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Fruit of the Rhyme: 8 Songs of Fruit

Fruit of the Rhyme: 8 Songs of Fruit

  THE problem with songs about food is that, well, they’re never really about food.  ...
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The Saucy 1957 Cherry Pie Bake Off

The Saucy 1957 Cherry Pie Bake Off

IT'S The New Jersey cherry pie bake off of 1957.       The St ...
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1943: Olive McDonald Brands The Casting Of A 3-inch Mortar-Bomb

1943: Olive McDonald Brands The Casting Of A 3-inch Mortar-Bomb

FLASHBACK to May 5th 1943: Olive McDonald, branding the casing of a 3-inch mortar-bomb, at ...
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1947 In Photos And Film: The Building And Only Flight Of Howard Hughe’s Massive Spruce Goose

1947 In Photos And Film: The Building And Only Flight Of Howard Hughe’s Massive Spruce Goose

THE making of Howard Hughes Hercules, aka The Spruce Goose:       Evergreen Museum: ...
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1960: ‘Girls’ Take Stretch Breaks At Tokyo’s Sony Factory

1960: ‘Girls’ Take Stretch Breaks At Tokyo’s Sony Factory

FLASHBACK to August 30, 1960: Young girls at Japanese radio manufacturing plant in Tokyo, stretch ...
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16th Century German War Guide Teaches How To Make Flying Cats Bombs (Photos)

16th Century German War Guide Teaches How To Make Flying Cats Bombs (Photos)

  YOU'RE looking at an illustration from a 1530s manual on warfare. The advice is ...
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The Women’s League of Health And Beauty: Nazis, Pilates And The Birth Of The Keep-Fit Movement

The Women’s League of Health And Beauty: Nazis, Pilates And The Birth Of The Keep-Fit Movement

THE Women's League of Health And Beauty were there to help: Women's History Network: Mary ...
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Fighting Malaria In World War Two – A Photo Story

Fighting Malaria In World War Two – A Photo Story

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Fighting Malaria In World War To – A Photo Story

Fighting Malaria In World War To – A Photo Story

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Arsenal Win The FA Cup For The First Time: Photos From April 26 1930 (WIth Bonus Cup Final Record)

Arsenal Win The FA Cup For The First Time: Photos From April 26 1930 (WIth Bonus Cup Final Record)

ON April 26, 1930, Arsenal beat Huddersfield Town at Wembley Stadium. Arsenal won 2–0, with goals ...
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1978 Letter About Vermin In Jimmy Carter’s White House

1978 Letter About Vermin In Jimmy Carter’s White House

IN 1978, there was an infestation of mice in Jimmy Carter's White House:   (more…)
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That Moment When Kurt Cobain Met Courtney Love

That Moment When Kurt Cobain Met Courtney Love

WHEN  Kurt Cobain met Courtney Love, it made it into this biography: Already infamous in Portland, ...
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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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