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Convict Cowboys – A Look at Prison Rodeos

I came across this old program from October 1960 for a Texas Prison Rodeo… Prison Rodeo? Was this a thing? As it turns out, yes – in fact, they were quite popular in the U.S., and some continue to this day. ...

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Breaking News: Fascinating Original Reporting Of The JFK Murder

"TWO PRIESTS STEPPED OUT OF PARKLAND HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY WARD TODAY AND SAID PRESIDENT KENNEDY DIED OF HIS BULLET WOUNDS." ...

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40 Glorious Photos From Four Generations of A Texas Family

A family's photo albums hark back to Sancho Panza, Lee Harvey Oswald and a 100 years of Texas history ...

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Playboy in the Yearbook: Texas Tech’s Bunny Pages (1959-1981)

In 1959, the Texas Tech University yearbook, La Ventana, began the tradition of having a Playboy Magazine feature complete with female students as Playmates and even a full color centerfold... ...

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The Power Of Color: Joel Meyerowitz’s Brilliant Street Photographs

"Like giants we are always hurling experience ahead of us to pave the future with against the day when we may want to strike a line of purpose across it for somewhere" - Robert Frost ...

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Feed Sack Fashions And Patterns of Depression Era America

During the Depression people used cotton flour bags and feed sacks to make clothes, curtains, diapers, awnings and other household items. ...

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Truth and Soul: The New York Dolls’ Fashion Revival

Sylvain Sylvain Mizrahi in Austin On a recent trip to Austin, Texas, I enjoyed ...

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1960s Austin Gangsters: Nihilists with Cadillacs and Elvis Hair

Over cocktails at Austin’s Townes Van Zandt Hotel I was captivated by writer Jesse Sublett’s ...

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When Bicycle Messenger Boys Peddled Drugs And Sex Across America (1908 – 1917)

In 1908, Lewis Hine began taking photographs of bicycle messenger boys across America. Funded by the National ...

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Vintage Guide for Strip-teasers: Bettie Page Illustrates What Strippers Are Allowed To Show By State

In the 1950s, striptease artistes were confused. What could they show legally in each US ...

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Texas 1970: A Warning To Pot Users

FLASHBAK to May 25 1970: This warning sign states the penalties for bringing ...

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1944: Lt. J.B. Keeley of Houston, Texas, Is Raised By Ukrainian Girls In Celebration of Their Liberation From German Slavery

FLASHBACK: 20/12/1944: Lt. J.B. Keeley of Houston, Texas, is raised by Ukrainian girls in celebration of ...

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