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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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Thirty Pictures of London’s West-End in the Heatwave of ’76.

Thirty Pictures of London’s West-End in the Heatwave of ’76.

Klaus Hiltscher, occasionally known as the Rock n’ Roll accountant or Affendaddy as he is known on ...
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Who Ya Gonna Crunch? The Blockbuster Movie-Based Cereal Commercials of Yesteryear

Who Ya Gonna Crunch? The Blockbuster Movie-Based Cereal Commercials of Yesteryear

Witness now the unhealthy nexus of blockbuster movies (Steven Spielberg, j’accuse!) and sugary breakfast cereals. ...
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George Orwell Castigates American Fashion Magazines And The Thin-Boned Lizard Women Within (1946)

George Orwell Castigates American Fashion Magazines And The Thin-Boned Lizard Women Within (1946)

  In November 1946, George Orwell direted As I Please column for Britain's Tribune against an “American fashion magazine which ...
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The Great British Heatwave In 32 Photos: 1911-1976

The Great British Heatwave In 32 Photos: 1911-1976

It can get hot in Britain. In 1906, 1911, 1955 and - boy - 1976 ...
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5 Troubling Vintage Adverts Featuring Children

5 Troubling Vintage Adverts Featuring Children

"This young man is 11 months old - and he isn't our youngest customer by ...
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16 Well-Loved Classic Rock and Pop Lyrics Which Actually Sound Creepy and Sexually Depraved

16 Well-Loved Classic Rock and Pop Lyrics Which Actually Sound Creepy and Sexually Depraved

Everyone has had that moment when you realize the lyrics of a song you’ve heard ...
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1930: Tea And Sand Castles At The Tolland Royal Hotel

1930: Tea And Sand Castles At The Tolland Royal Hotel

In 1930 Fox Photos took these picures of a family holidaying in the Tolland Royal ...
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From Blunt To Bart: A History Of Cigarette And Joint Rolling Papers In Photos

From Blunt To Bart: A History Of Cigarette And Joint Rolling Papers In Photos

Smoking was a big hobby in the 20th Century. And with the advent of cigarette ...
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Irresistible Joy On The London Undergound: Bob Mazzer’s Wonderful Photos Of The Tube 1960s-1980s

Irresistible Joy On The London Undergound: Bob Mazzer’s Wonderful Photos Of The Tube 1960s-1980s

  Bob Mazzer had taken photos ever since he was given camera for his Bar ...
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20 Album Covers of Bands with Terrible Names Guaranteed to Offend

20 Album Covers of Bands with Terrible Names Guaranteed to Offend

I'm sure it's a fine name in Italy, but it's a bit unfortunate that this ...
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30 Photos of Child Labor in America: Lewis Hine’s Early 20th Century Photojournalism

30 Photos of Child Labor in America: Lewis Hine’s Early 20th Century Photojournalism

  Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940) recorded child labor in ...
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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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