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Java Nostalgia: Remembrances Before the ‘Coffee Culture’ Boom

It’s early morning 1982 and you’re visiting your neighbors, and they offer you a cup of coffee. You know exactly what you’re going to get – it’s going to be a watery mug of Maxwell House or Folgers. End of story. ...

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Children in ‘The Troubles’: Northern Ireland 1969-1981

For many, Northern Ireland during 'the Troubles' was a place synonymous with murder, bombs, hit-squads, vicious bastards, shootings, victims of liberal bigots, prison and intimidation. ...

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30 Album Covers Featuring Those Frightening Clowns

Wherever there’s a clown, you’ll find a child crying. What possesses adults to think children love clowns? ...

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Charlie Brown, Lucy, and the Peanuts Gang Sell Ford Falcons in the Early 60s

A Charlie Brown Christmas was not Charlie Brown and company’s first appearance on television. Before they piously extolled the simple virtues of Christmas, the gang sold cars for Ford. ...

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TV on the Brink: The Disastrous Mid-Season of 1979

From January through May of 1979, all three major networks (NBC, CBS, ABC) premiered an unprecedented 36 new series. The reason? NBC, a network that was in an absolute free-fall, had hired Fred Silverman. ...

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Historic Photos of Richard Nixon During his Last Two Days in Office

“Our Constitution works. Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here the people rule.” - Gerald Ford ...

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Pictures of a Run-down Bristol in the 1970s

In the post-war years, far more destruction was done, far more unforgivably, to the fabric of cities, such as Bristol, by their own officials than was ever inflicted by the Luftwaffe. ...

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The Fantastic and Troubled History of the Video Phone

Being able to see the person on a call is something we now take totally for granted. However, once upon a time, the idea of a “video phone” was pure science fiction. ...

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Classic Celebrity Beach Photos: Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Paul Newman, The Rolling Stones & More

Celebrity beach scenes have taken many forms over the years, from the wickedly salacious to the silly to the tawdry to the tabloid. ...

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Ashtrays Everywhere: A Look at Tobacco’s Ubiquity in the 1960s-1980s

People who don’t remember (or weren’t alive) in the sixties and seventies can’t comprehend how ubiquitous cigarettes were. ...

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Pictures of Liverpool in 1969

In 1969 Bernd Loos travelled to Liverpool to visit some friends. It was only a short trip but he took these wonderful photographs of a city long gone. ...

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Glorious Pictures of the Scandalous Chelsea Arts Club Ball: (1908-1958)

How good a do was the Chelsea Arts Club Ball? Answer: very. The London ball was a highlight of the social calendar, a New Year’s Eve fancy dress extravaganza. ...

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