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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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Remembering The Parker Brothers Situation Games (1968-1970)   

Remembering The Parker Brothers Situation Games (1968-1970)  

  In the late 1960s, Parker Brothers -- manufacturers of Sorry!, Ouija and other great ...
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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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