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Bloody Brutal Vintage Crime Scene Photos from the Los Angeles Police Department Archives

Bloody Brutal Vintage Crime Scene Photos from the Los Angeles Police Department Archives

In 2014 Los Angeles-based photographer Merrick Morton (a onetime LAPD reserve officer) spotted a derelict stash of haunting LAPD crime photos. Here they are. ...
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That Time Ken Russell Blew Everyone’s Mind with ‘Altered States’: Pages from a Scrapbook and More

That Time Ken Russell Blew Everyone’s Mind with ‘Altered States’: Pages from a Scrapbook and More

There are some writers who think their written words are sacrosanct because in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God. The Word trumps everything. Four Kings and an Ace? Can’t beat the Word. ...
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Buy Prints Extraordinary Pictures, Posters and Flyers of the Black Panther Party, 1967-1972

Extraordinary Pictures, Posters and Flyers of the Black Panther Party, 1967-1972

“Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up.” ― Huey P. Newton ...
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Buy Prints The Indomitable Goldie Williams : The Life And Times of a Defiant Prostitute (1898)

The Indomitable Goldie Williams : The Life And Times of a Defiant Prostitute (1898)

Arrested on January 29, 1898, the police notes tell us that Williams, also known as Mag Murphy, stood just 5 feet tall and weighed 110 pounds. ...
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Dirty Sex, Freaks And Derelicts Of 1980s New York City (NSFW)

Dirty Sex, Freaks And Derelicts Of 1980s New York City (NSFW)

“Before I arrived in NYC in 1980 I had lived in Berlin and London so I was ready for the rotten apple from the beginning.” ...
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“God Forever, The Beatles Never” – When Lennon Compared the Beatles to Jesus in 1966

“God Forever, The Beatles Never” – When Lennon Compared the Beatles to Jesus in 1966

My life with the Beatles had become a trap. I always remember to thank Jesus for the end of my touring days; if I hadn't said that the Beatles were 'bigger than Jesus' and upset the very Christian Ku Klux Klan, well, Lord, I might still be up there with all the other performing fleas! God bless America. Thank you, Jesus. ...
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The Extraordinary Album Art by Mozelle Thompson

The Extraordinary Album Art by Mozelle Thompson

"Mozelle Thompson was the only prolific African American artist to illustrate album covers. He was a pioneer in his industry, working alongside the first-generation artists who contributed to the history of album cover art within the first 15 years of its existence." - J. Malls ...
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Historic Photos of Richard Nixon During his Last Two Days in Office

Historic Photos of Richard Nixon During his Last Two Days in Office

“Our Constitution works. Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here the people rule.” - Gerald Ford ...
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Heartbreaking Photographs of Child Labour in the United States by Lewis Hine

Heartbreaking Photographs of Child Labour in the United States by Lewis Hine

"There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profit only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work." -- Lewis Hine, 1908 ...
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Photographs of Atlantic City in 1962

Photographs of Atlantic City in 1962

Atlantic City was incorporated in 1854, the same year in which the Camden and Atlantic ...
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Twenty Wonderful Vivian Maier Self-Portraits

Twenty Wonderful Vivian Maier Self-Portraits

Well, I suppose nothing is meant to last forever. We have to make room for ...
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The Rolling Stones Recorded ‘Satisfaction’ Fifty Years Ago Today

The Rolling Stones Recorded ‘Satisfaction’ Fifty Years Ago Today

Keith: We recorded ‘Satisfaction’ at RCA studios in Los Angeles. This time everything went right. ...
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