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Street Life In London: ‘Careful Observations Among The Poor’ In 1877 (35 Photos)

Street Life In London: ‘Careful Observations Among The Poor’ In 1877 (35 Photos)

    In 1877 John Thompson toured London with a camera. With journalist Adolphe Smith, Thompson ...
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The Plotted Genius Of Jack Kerouac’s Divine On The Road Scroll

The Plotted Genius Of Jack Kerouac’s Divine On The Road Scroll

  Jack Kerouac's 1962 essay for Writer’s Digest  “Are Writers Made or Born?" begins: Writers are ...
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The Beast of Birkenshaw: The Brutal Crimes of Scottish Serial Killer Peter Manuel

The Beast of Birkenshaw: The Brutal Crimes of Scottish Serial Killer Peter Manuel

Picture the scene: New Year's Day, 1958, a killer sits at a breakfast table eating ...
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1970s Sexploitation Tag Lines: Innuendo and Bad Puns Run Amok

1970s Sexploitation Tag Lines: Innuendo and Bad Puns Run Amok

“Don’t bother to ask… the answer is YES!... they NEVER say no!” Well, I was ...
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Visions of Old Kathmandu – What Was Lost (1976)

Visions of Old Kathmandu – What Was Lost (1976)

Kevin Kelly took these photographs of Kathmandu, Nepal, in 1976. As you can see from ...
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The Toy Adventure is Only Beginning:  The Seven Coolest Toy Spaceships of the 1970s

The Toy Adventure is Only Beginning: The Seven Coolest Toy Spaceships of the 1970s

The disco decade was the great era of toy spaceships. This great development for kids ...
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John Lennon’s Reply To The Royal Albert Hall’s Wonderful Letter Of Complaint (1967)

John Lennon’s Reply To The Royal Albert Hall’s Wonderful Letter Of Complaint (1967)

  In 1967, bigwigs at London's Royal Albert Hall wrote to the Beatles. The venue was upset at ...
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1956: Audrey Hepburn And Husband Mel Ferrer On A Windy County Road Outside Paris

1956: Audrey Hepburn And Husband Mel Ferrer On A Windy County Road Outside Paris

  In 1952, Audrey Hepburn called off her engagement to James Hanson, saying "When I get married, ...
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Cor!: The vintage Comic Capers of Benny Hill

Cor!: The vintage Comic Capers of Benny Hill

Benny Hill was funny. Benny Hill was often exceedingly funny. At best: his comedy was ...
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Photographs of 19th-Century Sexologist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing

Photographs of 19th-Century Sexologist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing

Psychopathia Sexualis was intended as "a medico-forensic study." Krafft-Ebing presented the case histories' most sordid details in Latin "in order to exclude the lay reader." ...
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Meals in a Mold: The Mid-Century’s Love Affair with Gelatin 

Meals in a Mold: The Mid-Century’s Love Affair with Gelatin 

  The end of World War II heralded a time of peace for much of ...
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In British Politics Football Is A Game of Own-Goals

In British Politics Football Is A Game of Own-Goals

Political football is a game of own-goals     David Cameron is the latest (but ...
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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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