca” of Palm Springs: Photographer Ludwig Favre Captures the Charm of Desert Modernist Houses from the Mid-20th Century

As the film industry took off, Palm Springs became a hugely popular resort town as well as a desirable second home for movie stars and the Southern California elite. ...
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Peepers Creepers – Beautiful Snapshots Of Eyes Wide Shut

Peepers Creepers – Beautiful Snapshots Of Eyes Wide Shut

“What is essential is invisible to the eye” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince ...
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Extraordinary Photos of Women Fire-Fighters in Britain During WW2

Extraordinary Photos of Women Fire-Fighters in Britain During WW2

On Friday June 10 1938, over a year before the beginning of WW2, the London ...
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Wonderful Photos of when the “Louisville Lip” First Came to London to fight “Our ‘Enry”.

Wonderful Photos of when the “Louisville Lip” First Came to London to fight “Our ‘Enry”.

The staid English public hadn’t come across anyone quite like him ("I am the prettiest ... I am the greatest") and while the Guardian called him a “delightful braggart” he was disliked by many. ...
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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 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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    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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    ‘Teenage Historian’ Chuck Berry Reviews The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division And The Sex Pistols For A 1980 Punk Zine

    ‘Teenage Historian’ Chuck Berry Reviews The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division And The Sex Pistols For A 1980 Punk Zine

      In 1980, Chuck Berry spoke to St Louis-based punk zine Jet Lag (1980 -1991). Berry talked about his first gig, signing with Leonard Chess's Chess Records, his role as a "teenage historian" and "what the kids are listening to these days". He was invited to review some records. Chuck Berry's record ...
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    New York City Squatters In The 1990s

    New York City Squatters In The 1990s

    "I humbly invite you to take a stroll through my life in the squatter community of the Lower East Side (LES) in the 1990s," writes Ash Thayer, whose book, Kill City, focuses on New York City squatters, harking back to another age, when city's were not being made overly safe, libraries were valued ...
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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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    Partying At CalArts in the 1970s With A Candid Camera

    Partying At CalArts in the 1970s With A Candid Camera

    Let's time travel to the 1970s, when the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) was a fun place to study. Michael Jang was a student at CalArts, a school set up by Walt Disney in the 1960s. Jang wandered about the place, aiming the Leica camera he'd bought from a wedding photographer at his ...
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