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Barcelona 1976: When Franco’s Fascists Attacked

Barcelona 1976: When Franco’s Fascists Attacked

In 1976 photojournalist Manel Armengol captured the police brutality at a march for freedom in Barcelona ...
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Florence Ilott Races Big Ben (1934)

Florence Ilott Races Big Ben (1934)

I want to tell you about a remarkable woman that you almost certainly haven't heard of... ...
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The ‘Oooo Face’: That Puckered Look Every Woman Was Making Mid-Century

The ‘Oooo Face’: That Puckered Look Every Woman Was Making Mid-Century

If you’ve seen old advertisements from the 1950s, then you know exactly what the “Oooo Face” is ...
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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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    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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