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Chick Magnets: Vintage Rides and the Ladies Who Loved Them

Chick Magnets: Vintage Rides and the Ladies Who Loved Them

As far as inanimate mechanical objects go, the car has got to be the top when ...
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Compared to this, Carrie was an Angel: 5 Unforgettable Carrie Knock-Offs.

Compared to this, Carrie was an Angel: 5 Unforgettable Carrie Knock-Offs.

Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976), based on the novel by Stephen King was a huge ...
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From Saint To Sex Object: Postcards of Nursing 1900-1950

From Saint To Sex Object: Postcards of Nursing 1900-1950

  In the 20th Century the nurse changed from being a saint and a mother to an object ...
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Alarmed and Dangerous: A Look at Crime in 1970s-80s America

Alarmed and Dangerous: A Look at Crime in 1970s-80s America

I won’t begin to make a case for whether crime increased during the 1970s, and ...
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The Beaulieu Palace Jazz Riot And A Homosexual Plot  (1960)

The Beaulieu Palace Jazz Riot And A Homosexual Plot (1960)

ON July 30 1960, "things got out of hand" at the Beaulieu jazz festival. One ...
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Five Pop Culture Memories of the Bigfoot Craze of the 1970s

Five Pop Culture Memories of the Bigfoot Craze of the 1970s

In 2014, the cryptid Bigfoot or “Sasquatch” has made something of a silver screen comeback, ...
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1981: Arsenal And Pele Go Nuts For Ingersoll Electronics

1981: Arsenal And Pele Go Nuts For Ingersoll Electronics

You should see the first photo when Pele was wearing shorts: Brazil legend Pele gets a ...
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Busted: Famous People Arrested For Smoking Marijuana (1949-1980)

Busted: Famous People Arrested For Smoking Marijuana (1949-1980)

Marijuana is the evil weed that will drive you to madness. Well, so they say. ...
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Starlets’ End: The Rise and Fall of 5 Actresses of the 1940s -60s

Starlets’ End: The Rise and Fall of 5 Actresses of the 1940s -60s

Something snaps when an actress loses her looks and her career falters.  It doesn’t happen ...
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I Am A Human Cannonball: A Brief History Of Circus Bullets

I Am A Human Cannonball: A Brief History Of Circus Bullets

"You've got four seconds between when that cannon fires and when you're going to land, and a lot has to happen in that four seconds, you know" ...
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Texas 1970: A Warning To Pot Users

Texas 1970: A Warning To Pot Users

FLASHBAK to May 25 1970:     This warning sign states the penalties for bringing ...
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1971: The Times Features Vivien Neves, The First Nude To Appear In A British Newspaper

1971: The Times Features Vivien Neves, The First Nude To Appear In A British Newspaper

“A whole page? Wheeee! Imagine all those men in bowler hats grumbling ‘What’s this country coming to?’" ...
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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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