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Be My Valentine: Vintage Snapshots Of Love On The Cards

Be My Valentine: Vintage Snapshots Of Love On The Cards

‘Really the post is about the heart motif in photos as much as it is about Valentine’s Day,’ writes Robert E. Jackson. The message on these pictures says “I love you”. That’s what hearts mean, don’t they. They say ‘my heart is yours’, and because we feel with our hearts, giving them to another is profound and true. Receiving a heart motif must be good news for any one of us. But you never know. Giving your heart is a gamble. ...
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We Loved & Lost: Cherished Photographs Are Celebrations of Love

We Loved & Lost: Cherished Photographs Are Celebrations of Love

"In all the mix, your mind, in bereavement, goes over and over all the difficult times. For a long time that happened, but not so much or hardly at all now. Now I find that the things that I do remember are usually because there was a photo to capture that moment" - Anne Bray ...
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Kazuko and Wayne: A Japanese-American Romance Taken Between Dec 1955 and January 1957

Kazuko and Wayne: A Japanese-American Romance Taken Between Dec 1955 and January 1957

"I'm wondering if without our memories, there's nothing for it but for our love to fade and die" — Kazuo Ishiguro ...
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This Isn’t Happiness: Mid-Century Romance Comic Books Updated Into Tales Of Shallow Lives And Empty Sex

This Isn’t Happiness: Mid-Century Romance Comic Books Updated Into Tales Of Shallow Lives And Empty Sex

"Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality" - Charles Bukowski ...
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Sam Shepherd’s Love Letters To His Former Father In Law

Sam Shepherd’s Love Letters To His Former Father In Law

  Actor (Days of Heaven, 1978) and Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright (Buried Child, 1979) Sam Shepard (November ...
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Rare Photos Of Freddie Mercury And His True Love Jim Hutton

Rare Photos Of Freddie Mercury And His True Love Jim Hutton

  Freddie Mercury and Jim Hutton were in love, sharing that rare and binding force ...
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Found Photos: Love Among Old Married Couples

Found Photos: Love Among Old Married Couples

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better ...
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How To Dress For Success And To Get A Man: A 1967 Guide For Useless Women

How To Dress For Success And To Get A Man: A 1967 Guide For Useless Women

  "Just look pretty and keep quiet" is among the many pearls of wisdom offered ...
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Found Photos: One Woman’s Love Affair With Her Married Boss

Found Photos: One Woman’s Love Affair With Her Married Boss

  Between May 1969 and December 1970 unmarried secretary Margret S., 24, and her German businessman boss, Günter ...
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What Makes Nancy Spungen So Great: A Handwritten List By Sid Vicious

What Makes Nancy Spungen So Great: A Handwritten List By Sid Vicious

  1978 was a defining year for Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. On September 18, the lovers ...
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John Steinbeck: A 1958 Letter To His Son On Falling in Love

John Steinbeck: A 1958 Letter To His Son On Falling in Love

  John Steinbeck was a Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner. In addition to his great work ...
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Weegee 1943: Clandestine Photographs of People At The Movies

Weegee 1943: Clandestine Photographs of People At The Movies

Oblivious to the camera, we see ourselves with the masks slipped ...
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