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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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Breaking News: Fascinating Original Reporting Of The JFK Murder

Breaking News: Fascinating Original Reporting Of The JFK Murder

"TWO PRIESTS STEPPED OUT OF PARKLAND HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY WARD TODAY AND SAID PRESIDENT KENNEDY DIED OF HIS BULLET WOUNDS." ...
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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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