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1640 First Edition of Shakespeare’s Collected Poems
Printed in London, this first edition of Shakespeare’s Collected Poems is an invaluable document (yet so …) in the history of English literature, and literature as a whole. Listed by “Heritage” for...
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Harrison Fisher : The artist of American fashion in the early twentieth century
Harrison Fisher. A man from a time when the photo had not yet replaced the pencil. And who introduced the fashion of his time, drawing American women and their toilets. It is the artist of many covers...
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Object from the past #3 : Graflex Speed Graphic 1940
It was while reading an old LIFE magazine from 1940 that I found this old advertisement for the Graflex Speed Graphic. The Speed Graphic Was The dominant Portable professional camera from the 1930’s...
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Vintage sexy magazines : your grand fathers were not wiser than you …
Because men have always been men … Here is a selection of sexy vintage magazines. From the 20s to 50s. A time when men loved women who had a little more than skin and bones, and when dark skin were not...
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1902 – Jobs for women of the future.
What look like the jobs of the future for women in 1902? A series of postcards published by printing A. Bergeret in Nice,France, attempts an answer. Today, in fact, most of these jobs have either...
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A handwritten letter from Albert Einstein to philosopher Erik Gutkind soon be...
A handwritten letter from Albert Einstein to philosopher Erik Gutkind soon be sold on Ebay. In this letter, the famous mustache (already in our encyclopedia) expresses his views about the existence of...
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(french) | Le Macaroni, nostalgique d’une aristocratie insolente.
Un siècle avant le Dandysme, est né dans l’Angleterre du XVIII eme siècle un mouvement précurseur : Les Macaronis. Comme bien des émergences de mode à travers l’histoire, c’est dans la contestation des...
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The Duffel-Coat – A Belgian Pride
Yes, you’ve readed well the title : A Belgian Pride !!!! Perhaps our British Friends won’t be happy to read it but the Duffle Coat wasn’t invented in England but in Belgium ! The Duffel Coat was...
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The Varsity Jacket
The Varsity Jacket is a jacket traditionally worn by high school and college students in the United States to represent school and team pride as well as to display personal awards earned in athletics,...
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Baracuta : Blue Label designed by Kenichi Kusano
Baracuta was founded near Manchester in 1937 by brothers John and Isaac Miller. The created a short jacket named the G9 (also called the Harrington Jacket). The G9 became very popular due to stars...
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