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Nuclear toys of the 1950s

Nuclear toys of the 1950s

IN the 1950s, nuclear toys were a hit. The A.C. Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab retailed at ...
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Highway Hi-Fit Phonograph

Highway Hi-Fit Phonograph

FLASHBACK to the Highway Hi-Fi Phonograph: (more…)
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The terrifying Ten Little Indians anti-drug PSA

The terrifying Ten Little Indians anti-drug PSA

IN 1972, you were warned about taking drugs with the ditty Ten Little Indians:   ...
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American Civil War in photos

American Civil War in photos

IN photos: the US civil war: [imagebrowser id=5618]
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Peter Wyngarde: when ‘Rape ‘ was King and gross indecency wore vinyl and velvet

Peter Wyngarde: when ‘Rape ‘ was King and gross indecency wore vinyl and velvet

THE Daily Mail is never slow to point out, in merciless detail, the physical and ...
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Reflections on Iceberg Slim: the chronicler of male-female relations

Reflections on Iceberg Slim: the chronicler of male-female relations

I FIRST read Iceberg Slim's autobiography Pimp when I was a teenager. The title, the ...
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Class of 1943: Name the stars in this MGM Studio photo

Class of 1943: Name the stars in this MGM Studio photo

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Album covers: the most manly men in music

Album covers: the most manly men in music

LOOSEN your neckerchief. Unbutton that S-belt on your Comfi-Slax. And open a freakin' window. We've ...
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SuperMuff: Sex, sexism and bad puns sold cars and their part in the 1970s

SuperMuff: Sex, sexism and bad puns sold cars and their part in the 1970s

IN the 1970s, sex sold cars. It also sold cars parts. As much as the ...
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Studs in vintage men’s fashion ads always get the girls

Studs in vintage men’s fashion ads always get the girls

MENS fashion is all about sex. In the 1960s and 1970s, the link was as ...
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Euro pop songs – five of the worst

Euro pop songs – five of the worst

IT occurred to us that Eurovison might be a rich tablet of talent, but it ...
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Book of the Day: The Life and Loves of Mr Jiveass Nigger

Book of the Day: The Life and Loves of Mr Jiveass Nigger

BOOK of the Day: The Life and Loves of Mr Jiveass Nigger, by Cecil Brown: ...
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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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