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New York’s Greatest Man Catcher: Dead Shot Mary Shanley

New York’s Greatest Man Catcher: Dead Shot Mary Shanley

In 1934, the New York Police Department finally let women officers carry guns. The first female ...
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Women Of The Guomindang: A Diplomat’s 1940s Portraits Of China

Women Of The Guomindang: A Diplomat’s 1940s Portraits Of China

Fu Bingchang (1895-1965) was a diplomat and Nationalist politician, as well as an accomplished portrait and ...
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Hit! The Service Man’s Gazette (June 1944)

Hit! The Service Man’s Gazette (June 1944)

June 1944 was the month of D-Day, where 160,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel to ...
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Prostitutes And Madams: Mugshots From When Montreal Was Vice Central

Prostitutes And Madams: Mugshots From When Montreal Was Vice Central

Montreal, Canada, 1949. Le Devoir publishes a series of articles decrying lax policing and the spread ...
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The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

"I get a thrill when they’re kneeling there, between my knees and they’re looking up at me. And I want them to call me Mr Hill, not Benny. ‘Is that all right for you, Mr Hill?’ That’s lovely, that is, I really like that,” I asked him why and he said, “Well, it’s respectful...”’ - Benny Hill ...
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100 Years of Amazing Piccadilly Circus Photos

100 Years of Amazing Piccadilly Circus Photos

Piccadilly Circus is one of the world's most famous road junctions and known for it's ...
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Paperback Adultresses: Wives Behaving Badly in Pulp Fiction

Paperback Adultresses: Wives Behaving Badly in Pulp Fiction

  Let's face it - if you're going to write a piece of erotic pulp ...
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Eyeful Magazine – April 1949

Eyeful Magazine – April 1949

  Eyeful was a men's magazine that aimed to "glorify the American girl".  It was ...
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“Consummate Actress, Hampered by Beauty” – Glorious Photos of Vivien Leigh

“Consummate Actress, Hampered by Beauty” – Glorious Photos of Vivien Leigh

"People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can’t possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a great handicap, if you really want to look like the part you’re playing, which isn’t necessarily like you." ...
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Cigarettes from Santa: Vintage Tobacco Christmas Advertising

Cigarettes from Santa: Vintage Tobacco Christmas Advertising

Ho-Ho-(cough)-Ho!  Merry-(cough)-Christmas!  Once upon a time, cigarettes were a Christmas present favorite - the gift ...
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LAFF Magazine – October 1945

LAFF Magazine – October 1945

It's October 1945, Japan has just surrendered and, months before that, the Axis powers were ...
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Camera Comics: A Short-Lived Rarity From The 1940s

Camera Comics: A Short-Lived Rarity From The 1940s

A true comics rarity, only nine issues of Camera Comics were ever published by U. ...
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