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Mirosalc Tichý: the eccentric photographer who recorded young women with his cardboard camera

Mirosalc Tichý: the eccentric photographer who recorded young women with his cardboard camera

  MIROSLAC  Tichý  (1926 - 2011) was the man with the homemade cardboard, plywood and tin ...
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Car time capsule up for sale in Nebraska – the  Lambrecht Chevrolet story

Car time capsule up for sale in Nebraska – the Lambrecht Chevrolet story

THIS is your chance to buy a nearly-unused classic car. Lambrecht Chevrolet of Pierce, Neb., (prop. Ray ...
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2004: Chris Morris and Alan Partridge discuss the deaths of JFK, Princess Diana and September 11

2004: Chris Morris and Alan Partridge discuss the deaths of JFK, Princess Diana and September 11

IN 2004,  The Day Today in 2004, Chris Morris & Alan Partridge were discussing the ...
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Men of the People: when pasty-faced politicians who pretended to be just like the rest of us fail

Men of the People: when pasty-faced politicians who pretended to be just like the rest of us fail

WHAT has George ‘lifelong Chelsea fan’ Osborne learned this week? That passing yourself off as ...
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The K-tel Bigfoot commercial

The K-tel Bigfoot commercial

K-TEL didn't just make K-Tel Record Selector, non-stick frying pans and fight with Ronco for ...
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In this 1968 video Mickey Mouse gets killed in Vietnam

In this 1968 video Mickey Mouse gets killed in Vietnam

It's 1968. Mickey Mouse is in Vietnam. The film was made by Milton Glaser Shows ...
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Posters from British wrestling’s glorious heyday

Posters from British wrestling’s glorious heyday

ONCE upon a time, 4pm on Saturday afternoond meant wrestling on the telly. You could ...
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John Steinbeck on the male beard versus the female beard

John Steinbeck on the male beard versus the female beard

JOHN Steinbeck on the beard: I cultivate this beard not for the usual given reasons ...
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Racism in the 1930s: Darkie toothpaste

Racism in the 1930s: Darkie toothpaste

IN 1933, Taiwan toothpaste makers the Hawley & Hazel Chemical Company created Darkie toothpaste. It was to ...
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The most unforgettable corridors in sci-fi – in photos

The most unforgettable corridors in sci-fi – in photos

CORRIDORS. Not just any old creepy, long, silent, anxiety-inducing, lonely, crippling, haunted corridors, but eerie, ...
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In 1969 Pippi Longstocking (aka Pippi Långstrump) celebrated the word ‘spunk’ (video)

In 1969 Pippi Longstocking (aka Pippi Långstrump) celebrated the word ‘spunk’ (video)

IN 1969, Pippi Longstocking (aka Pippi Långstrump) was a TV star. Living in her father's cottage Villa Villekulla, ...
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Beautiful Polish film posters for banned American films

Beautiful Polish film posters for banned American films

BEFORE the Wall came down and the EU came knocking, Polish film posters for American ...
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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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