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Ten Great Kodachrome Photos of London in 1953 by Max Gene Leonard

Ten Great Kodachrome Photos of London in 1953 by Max Gene Leonard

They give us those nice bright colors They give us the greens of summers Makes ...
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Disco Dutch: The Sexy and Sometimes Awkward 1970-80s Dance Music of the Netherlands

Disco Dutch: The Sexy and Sometimes Awkward 1970-80s Dance Music of the Netherlands

A while back we featured some truly jaw-dropping record covers from the Netherlands. This time, ...
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Doll Junk: Collectible & Crazy Fashions from the 1970s & 1980s

Doll Junk: Collectible & Crazy Fashions from the 1970s & 1980s

'Doll Junk: Collectible & Crazy Fashions from the ’70s & ’80s', by Carmen Varricchio, curates Barbie ...
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Androids Need Love Too: Remembering Cult TV’s Most Tragic Synthetic People

Androids Need Love Too: Remembering Cult TV’s Most Tragic Synthetic People

Although androids have frequently appeared as regular characters on sci-fi TV programs (Logan’s Run [1977], ...
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Colorful Computing: When Tech Was Technicolor

Colorful Computing: When Tech Was Technicolor

Once upon a time, our computers and various technologies came in vibrant colors.  It made ...
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On This Day In Photos: July 7th In The 20th Century

On This Day In Photos: July 7th In The 20th Century

Photos we found of people, places and events on July 7th in the 20th Century:
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Life and Death Masks of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Life and Death Masks of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) death mask found in the ruins of Frankfort-am-Main after the ...
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The Crying Number: A Weird 1994 Premier Rate Phone Line

The Crying Number: A Weird 1994 Premier Rate Phone Line

  In 1994, The Creative Communications Group produced 'The Crying Number'. For $2 a minute, anyone ...
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Going Loco: The Joy Of Trainspotting

Going Loco: The Joy Of Trainspotting

Trainspotting boomed and peaked in the post-war years. But even when tens of thousands of boys ...
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Tragic Matching Outfits on 1970s-80s Album Covers

Tragic Matching Outfits on 1970s-80s Album Covers

We can't be too hard on them; some of these small time bands (like the ...
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Rebels Without A Pause: The People Who Never Left Their Youth Culture Tribe

Rebels Without A Pause: The People Who Never Left Their Youth Culture Tribe

  London-based photographer Muir Vidler recorded these wonderful photographs of what he calls 'Rebels Without ...
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Happy Couples Selling Booze: Vintage Alcohol Adverts of the 1970s

Happy Couples Selling Booze: Vintage Alcohol Adverts of the 1970s

What did Mr. and Mrs. B. Larson try?  Of course it's just a drink, but ...
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    The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976

    The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976

    Dave Lee's guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book ...
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    The Bystanders’ Snapshots of John F. Kennedy’s Murder in Dallas, 1963

    The Bystanders’ Snapshots of John F. Kennedy’s Murder in Dallas, 1963

    How snapshots told the story of the day the world changed ...
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    Raymond Chandler’s Guide to Street, Hoodlum, and Prison Lingo

    Raymond Chandler’s Guide to Street, Hoodlum, and Prison Lingo

    Some of the best parts of Chandler's notebooks were his compilations of pickpocket lingo, jail house slang, and terms used by Narcs ...
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    Spivs and the Post-War British Gangster Films

    Spivs and the Post-War British Gangster Films

    In January 1948 the Observer film critic, C.A. Lejeune, made no attempt to hide her disapproving tone when reviewing the Boulting Brothers’ Brighton Rock: “Graham Greene’s savage story about a couple of race-course gangs and their fancy ways with a razor is one of the most brutal things I have seen on 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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    Opening Night at The Haçienda: New Order’s Manchester Club Begins Its Legendary 15-Year Run in 1982

    Opening Night at The Haçienda: New Order’s Manchester Club Begins Its Legendary 15-Year Run in 1982

    You know the story, or a version of it, if you’ve seen 24 Hour Party People. New Order—or rather, their manager Rob Gretton—opens a club with Factory Records’ Tony Wilson in 1982. From the start, it’s a financial disaster... ...
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    The Death of Cass Elliot and Keith Moon at Harry Nilsson’s Macabre Mayfair Flat

    The Death of Cass Elliot and Keith Moon at Harry Nilsson’s Macabre Mayfair Flat

    Cass Elliot died choking on a ham sandwich; everybody knows that. Except that she didn’t. ...
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    ‘I’m A Fat Boy Now’ – The Diabetes Miracle (1922)

    ‘I’m A Fat Boy Now’ – The Diabetes Miracle (1922)

    This is known as one of medicine's most incredible moments. Imagine a room full of parents sitting at the bedside waiting for the inevitable death of their child. ...
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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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