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Wim Wenders’ Polaroid Diary (1973 – 1983)

Wim Wenders’ Polaroid Diary (1973 – 1983)

"They were made from the gut" - Wim Wenders ...
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Decade of Denim: Jeans Ads and Fashions from the 1970s

Decade of Denim: Jeans Ads and Fashions from the 1970s

Prior to the 1970s, blue jeans were primarily work clothes.  You'd wear them to do ...
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Ted Lewis, his Brit Noir Novel ‘Jack’s Return Home’ and the Movie ‘Get Carter’

Ted Lewis, his Brit Noir Novel ‘Jack’s Return Home’ and the Movie ‘Get Carter’

'Jack's Return Home' ripped off the rose-tinted glasses through which most people saw our mutual homeland. I suspect Ted never shared that Panglossian take on England. ...
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Collecting Through Swapping: David Hurn’s Remarkable Photograph Albums

Collecting Through Swapping: David Hurn’s Remarkable Photograph Albums

“I am myself the matter of my book” - Michel de Montaigne ...
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Intoxicating Ladies: 25 Vintage Magazine Cover Girls Having a Drink

Intoxicating Ladies: 25 Vintage Magazine Cover Girls Having a Drink

Not so long ago, we gave you Intoxicating Album Covers: Boozing It Up on Vintage ...
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Terrific Photos of London in 1973 by Mary Brown

Terrific Photos of London in 1973 by Mary Brown

These splendid pictures of a smoky London were taken by Mary Brown while she was ...
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A Look Inside the 1970s Kids’ Magazine “Bananas”

A Look Inside the 1970s Kids’ Magazine “Bananas”

Most 1970s kids in the US will remember Dynamite magazine, but do you remember its ...
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30 Sexy Swingin’ Sixties Undergarment Ads from Around the World

30 Sexy Swingin’ Sixties Undergarment Ads from Around the World

From the swingin' sixties, here is a heaping helping of bra, panties and other undergarment ...
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Photographs of a Murky and Foggy London 1960-1964

Photographs of a Murky and Foggy London 1960-1964

                These photos were taken by Peter Stephens ...
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Gender Swapping in Early Souvenir Arcade Photos

Gender Swapping in Early Souvenir Arcade Photos

  Gender swapping was a theme in photo arcade photos. "You could go into a ...
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20 Brilliant 1950s Horror Comic Title Panels

20 Brilliant 1950s Horror Comic Title Panels

“Alas – It is not true that dead men tell no tales" ...
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Meat in a Can: SPAM and Other Potted Meat Ads from the 1960s

Meat in a Can: SPAM and Other Potted Meat Ads from the 1960s

Potted meat has gotten a bad rap over the years.  Maybe it's because of its ...
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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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    Hanging Out in Leakey, Texas in 1973 – Photos by Marc St. Gil

    Hanging Out in Leakey, Texas in 1973 – Photos by Marc St. Gil

    Part of the Documerica project - a program sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to "photographically document subjects of environmental concern" in the United States from about 1972 to 1977. ...
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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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    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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    Grace Jones Fucked The ‘Caveman Shit’ And Conquered the World

    Grace Jones Fucked The ‘Caveman Shit’ And Conquered the World

    There is a moment in every one of those tacky beauty pageants when the sweaty, middle-aged host asks each young swimsuit-clad contestant "If there was one thing you could do what would it be?" The answers are always the same: "I would bring about world peace." It's a nice thought--though ...
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