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The Occult Art of Austin Osman Spare: Child Prodigy, Anti-Nazi, and “Possibly the Greatest English Magician of the Twentieth Century”

The Observer remarked: “Mr. Spare’s art is abnormal, unhealthy, wildly fantastic and unintelligible - high praise indeed ...

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Hobo Symbols From The Great Depression : The Secret Language Of America’s Itinerant Workers

60 hobo signs, used in the Great Depression by transient working class men and women who traveled by train, looking for jobs and sustenance ...

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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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Eugenics And Making The American Master Race One Better Baby At A Time

In the early 20th Century America wanted to create a perfect society by creating Better Babies through competition and sterilization ...

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Wild-Wacky-Cool: Vintage Snapshots of Men’s Hair Through the Ages

A gallery of men's hair styles and misdemeanours from Robert E. Jackson's amazing photograph collection ...

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Early Colour Photographs of New York 1900-1930

The following selection of colour images of New York between 1900-30 include Autochromes, hand-painted images, and postcards. ...

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Takeuchi Seihō’s Twelve Signs of the Zodiac – 1905

Takeuchi Seihō’s album of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (栖鳳画伯筆十二支帖), 1905-06, is a woodblock ...

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The Beggarstaffs Created Posters Too Avant-Garde For Victorian London

Celebrating the daring poster art of artists William Nicholson and James Pryde ...

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Arnold Genthe’s Cats : Women Posing With ‘Buzzer’ From A Century Ago

It is told that at the age of four, when I was taken by the nurse to look at my newly arrived brother Hugo, I seriously remarked, ‘I’d like a little kitten better. ...

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Babes of the Empire A-Z : An Alphabet for Young England – 1902

A book from Peak Empire, when England ruled and the conquered were grateful for it ...

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Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

These portrait photographs of Russia's ruling Romanovs were taken in 1903 at the Winter ...

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Gustave Gain’s Color Autochromes Bring The Past To Life

In the early 20th Century, French photographer Gustave Gain (1876-1945) took pictures of his ...

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