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Dear Children of Troy: Leading Figures Write Letters On The Magic of Libraries (1971)

Dear Children of Troy: Leading Figures Write Letters On The Magic of Libraries (1971)

When the Troy Public Library on 510 West Big Beaver opened in 1971, children's librarian Marguerite Hart ...
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In The Library: Where Books Live And You Think (Photos 1950-1961)

In The Library: Where Books Live And You Think (Photos 1950-1961)

  Dear Children of Troy: Your librarian has asked me to write, telling you what ...
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Lions And Riders Take On The Wall Of Death

Lions And Riders Take On The Wall Of Death

Before the telly people made their own entertainment. This is no fusty Luddite rant about ...
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James Tormey’s Superb Raymond Chandler Covers For Penguin

James Tormey’s Superb Raymond Chandler Covers For Penguin

The exclusion of designer James Tormey  – and in particular his early 70s covers for ...
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His Evil Brains Glow in the Dark: Remembering Kenner’s Alien Figure (1979)

His Evil Brains Glow in the Dark: Remembering Kenner’s Alien Figure (1979)

  One of the most legendary and sought-after toys from my youth in the 1970s ...
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The Trippy Varna Restaurant In Århus, Denmark, by Verner Panton (1971)

The Trippy Varna Restaurant In Århus, Denmark, by Verner Panton (1971)

Ever visit the Varna Restaurant, aka the Varna Palace or Varna Palæet, in Århus, Denmark, back ...
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All Aboard the LNER Pathé Cinema Train of 1938

All Aboard the LNER Pathé Cinema Train of 1938

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Io6mvocu4 Cinema On Train - Mr JH Thomas Inaugurates a new service at King's Cross. ...
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The Instructor Magazine (Jan 1969): Sex-Ed, Multi-Culturalism And Everyone Passes

The Instructor Magazine (Jan 1969): Sex-Ed, Multi-Culturalism And Everyone Passes

  In the late 60s, education got a massive facelift - a transformation from the ...
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Vintage Guide for Strip-teasers: Bettie Page Illustrates What Strippers Are Allowed To Show By State

Vintage Guide for Strip-teasers: Bettie Page Illustrates What Strippers Are Allowed To Show By State

In the 1950s, striptease artistes were confused. What could they show legally in each US ...
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Life’s Greatest Trip: ‘Naturally Stoned On Jesus’ In 1971

Life’s Greatest Trip: ‘Naturally Stoned On Jesus’ In 1971

In late 1971, Arthur Blessitt was 'Naturally Stoned on Jesus" in his book Life's Greatest Trip. ...
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In 1974 David Bowie Played An Unwitting Role In The Birth Of Punk

In 1974 David Bowie Played An Unwitting Role In The Birth Of Punk

    It is a little known fact that David Bowie was an occasional visitor ...
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The Legendary Jack Kirby’s Comic Book of The Prisoner

The Legendary Jack Kirby’s Comic Book of The Prisoner

Jack Kirby was a legendary figure in the history of American comic books. The characters ...
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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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