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vintage photography
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11 Never Before Seen Pictures Of The Titanic
Culture Buzz These photos, taken by Father Browne SJ show a glimpse of what things were like before the ship went down.
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Link: 14 Photos Of NYC In 1966
http://gothamist.com/2012/03/21/photos_from_1966_nyc_aka_...
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The upcoming 5th season of Mad Men (which starts this Sunday!) will take place in 1966. What was going on in the Big Apple as the 60s started to wind to a close?
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Vintage Burlesque Photos From The 1890s
Culture Buzz Vintage photos by Charles H. McCaghy, a professor emeritus at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Has society's definition of beauty changed in 120 years? I don't know, but look at those gorgeous ankles!
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25 Vintage Cats And Dogs Dressed As People
Apparently there was a guy named Harry Whittier Frees that would take horrifyingly cute picture of animals dressed up as people for children's books. These were the original cat memes before the internet even existed.
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Historic Photographs Of "White" Slaves
In 1863 and 1864, eight former slaves toured the northern states to raise money for impoverished African-American schools in New Orleans; four children with mixed-race ancestry and pale complexions were deliberately included to evoke sympathy from white northerners. Photographs of Charles Taylor, Rebecca Huger, Rosina Downs, and Augusta Broujey were mass-produced and sold as part of the campaign.
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20 Vintage Rock Star Photos
Celebrity Buzz Imagine being famous in a world before cell phones and digital camers.
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World's First Aircraft Carrier
Culture Buzz In 1910, the USS Pennsylvania nailed some questionable quality wooden planks together to form the first water based air strip. Pilot Eugene Ely was selected as the lucky man to test it out.
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Link: 16 Real Old-Timey Photographs That Will Give You Nightmares
http://www.cracked.com/article_19512_16-real-old-timey-ph...
Some of what passed for everyday life 75 or 100 years ago would send you running screaming in the other direction today. And when those scenes are captured on grainy old-school film, you get the stuff of nightmares.
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Sky High Parking Garage
Tech Buzz This is actually brilliant. Why this mode of compact parking never took off is beyond me.
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Faith During The WWII Blitz
Culture Buzz Beautiful juxtaposition. Even if you aren't particularly religious, the commitment is commendable.
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World's Strongest Twelve Year Old?
Science Buzz Suddenly being able to do three dead weight pull-ups doesn't seem like such an achievement.
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Vintage Roadside PSAs
Culture Buzz Remember kids, seat belts haven't been invented yet. And neither have federally enforce drunk-driving laws. Thanks to FYeah Vintage Retro for the images!
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Image: Time Traveler Texts From 1911
“things r good. photobombing some loserz. lulz.” First the Charlie Chaplin time traveler and now this? I feel like I am using the wrong travel agent. (via howtobearetronaut.com)
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20 Badass Photos Of Vintage Planes
Culture Buzz The San Diego Air & Space Museum just dumped over 100,000 photos into an account on Flickr. For the full gallery, go here.
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Adorable Vintage Photographs of Gay Couples
Culture Buzz These vintage photos warm my heart! Follow “F Yeah, Gay Vintage” on Tumblr for more gay everyday.
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Image: Shel and Jez: 1922
This photo is from June of 1922 and all that was written on it was “Shelly & Jezebel.” We can only assume that Shelly was the cat and Jezebel was the turtle.
