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When Playgrounds Were Deadly

Remember when playgrounds were fun? Sure, there was a pretty good chance you'd be scalded ...

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In The 1950s Nazi Rocketeer Wernher von Braun Wanted To Build NASA A Gas Chamber In Space

Wernher von Braun was the Nazi rocketeer who led NASA’s space program. A member of the SS, ...

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Soft-Core Hard-Boiled Pulp: The X-rated Illustrations Banned In 1950s New York

In the 1950s, vistors to New York City's Times Square were targetted with a cavalcade of ...

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The Splendor of Domestic Servitude: 7 Mid-Century Sexist Adverts

As a woman, your entire purpose on earth is to please your chain-smoking, Scotch guzzling ...

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Murder In Mind: Terror Stalks The Avengers Set, 1961

Wednesday 12th April 1961: During a break in camera rehearsals for The Avengers, actors ...

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The Communist Party of Great Britain And The Red Menace 1920-1991

When the Iron Curtain fell, in 1991 The Communist Party of Great Britain called ...

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The Plotted Genius Of Jack Kerouac’s Divine On The Road Scroll

Jack Kerouac's 1962 essay for Writer’s Digest “Are Writers Made or Born?" begins: Writers are ...

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The Beast of Birkenshaw: The Brutal Crimes of Scottish Serial Killer Peter Manuel

Picture the scene: New Year's Day, 1958, a killer sits at a breakfast table eating ...

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Cor!: The vintage Comic Capers of Benny Hill

Benny Hill was funny--no matter what the fashionable may tell you--Benny Hill was often exceedingly funny. ...

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Meals in a Mold: The Mid-Century’s Love Affair with Gelatin

The end of World War II heralded a time of peace for much of ...

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Vintage Babes and Their 1950s Phallic Rockets

When it comes to phallic imagery, it doesn't get much more blatant than the image ...

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Found Photos: A Collection of Odd Photographic Finds

There's something about an old photograph with no context - no text, no background information, ...

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