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Life In The Barber’s Shop And Salon: British Hairdressing 1918-1972

Life In The Barber’s Shop And Salon: British Hairdressing 1918-1972

It's all about the hair. These photographs from the 15-year-old old girl working in a ...
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Swimming The English Channel In The 20th Century

Swimming The English Channel In The 20th Century

  After Captian Matthew Webb became the first person to swim the English Channel in ...
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The 1975 Saturday Scene British Music Awards

The 1975 Saturday Scene British Music Awards

On November 16, 1975, Empire Pool (now named the Wembley Arena) hosted the Saturday Scene ...
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Playing Fast And Loose With Bruce: Unlikely Springsteen Covers That Time Forgot

Playing Fast And Loose With Bruce: Unlikely Springsteen Covers That Time Forgot

Playing fast and loose with Bruce - Unlikely Springsteen covers that time forgot.   As ...
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Mods And Rockers Fighting For Fashion And Fun In 1960s England

Mods And Rockers Fighting For Fashion And Fun In 1960s England

Were you a Mod or a Rocker? Fashion mattered in the 1960s. This gallery features ...
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In 1969 James Earl Jones Prepared For Darth Vader On Sesame Street

In 1969 James Earl Jones Prepared For Darth Vader On Sesame Street

  David Pescovitz: In 1969, a young James Earl Jones, considered the first celebrity guest ...
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1937: Homer Peel, 34, Kisses His 12-Year-Old Bride Geneva On The Steps Of A Tennessee Courthouse

1937: Homer Peel, 34, Kisses His 12-Year-Old Bride Geneva On The Steps Of A Tennessee Courthouse

  On April 19, 1937, The Pittsburgh Press had news on Homer Peel, 32, and his ...
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May 5, 1961: Alan Shepard Blasts Off To Outer Space And Comes Back Alive (Photos)

May 5, 1961: Alan Shepard Blasts Off To Outer Space And Comes Back Alive (Photos)

Nothing thrills the masses like space travel. A few names epitomise the mid 20th Century space ...
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19th Century Voyeurism: Victorian Love And Sex In Stereoscopic 3D

19th Century Voyeurism: Victorian Love And Sex In Stereoscopic 3D

The Library Company of Philadelphia houses these nineteenth century stereoscopes. They're in 3D, well they ...
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Celebrity Eats: Treats From The Yul Brynner Cookbook

Celebrity Eats: Treats From The Yul Brynner Cookbook

  Yul Brynner wasn't only the King of Siam. Yul was a polyglot (11 languages ...
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Nature Through Microscope and Camera: The Religious Tract Society Sees God In The Minute (1909)

Nature Through Microscope and Camera: The Religious Tract Society Sees God In The Minute (1909)

  Arthur E Smith's photo-micrographs featured in Richard Kerr's 1909 publication Nature through Microscope & Camera. The photographs were produced ...
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From Saint To Sex Object: Postcards of Nursing 1900-1950

From Saint To Sex Object: Postcards of Nursing 1900-1950

  In the 20th Century the nurse changed from being a saint and a mother to an object ...
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