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Things that existed: the Phone Relief Ultimate Hands-Free Headset

Things that existed: the Phone Relief Ultimate Hands-Free Headset

IN the early 1990s, the world was in peril. Telephones were falling into pies, to ...
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This 1950s safety manual was called It’s Great to Be Alive! (aka: when bicycles attack!)

This 1950s safety manual was called It’s Great to Be Alive! (aka: when bicycles attack!)

IN the 1950s, the powers that be created a comic book to tell kids what ...
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The Coca Cola Swastika

The Coca Cola Swastika

IN 1925, the Swastika was the symbol of go-ahead, thrusting futurism.  Coca Cola tapped into ...
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October 1985: Morrissey and Pete Burns were ‘The Very Odd Couple’

October 1985: Morrissey and Pete Burns were ‘The Very Odd Couple’

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In 1981 technology stopped the ‘Arctic region becoming equatorial and the tropics suddenly changed to polar temperature’

In 1981 technology stopped the ‘Arctic region becoming equatorial and the tropics suddenly changed to polar temperature’

IN 1881, the London St James's Gazette reported on the end of life on Earth. ...
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The top ten FA Cup Final Songs ever (plus rosettes, goal action flick books and Super-8 films)

The top ten FA Cup Final Songs ever (plus rosettes, goal action flick books and Super-8 films)

ONCE upon a time, we are always told, the FA Cup Final was one of only ...
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Vintage erotica – images from when the Love Rug stroked your body

Vintage erotica – images from when the Love Rug stroked your body

VINTAGE erotica: a gallery of what sex was like in days of yore. The Erotica ...
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Women being sad and pathetic in 1950s comic books

Women being sad and pathetic in 1950s comic books

IN the 1950s women in comic books were sad and useless. Women were routinely stupid, ...
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Skills of Defensive Driving – Episodes 1 to 5 (1973)

Skills of Defensive Driving – Episodes 1 to 5 (1973)

  In Skills of Defensive Driving, the Australia Department of Transport popped the sex comedy ...
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In 1967 The Muppets worked as IBM instructors (video)

In 1967 The Muppets worked as IBM instructors (video)

IN 1967, IMB hired Jim Henson to educate their staff. His Muppets were here to ...
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Star Wars: The 1970s French disco dance-off between Darth Vader and C-3PO

Star Wars: The 1970s French disco dance-off between Darth Vader and C-3PO

STAR Wars: the 1970s French disco dance-off between Darth Vader and C3PO:
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In 1977 Stars Wars characters and Vogue magazine models advertised the wonder of fur coats

In 1977 Stars Wars characters and Vogue magazine models advertised the wonder of fur coats

If you want to pull an alien, get a fur coat. ...
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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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