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The Revolution Has Been Digitized: Explore the Oldest Archive of Radical Posters
The oldest public collection of radical history completed a digital archive of over 2,000 posters.
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Roll Over Volvo, Classic Americana Rolls into Sweden
Thousands of classic American cars from Mustangs to Corvettes and Cadillacs have rolled into a lakeside town in Sweden for three days of bumper-to-bumper cruising, rockabilly nostalgia and some serious beer drinking
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Audrey Hepburn: An icon who knew the horrors of war
A new exhibition reveals rarely seen images of Audrey Hepburn. BBC Culture traces how the Belgian-born actress survived near-starvation to captivate the world.
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A J.W. Fiske antique cast-iron aquarium restoration
Actual footage of the functioning aquarium starts around the 3:00 mark.
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10 vintage computer reviews from the dawn of technology
Before the slick Apple ads, we had these vintage ads, as seen in Byte Magazine between 1975 and 1986.
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The Magazine Rack
Free texts download & streaming internet archive. The Magazine Rack is a collection of digitized magazines and monthly publications. 83 collections, 32,777 texts, and 272 audio files available to view or download.
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Circulation Zero: Punk Zine Archive
Circulation Zero is an experiment, my attempt to "give back" by parlaying the preservation of some beloved punk publications into a greater good. My hope is that the original creators will not only enjoy seeing their work resuscitated but will also appreciate the fact that their work is helping generate donations to worthy causes.
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A 1930's Map of Well Known Salt Water Game Fish of North America
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Germans Posing with Polar Bears in Vintage Photos
Try not to crack a smile at the sight of a polar bear crashing human picnics, photo-bombing social soirées, and seemingly just trying to fit in. That’s the challenge when perusing TeddyBär, a new photo book featuring dozens of bizarre photographs taken in Germany between the 1920s and ’60s featuring improbable cameos by a man in a bear costume and collected by French editor Jean-Marie Donat.
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NSFW Five Photographs by Ellen Auerbach
From “Ellen Auerbach: Classic Works and Collaborations,” an exhibition at Robert Mann Gallery through August 14. Auerbach, who died in 2004, worked in Berlin in the time of the Weimar Republic; she’s remembered for her work with ringl + pit, an advertising studio she started with her friend Grete Stern.
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The Ault & Wiborg Poster Album
Ault and Wiborg's Art Nouveau lithographic poster ads. Color lithography was rapidly replacing letterpress in popular graphics and in a classic case of “at the right place at the right time” demand for Ault & Wiborg’s coal tar-based inks rose almost geometrically.
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A Thrift Store Find Yields an Astronomical Mystery
A good mystery is often where you find it. Photographer Meagan Abell recently made a discovery during a thrift store expedition that not only set the internet abuzz, but also contains an interesting astronomical dimension as well... By David Dickinson.
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Write the Stories of Thousands of Found Polaroids
In the 1970s and ’80s the Polaroid instant camera quickly captured family moments and delivered the images on the spot. Canadian artist Kyler Zeleny has over 6,000 of these in his Found Polaroids project, which is asking the public to create new narratives for the images with flash fiction, and to help track down the true stories behind the lost photographs.
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Vintage Air Travel – Swanky Examples of How We Used to Fly from the Mid-1950s to 1970s
Air travel wasn't always such an unpleasant chore. Here's a gallery of photographs that will make you long for the earlier days of flying.
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Vintage Showgirl Costumes
Vintage Burlesque, Hollywood Cinema and more.
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Crow Hollow
(1952)
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Halloween Pinups Of The 1940s
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Art Deco Tourism Posters From 1930s Soviet Union
After the Russian Revolution, the rest of the world had some reservations about traveling to the newly communist nation. To remedy the situation, Josef Stalin created Intourist, the official travel agency of the Soviet Union, in 1929.
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Baby, You Can Drive My Car
This fine specimen, "A Run For Your Money: How to get the most out of your automobile"—is a tour de force of comic eloquence.
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Vintage Photos Show Just How Much NYC Has Changed
In less than a century, New York City has transformed from a humble melting pot to a towering metropolis at the center of the world. These incredible photographs showcase how it came to be.
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