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23 Vintage Snapshots On The Pleasures and Terrors of Childhood

23 Vintage Snapshots On The Pleasures and Terrors of Childhood

Do you believe in ghosts? What do you see in these haunting images from yesteryear? ...
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Thirteen Fabulous BBC Year Book Covers from 1928 – 1966

Thirteen Fabulous BBC Year Book Covers from 1928 – 1966

The BBC's handbooks came out annually from 1928 to 1987 and were illustrated by the most prestigious artists of the day - often creating stimulating and daring covers. ...
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Incredible Photographs of Shipwrecks (1872 – 1997)

Incredible Photographs of Shipwrecks (1872 – 1997)

From the Gibson Archives - stunning photographs of ships wrecked on his British coasts ...
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“If I Ever Bore You, It’ll Be With a Knife” – Glorious Pictures of Louise Brooks

“If I Ever Bore You, It’ll Be With a Knife” – Glorious Pictures of Louise Brooks

“A well dressed woman, even though her purse is painfully empty, can conquer the world.” ...
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‘Narre Tod, Mein Spielgesell’ – Fool Death, My Playmate by Franz Fiedler – c. 1922

‘Narre Tod, Mein Spielgesell’ – Fool Death, My Playmate by Franz Fiedler – c. 1922

A weird and wonderful album of life's dance with sex, love and death ...
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‘I’m A Fat Boy Now’ – The Diabetes Miracle (1922)

‘I’m A Fat Boy Now’ – The Diabetes Miracle (1922)

This is known as one of medicine's most incredible moments. Imagine a room full of parents sitting at the bedside waiting for the inevitable death of their child. ...
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Wonderful Photos of Early Australian Bike Culture

Wonderful Photos of Early Australian Bike Culture

The archive of the State Library of New South Wales has curated these marvellous pictures of ...
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The Surprising Fans of Mussolini and his Trip to London in 1922

The Surprising Fans of Mussolini and his Trip to London in 1922

“One of the great statesmen of our time.” Mahatma Gandhi ...
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The Café de Paris and how the Socialite Elvira Barney Got Away with Murder

The Café de Paris and how the Socialite Elvira Barney Got Away with Murder

At the start of 1932 she ended up sharing her bed (and her not insubstantial bank account) with the drug-dealing ex-‘dress-designer’ Michael Scott Stephen, a man who was more than happy to accompany her as she ‘drifted into flagrant immorality’... ...
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Raising America : Reading Krazy Kat in the Public Domain

Raising America : Reading Krazy Kat in the Public Domain

You can now read George Herriman's (1881–1944) stupendous comic strip Krazy Kat (1913 to 1944) ...
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Live From The Moon : Brilliant Vintage Snapshots

Live From The Moon : Brilliant Vintage Snapshots

These photographs celebrate our love for the moon mankind first touched 50 years ago ...
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A Spellbinding Family Album (1917 – 1941)

A Spellbinding Family Album (1917 – 1941)

'Someone worked long and hard on this album,' writes photography collector Roz Leibowitz. 'It spans ...
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