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The Subversive, Queer and Iconic Covers to Films & Filming Magazine 1970-81 (NSFW)

The Subversive, Queer and Iconic Covers to Films & Filming Magazine 1970-81 (NSFW)

Robin Bean described Films and Filming as a magazine for "gay men in the closet" who could ogle semi-naked stars on public transport without anyone thinking they were queer. ...
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When Charlie Chaplin Came 20th In A Charlie Chaplin Look-alike Contest

When Charlie Chaplin Came 20th In A Charlie Chaplin Look-alike Contest

When Charlie Chaplin entered in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest in 1920, he should have polled pretty high. ...
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George Silas Duntley : Photographs Of Chicago and Bushnell, Illinois 1899-1918

George Silas Duntley : Photographs Of Chicago and Bushnell, Illinois 1899-1918

A trained surgeon who removed his own tonsils, Duntley worked as an eye surgeon in poor rural areas and was often paid in chickens. ...
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Pre-Revolution Iranian Movie Posters – Bouffants, Bandits and Bikinis

Pre-Revolution Iranian Movie Posters – Bouffants, Bandits and Bikinis

The Hamid Naficy Iranian Movie Posters Collection at Northwestern University features films produced between 1966 ...
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There’s A Light That Never Goes Out: Ken Russell’s ‘Savage Messiah’

There’s A Light That Never Goes Out: Ken Russell’s ‘Savage Messiah’

In 1971, Russell directed three of his most successful films: The Music Lovers, The Devils and The Boyfriend. He was now rich and successful enough to pay back the debt he felt he owed to Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and Sophie Brzeska. ...
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Bring Me the Head of Louis Raemaekers – The Art of War

Bring Me the Head of Louis Raemaekers – The Art of War

The Dutch artist whose biting cartoons forced people and countries to act ...
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The Occult Art of Austin Osman Spare: Child Prodigy, Anti-Nazi, and “Possibly the Greatest English Magician of the Twentieth Century”

The Occult Art of Austin Osman Spare: Child Prodigy, Anti-Nazi, and “Possibly the Greatest English Magician of the Twentieth Century”

The Observer remarked: “Mr. Spare’s art is abnormal, unhealthy, wildly fantastic and unintelligible - high praise indeed ...
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The Cassette Tape Story: Lou Ottens, Keith Richards’ Art And Sony Walkman Mix Tapes

The Cassette Tape Story: Lou Ottens, Keith Richards’ Art And Sony Walkman Mix Tapes

Remembering engineer Lou Ottens who led the team at Philips that invested the brilliant cassette tape ...
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The Enduring Beauty of Victorian Scraps

The Enduring Beauty of Victorian Scraps

Original Victorian scraps cost pennies to buy but can now make hundreds at auction. ...
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Photographs of Cheap Motels in 1970s America

Photographs of Cheap Motels in 1970s America

Mike Mandel's photographs of "economy" motels in 1970s America ...
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Life Amidst the Ruins: Beirut During and After the 1975-1990 Lebanese Civil War

Life Amidst the Ruins: Beirut During and After the 1975-1990 Lebanese Civil War

Just as its warring factions had a host of competing, even contradictory, agendas, those who remember the Lebanese conflict today are also subject to their ideological blind spots. ...
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Gorgeous Art Deco Streamline Vans Made at Holland Coachcraft of Govan, Glasgow

Gorgeous Art Deco Streamline Vans Made at Holland Coachcraft of Govan, Glasgow

In the 1930s a factory in Scotland produced the most beautiful laundry vans ...
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