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“I’ve Gotta Horse” – the Life of the Glorious Prince Monolulu

“I’ve Gotta Horse” – the Life of the Glorious Prince Monolulu

Monolulu usually wore an ostentatious head-dress of ostrich feathers, a multi-coloured cloak and a huge scarf wrapped around his waist. Of course anybody who was considered remotely amusing in those days had to have a catch-phrase and Monolulu’s, heard by everyone at Petticoat Lane and race-courses around the country, was: “I Gotta Horse, I Gotta Horse’. ...
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Be My Valentine: Vintage Snapshots Of Love On The Cards

Be My Valentine: Vintage Snapshots Of Love On The Cards

‘Really the post is about the heart motif in photos as much as it is about Valentine’s Day,’ writes Robert E. Jackson. The message on these pictures says “I love you”. That’s what hearts mean, don’t they. They say ‘my heart is yours’, and because we feel with our hearts, giving them to another is profound and true. Receiving a heart motif must be good news for any one of us. But you never know. Giving your heart is a gamble. ...
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The TWA Lounge at JFK – Nick DeWolf’s Photographs of a 1960s Design Great

The TWA Lounge at JFK – Nick DeWolf’s Photographs of a 1960s Design Great

"It was just me. Period. No mission. No credentials. Just a passport" - Nick DeWolf ...
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Terrifying Illustrations As God’s Creatures Exact Revenge In The Tribulations of Tommy Tiptop

Terrifying Illustrations As God’s Creatures Exact Revenge In The Tribulations of Tommy Tiptop

Tommy Titop is, to quote Stephen Ellcock, a ‘little thug who drowns kittens, pesters puppies and decimates the lesser creation; he gets his comeuppance in a series of dreams in which the roles of tormentor and tormented are reversed as in The World Upside Down.’ Tommy is the star or The Tribulations of Tommy Tiptop, Published by Myra & Son, London, 1893. ...
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Linda McCartney, and her Photographs of Paul, The Beatles and Other Artists

Linda McCartney, and her Photographs of Paul, The Beatles and Other Artists

These pictures are mostly from 'Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs', a rich, evocative low-key look at the human side of the celebrities we are set up revere – to watch but not always to see. ...
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Photos of Southington, Connecticut in 1942 by Charles Fenno Jacobs

Photos of Southington, Connecticut in 1942 by Charles Fenno Jacobs

In May 1942, during World War 2, the town of Southington in Connecticut was selected by the US War Department to be featured in a defence pamphlet called 'Southington, CT—Microcosm of America'. Thousands of copies were dropped from military airplanes over Europe during the Nazi German Occupation. ...
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Ken Adam and his Fantastic ‘You Only Live Twice’ Set

Ken Adam and his Fantastic ‘You Only Live Twice’ Set

About halfway through the Bond films, they were actually constructing the scripts around Ken Adam's sets. He is as much an author of those films as anybody. ...
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New York in Kodachrome (1966-1967)

New York in Kodachrome (1966-1967)

Tod Papageorge’s Kodachrome photographs of New York City were taken in 1966 and 1967 ...
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The Mudd Club: The Doorman At New York’s Most Jaw-Dropping Venue Finally Lets You In

The Mudd Club: The Doorman At New York’s Most Jaw-Dropping Venue Finally Lets You In

"If you’ve been standing here for more than ten minutes you’re not coming in” - Richard Boch ...
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Goethe : Illustrating The Abstract Psychology of Color and Emotion

Goethe : Illustrating The Abstract Psychology of Color and Emotion

"Colors are light’s suffering and joy" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...
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A Slave’s Letter: Jordan Anderson’s Exquisite Reply to His Former Owner

A Slave’s Letter: Jordan Anderson’s Exquisite Reply to His Former Owner

  On August 7, 1865 Jordan Anderson (aka Jourdan Anderson and Jordon Anderson) wrote to Colonel ...
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Letters From The Tricentennial: The USA In 2076

Letters From The Tricentennial: The USA In 2076

"Machines will take over, modern man will become a living blobb. California will not be on the map and the weather will change through out the world" ...
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