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New York in Motion: Incredible Photographs of The City That Never Sleeps (1880s)

New York in Motion: Incredible Photographs of The City That Never Sleeps (1880s)

When not working as a chemist and at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science's departments of Mineralogy and Astronomy, Wallace G. Levison was taking photographs. Advances in technology allowed Levison to capture his native New York in motion. ...
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‘Disgraceful Orgies’, ‘Unholy Rites’ and the Death of Billie Carleton 100 Years Ago

‘Disgraceful Orgies’, ‘Unholy Rites’ and the Death of Billie Carleton 100 Years Ago

One hundred years ago and two weeks after the end of World War One, Billie Carleton, the youngest leading lady in the West End, died of a drug overdose. The ramifications of which lasted for decades... ...
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Gorgeous Book Design and Binding: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and Other Delights

Gorgeous Book Design and Binding: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and Other Delights

'The strength of the frontiers, which had always consisted in arms rather than fortifications, was insensibly undermined; and the fairest provinces were left exposed to the rapaciousness or ambition of the barbarians, who soon discovered the decline of the Roman empire' ...
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More Found Wedding Portraits From 1960s New York (Part 2)

More Found Wedding Portraits From 1960s New York (Part 2)

Here's Part 2 of our look at New York wedding photos from a professional photographer working in the 1960s. The lighting, framing and composition suggest the photographer was no natural picture taker. As ever the question remains: is that you? Now let’s imagine the stories behind the photos… ...
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19th Century Student Drag Queens

19th Century Student Drag Queens

'As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking' - Virginia Woolf (Orlando) ...
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Some of the Earliest Photographic Views of Edinburgh, 1843-44

Some of the Earliest Photographic Views of Edinburgh, 1843-44

Some of the earliest views of the city and some of the most beautifully preserved calotype cityscapes from the period ...
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Men Behaving Badly on Saucy Vintage Postcards

Men Behaving Badly on Saucy Vintage Postcards

For some reason, in the early decades of the 20th century it was a "thing" to send sleazy cartoon postcards while on vacation.   Looking through postcards from the 1930s-1950s, you'll find not as many photographs of tourist locations as you will bawdy cartoons. ...
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Photos Of Johnny Cash And June Carter At Folsom Prison

Photos Of Johnny Cash And June Carter At Folsom Prison

I shot a man in Reno Just to watch him die When I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry ...
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Child Portrait Day at the South Bay Camera Club in Redondo Beach, California (1950s)

Child Portrait Day at the South Bay Camera Club in Redondo Beach, California (1950s)

'Photographs turn the present into past, make contingency into destiny. Whatever their degree of “realism,” all photographs embody a “romantic” relation to reality' - Susan Sontag ...
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In 1978 Kate Bush Sold Seiko Watches in Japan

In 1978 Kate Bush Sold Seiko Watches in Japan

Japan is where Western celebrities go to make ads no one in their home market will see ...
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15 Vintage Found Photographs of Creepy Dolls

15 Vintage Found Photographs of Creepy Dolls

'Dolls with no little girls around to mind them were sort of creepy under any conditions' - Stephen King, Desperation ...
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Rare 1967 Photos of a 20-Year-Old David Bowie in Hats, Mime Makeup, and Wooly Sweaters Before the Release of His Self-Titled Debut Album

Rare 1967 Photos of a 20-Year-Old David Bowie in Hats, Mime Makeup, and Wooly Sweaters Before the Release of His Self-Titled Debut Album

“We didn’t realize that he’d been trying to be successful for 10 years.” - Jarvis Cocker on David Bowie ...
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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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