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The Girl In The Cosmo Painting – A 1950s New York City Love Story

The Girl In The Cosmo Painting – A 1950s New York City Love Story

Nancy Tompkins transports us to New York City on the 1950s in the company of her mother's debut in Cosmopolitan magazine ...
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A Westerners Photographs Of China – 1982

A Westerners Photographs Of China – 1982

Simon Nowicki was in China just six years after Chairman Mao died. His photographs transport us to another time ...
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Snapshots From A School Trip To The Inner German Border in 1972

Snapshots From A School Trip To The Inner German Border in 1972

"In my mind, they were like prisoners. I remember that I was fascinated by the signs saying 'Achtung!' and the guards who were patrolling" ...
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My Dad and Our Lexikon 80 Typewriter : The  British Olivetti Factory in Glasgow 1957

My Dad and Our Lexikon 80 Typewriter : The British Olivetti Factory in Glasgow 1957

John J Brady's late father worked at the Olivetti typewriter factory in Glasgow. These photos and John's Lexikon 80 take us back there ...
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Shopping  at Glasgow’s The Barras Market In 1975

Shopping at Glasgow’s The Barras Market In 1975

John J Brady worked weekends at Glasgow's The Barras market. He took these photograph in 1975 ...
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Tenement Kids And The City – Glasgow In 1975

Tenement Kids And The City – Glasgow In 1975

"All of these photos were taken on a weekend return from art college to visit my parents in the east end of Glasgow in 1975" - John J Brady ...
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My 1980s Life : A Florida Teenager’s Photos

My 1980s Life : A Florida Teenager’s Photos

In the 1980s I moved from Ossining, New York, to a school in Tampa, Florida. This was me... ...
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Women At The British Nylon Spinners Factory (1964)

Women At The British Nylon Spinners Factory (1964)

"It takes a special eye to make arduous industrial processes and perilous manual labour seem sexy, epic and mysterious" - Tim Teeman on Maurice Broomfield ...
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Florence Ilott Races Big Ben (1934)

Florence Ilott Races Big Ben (1934)

I want to tell you about a remarkable woman that you almost certainly haven't heard of... ...
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Ed and Kath’s Wedding Day in Bermondsey (1953)

Ed and Kath’s Wedding Day in Bermondsey (1953)

A reader sent us these great photos of her dad on his wedding day... ...
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A Brilliant Rejection Letter From Gregory Peck

A Brilliant Rejection Letter From Gregory Peck

"Thank you for sending your script to me. There is a lot of very good writing in it, but playing a senior citizen in a nursing home is not for me. Don't want to do it. Too vain." ...
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My Great-Uncle’s Extraordinary World War 1 Scrapbook

My Great-Uncle’s Extraordinary World War 1 Scrapbook

A reader shares his ancestor's poetry and views on the Great War ...
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