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The Inglorious History of King’s Cross and its Station – a haunt of Thieves and Murderers

The Inglorious History of King’s Cross and its Station – a haunt of Thieves and Murderers

When King’s Cross station opened on 14th October 1852 the building was greatly admired but in an era famed for the opposite the station was as practical and lacking of superfluous ornament as the locomotives it was made to house. ...
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Buy Prints Fast Train To Freedom: Menno Huizinga’s Sensational Photographs of Dutch Boys After Liberation From Nazi Germany – 1945

Fast Train To Freedom: Menno Huizinga’s Sensational Photographs of Dutch Boys After Liberation From Nazi Germany – 1945

Faces of unbridled joy - boys ride the freedom train as the Netherlands is free at last ...
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Harper Goff : The Steampunk Artist Who Designed Disneyland’s Main Street USA

Harper Goff : The Steampunk Artist Who Designed Disneyland’s Main Street USA

The brilliant Harper Goff and how a chance meeting with Walt Disney created Main Street USA ...
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Mourners Watching Robert F. Kennedy’s Funeral Train Pass By From New York City to Washington DC on June 8 1968

Mourners Watching Robert F. Kennedy’s Funeral Train Pass By From New York City to Washington DC on June 8 1968

People came in their hundreds of thousands to salute Robert F. Kennedy's funeral train. Paul Fusco was watching them ...
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Watching Manchester Railways in the 1980s

Watching Manchester Railways in the 1980s

Until 1989, the British State ran the country's railways. David Rostance watched the trains come and go ...
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Robert Mitchum was a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Robert Mitchum was a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Robert Mitchum left home when he was fourteen. He didn't run away like he later claimed in TV interviews when he was more famous and the conversation needed a little spin to keep it going. His mother packed his suitcase and made him a sandwich for the journey. ...
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Going Down The London Underground in the Later 1980s

Going Down The London Underground in the Later 1980s

Paul Baldesare was taking photographs on the London Underground between 1987 and 1990. Like Tony ...
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One of the First True Monorail Systems Debuts in 1910, Wins High Praise from Winston Churchill, Then Fails

One of the First True Monorail Systems Debuts in 1910, Wins High Praise from Winston Churchill, Then Fails

In the early 20th Century Irish-born inventor Louis Brennan invented a monorail inspired by a child's toy ...
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London Underground 1970-1980 by Mike Goldwater

London Underground 1970-1980 by Mike Goldwater

Down in the dimly lit Tunnels, the Tube was one photographer's playground ...
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Women On The Homefront Railroad: Epic 1943 Portraits by Jack Delano

Women On The Homefront Railroad: Epic 1943 Portraits by Jack Delano

"I've always felt that photographs for me were primarily for reproduction and for mass distribution. A photograph is something for lots and lots of people to see." ...
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Pictures of Waterloo Station in 1974

Pictures of Waterloo Station in 1974

Waterloo Station is named after the bridge which is named after the battle named after the town in Belgium where Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated. ...
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Pictures of London Railway Stations in the 1970s

Pictures of London Railway Stations in the 1970s

Photos of various railway stations in London run at that time by the Nationalised British Rail. ...
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