• Category

  • Search

Flashbak
  • OUR SHOP FOR ALL GOOD THINGS
  • SAVE 10% + FREE NEWSLETTER
  • Shop
  • Join
  • Donate & Subscribe
  • Archives
  • We Buy Photographs
  • About
  • Flashbak on Facebook
  • Flashbak on Twitter
  • Flashbak on Pinterest
  • Flashbak on Instagram
  • Flashbak RSS Feed

VISIT OUR SHOP

Visit the shop

1930: A photobomber strikes in Birmingham, Alabama

1930: A photobomber strikes in Birmingham, Alabama

PHOTOBOMB of the day: the 1930 photobombing in Birmingham, Alabama: Spotter: Tim Blair
0
Post Views: 161
1854: William Snyder killed in most bizarre and terrifying way ever

1854: William Snyder killed in most bizarre and terrifying way ever

FLASHBACK to 1854. William Snyder of Cincinnati had died. He was "killed by being swung ...
0
Post Views: 1,455
Every day racism: this 1970s advert for Silk Cut cigarettes

Every day racism: this 1970s advert for Silk Cut cigarettes

YOU know that bemoaning of policial correctness, how it's always gone mad at the behest ...
0
Post Views: 710
1966 snapshot: When a deer narrowly missed Ursula Andress’s right eye

1966 snapshot: When a deer narrowly missed Ursula Andress’s right eye

SNAPSHOT of the day harks back to 1966. Ursula Andress was sporting far glasses. Why? ...
0
Post Views: 200
The Muppets Show took its theme song from 1960s Italian fantasy porn

The Muppets Show took its theme song from 1960s Italian fantasy porn

THE Muppets Show took its theme tune from the 1968 Italian film Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso (Sweden: ...
0
Post Views: 660
1980s muscle mags: when skin had shoulder pads

1980s muscle mags: when skin had shoulder pads

IN the 1980s, muscles were big news. Big muscles in big muscular power suits were ...
0
Post Views: 245
Men’s fashion advertising – when Slax got the girl

Men’s fashion advertising – when Slax got the girl

BACK in the day, men's fashion was all about wearing trousers (Anorak's own-brand Comfi-Slax sold ...
0
Post Views: 232
Customs and Traditions of the UK – The Coopers Apprentice (1953)

Customs and Traditions of the UK – The Coopers Apprentice (1953)

  FLASHBAK to May 1953:  23 year old Albert George Stokes of Corrie Street, Battersea, ...
0
Post Views: 262
Customs and Traditions of the UK – The Coopers Apprentice

Customs and Traditions of the UK – The Coopers Apprentice

FLASHBACK to May 1953:  23 year old Albert George Stokes of Corrie Street, Battersea, an ...
0
Post Views: 60
The history of football doping: soccer’s biggest drugs cheats

The history of football doping: soccer’s biggest drugs cheats

THE news that England players took caffeine pills before their match against Poland – and ...
0
Post Views: 1,009
Did Homer Simpson make his debut in this Icelandic comic?

Did Homer Simpson make his debut in this Icelandic comic?

DID Homer Simpson first appeat in an Iceland comic of 1949?   Spotter : Lemúrinn
0
Post Views: 319
1938: Photos Inside the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York

1938: Photos Inside the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York

The Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York, 1938. The place was, and still is, home ...
0
Post Views: 403
  • VISIT OUR SHOP

    Visit the shop
  • 15% OFF ANY 3 OF OUR T-SHIRTS

    New
  • Editor picks

    The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976

    The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976

    Dave Lee's guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book ...
    0
    Post Views: 12,881
    The Bystanders’ Snapshots of John F. Kennedy’s Murder in Dallas, 1963

    The Bystanders’ Snapshots of John F. Kennedy’s Murder in Dallas, 1963

    How snapshots told the story of the day the world changed ...
    0
    Post Views: 5,293
    Raymond Chandler’s Guide to Street, Hoodlum, and Prison Lingo

    Raymond Chandler’s Guide to Street, Hoodlum, and Prison Lingo

    Some of the best parts of Chandler's notebooks were his compilations of pickpocket lingo, jail house slang, and terms used by Narcs ...
    0
    Post Views: 11,626
    Spivs and the Post-War British Gangster Films

    Spivs and the Post-War British Gangster Films

    In January 1948 the Observer film critic, C.A. Lejeune, made no attempt to hide her disapproving tone when reviewing the Boulting Brothers’ Brighton Rock: “Graham Greene’s savage story about a couple of race-course gangs and their fancy ways with a razor is one of the most brutal things I have seen on the ...
    0
    Post Views: 7,067
    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 ...
    0
    Post Views: 666,750
    Opening Night at The Haçienda: New Order’s Manchester Club Begins Its Legendary 15-Year Run in 1982

    Opening Night at The Haçienda: New Order’s Manchester Club Begins Its Legendary 15-Year Run in 1982

    You know the story, or a version of it, if you’ve seen 24 Hour Party People. New Order—or rather, their manager Rob Gretton—opens a club with Factory Records’ Tony Wilson in 1982. From the start, it’s a financial disaster... ...
    0
    Post Views: 13,941
    The Death of Cass Elliot and Keith Moon at Harry Nilsson’s Macabre Mayfair Flat

    The Death of Cass Elliot and Keith Moon at Harry Nilsson’s Macabre Mayfair Flat

    Cass Elliot died choking on a ham sandwich; everybody knows that. Except that she didn’t. ...
    0
    Post Views: 51,052
    ‘I’m A Fat Boy Now’ – The Diabetes Miracle (1922)

    ‘I’m A Fat Boy Now’ – The Diabetes Miracle (1922)

    This is known as one of medicine's most incredible moments. Imagine a room full of parents sitting at the bedside waiting for the inevitable death of their child. ...
    0
    Post Views: 14,312
    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 ...
    0
    Post Views: 14,052
    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 ...
    0
    Post Views: 24,286

Past 1 … 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 … 540 Next
Top
  • Contribute
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe & Donate
  • Contact
  • Archives
  • Terms, Conditions and Cookies
  • Our Shop
  • About
  • We Buy Photographs

Alum Media © 2025