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New York’s Hip-Hop Scene from the 1980s

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As a teenage photographer in early 80s East Flatbush, Brooklyn, Jamel Shabazz set out to document the then nascent movement of hip-hop. Through the iconic style of his MCs, neighborhood kids and gang members, the unequivocal attitude of New York’s youth was recognized as the calling card of the city’s creative renaissance.











(via V Magazine)

19 Photos That Will Take You Back to the 1980s

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The '80s was a decade where big hair, big parties and the brat pack ruled Hollywood. Tom Cruise hadn't even heard of scientology, Julia Roberts still wore her hair curly and Meryl Streep rode the New York City subway. Here, 19 photos below will take you back to the 1980s, via The Huffington Post.

Cyndi Lauper performing in St. Paul, Minn., in 1984.

Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray in 1985.

Julia Roberts and her mother in July 1989.

Madonna at the 1985 Live Aid concert.

New Kids on the Block in 1989.

Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise and Emilio Estevez at the premiere of "In The Custody of Strangers" in 1982.

Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks at their wedding in 1988.

Winona Ryder at the premiere of "Great Balls of Fire" in 1989.

Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson on Jan. 1, 1990.

Corey Haim and Corey Feldman in 1989.

David Hasselhoff in a tuxedo on a beach with his dog in 1984.

Bon Jovi performing at Farm Aid 1985.

Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jessica Lange in 1982.

John Stamos and Mary Kate or Ashley Olsen in a 1989 promo shot for "Full House."

Charlie Sheen and Kelly Preston in 1989.

Kirstie Alley in 1984.

Meryl Streep riding the New York City subway in August 1981.

Spike Lee and Flavor Flav in September 1988.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey, Jr. at a Michael Dukakis Benefit Cocktail Party in 1988.

Striking and Surreptitious Photos Capture Street Scenes of Pennsylvania in the 1970s

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Mark Cohen is an American photographer best known for his innovative close-up street photography. For years, on the streets of his home city, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and surrounding working-class towns, Cohen shot quickly and assertively. He held his flash in one hand and his camera in the other and shot extremely close to his subjects, frequently focusing on a single body part or article of clothing. He never looked through his viewfinder to compose the frame.

“If you’re very close to people and someone takes a swing at you, you don’t want to have your head behind a viewfinder because you can’t be aware of the situation,” he said.

People on Porch, 65, 63, 1977

Three Boys Posing, 1975

Girl with Bat and Ball, 1977

Woman with Red Lips Smoking, 1975

Woman by Steps with Bag, 1974

Boy with Chain

Man in Red Shirt in Car with Baby, 1977

Woman in Scarf, 1975

ine Street School, Hazelton, 1977

Two Boys and Open Car, 1977

Improvised Beach, 1975

Inner Tube and Toys on Porch, 1977

Legs and Boy in Pool, 1977

Young Limbs, 1981

Boy in Yellow Shirt Smoking, 1977

Flashed Boy in Blue Jacket With Six Shooter, 1974

Girl and Man at Road, 1975

Girl Holding Blackberries, 1975

One Red Glove, 1975


Small Hand by Yellow Shirt, 1975

Karate Stance, 1977

Family Walking, 1977

Haunting Black-and-White Photos of the London Fog

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London was covered in “fog” at the beginning of the 20th century, culminating in the Great Smog in 1952. Here are 26 haunting black-and-white photos of the London fog.

1 July 1907: St Pancras Railway Station. (Topical Press Agency / Getty Images)

1 October 1919: An iceman delivers in the fog. (Topical Press Agency / Getty Images)

1 November 1922: Ludgate Circus. (Topical Press Agency / Getty Images)

1 November 1927: Trafalgar Square, in the daytime. (Fox Photos / Getty Images)

24 January 1934: Lincoln’s Inn Fields. (Fred Morley/Fox Photos / Getty Images)

17 October 1935: Finsbury Park. (E. Dean/Topical Press Agency / Getty Images)

23 December 1935: Temple. (Arthur Tanner/Fox Photos / Getty Images)

January 1936: Central London. (Lacey/General Photographic Agency / Getty Images)

25 December 1937: Whitehall. (Fred Morley/Fox Photos / Getty Images)

25 October 1938: Hyde Park Corner. (Fox Photos / Getty Images)

25 October 1938: Regent’s Park. (William Vanderson/Keystone / Getty Images)

26 October 1938: The sun comes through at the Pool of London. (H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency / Getty Images)

January 1947: The Tower of London. (Fox Photos / Getty Images)

1 December 1948: National Gallery, Trafalgar Square. (Warburton/Topical Press Agency / Getty Images)

Circa 1950: Middle Temple, Inns of Court. (Keystone/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

1952: Fleet Street. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

5 December 1952: Blackfriars, in the morning. (Don Price/Fox Photos / Getty Images)

5 December 1952: Blackfriars, mid-morning. (Monty Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

6 December 1952: Fleet Street. (Edward Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

6 December 1952: Piccadilly Circus. (Central Press/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

9 December 1952: A bus conductor walks in front of his vehicle. (Keystone/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

14 January 1955: Westminster Bridge. (Topical Press Agency / Getty Images)

20 December 1956: Piccadilly Circus. (Stone/Fox Photos / Getty Images)

29January 1959: Liverpool St. Station. (Edward Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

5 December 1962: Regent St. (Peter King/Fox Photos / Getty Images)

Date unknown, 1962: A policeman wears a mask for protection against the smog. (Keystone / Getty Images)

Vivid Color Photographs Show Iconic Beach Culture of Miami Beach in the Late 1970s

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Throughout the 1970s, a young photographer named Andy Sweet documented the personalities of Miami in vivid color. In 1977, Sweet returned to the area after completing his studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and set out to document South Beach’s vivid old-world culture. His subjects–predominantly the quirky, stylish, eclectic elderly residents, many of them Jewish–either grew up in the Miami area or were the snow birds who flocked there and found a nest for life.

In 1982, at the age of 29, just as Sweet was beginning to make a name for himself, he was murdered in his apartment at 215 30th St. on Miami Beach.

























(via The Washington Post)

The 27 Club – 15 Famous Rockers Who Died at Age 27

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The 27 Club is one of the most famous (and creepy) things about rock music, with so many great talents having met their end at age 27.

1. Jim Morrison


Lead singer and songwriter of The Doors. After struggling with drugs and alcohol for some time, Morrison died of a presumed heart failure on July 3rd, 1971.


2. Dave Alexander


Bassist for legendary punk band the Stooges. Died of pulmonary edema (associated with alcohol) on February 10, 1975.


3. Janis Joplin


Singer/Songwriter and ’60s icon. One of the first true female superstars. Died of a heroin overdose on October 4, 1970.


4. Ron “Pigpen” McKernan


Founding member and original keyboardist of the Grateful Dead. Died of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage (again associated with alcohol) on March 8th, 1973.


5. Richey Edwards


Founding member and lyricist for the Manic Street Preachers. Disappeared and presumed dead from suicide on February 1, 1995.


6. Jimi Hendrix


Legendary guitarist and songwriter for the Jimi Hendrix Experience & Band of Gypsys. Dead from asphyxiation as a result of wine and sleeping pills on September 18, 1970.


7. Robert Johnson


Pioneering blue musician and guitarist. Most likely died from poisoning on August 16, 1938. Widely considered the first member of the ‘27 Club.’


8. Pete Ham


Keyboardist and guitarist of the British band Badfinger. Died from suicide by hanging on April 24, 1975


9. Alan Wilson


Lead singer and songwriter of Canned Heat. Died of an overdose on September 3, 1970.


10. Brian Jones


Founding member and guitarist of the Rolling Stones. Died from drowning in a pool one month after being kicked out of the band on July 3, 1969.


11. Chris Bell


Founder and songwriter of the extremely influential band Big Star. Died of a car crash on December 27, 1978.


12. Jean-Michel Basquiat


NYC based artist, friend of Andy Warhol, and founder of the band Gray. Died from a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988.


13. D. Boon


Guitarist and lead singer of the band Minutemen and extremely influential punk musician. Died as a result of injuries from a car crash on December 22, 1985.


14. Kristen Pfaff


Bassist for Hole. Died of an overdose on June 16, 1994.


15. Kurt Cobain


Singer and songwriter for Nirvana and grunge icon. Death by suicide on April 5, 1994.

(via BuzzFeed)

50 Powerful Black-and-White Photographs of Life in Post-World War II Paris

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Willy Ronis (1910 – 2009) was a French photographer, who crafted powerful black-and-white images in which he captured the rich texture of everyday working-class life in post-World War II Paris.


















































Rare Photographs of The Doors Performing at Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival in 1967


Last Known Photos of Jim Morrison in Paris on June 28, 1971

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On June 28, 1971, Jim Morrison, Pamela Courson, and their friend, Alain Ronay, took a day trip to Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, north of Paris, less than a week before Jim died on July 3. These are the last known photos of Jim...

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson at the Hôtel de l’Oise in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson at the Hôtel de l’Oise in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson at the Hôtel de l’Oise in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson at the Hôtel de l’Oise in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Alain Ronay in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Alain Ronay, Pamela Courson and Jim Morrison in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Alain Ronay, Pamela Courson and Jim Morrison in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

(via Paris Mojo)

44 Amazing Photographs That Captured Daily Life of New York City in 1983

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German photographer Thomas Hoepker takes us back to New York City in 1983 through his amazing photographs below...

The Midtown Manhattan skyline seen through a misty window.

Chinatown's Canal Street after a blizzard.

Central park during a public concert with picknickers, seen from air.

Residents sit in a vacant lot of a ruined neighborhood in East Harlem.

Crowd on St. Patricks Day during parade on Fifth Ave.

A woman listens to the radio during the St. Patricks Day Parade on Fifth Avenue.

A man walks on Fifth Aveneue with a homemade speed bike.

New York City Police at the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

The annual Russian Nobility Ball at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

An African-American family in their apartment in the Bedford Stuyuvesant section of Brooklyn.

Men dressed in costumes in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue for the Easter Parade.

A man sun bathes in the East Village.

Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan.

The Midtown Manhattan skyline seen from a Queens cemetery.

Nature reclaims some burned-out territory in the South Bronx.

Old man and boy in Lubavitcher Synagogue in Brooklyn.

Harlem, children playing in the spray of a fire hydrant on a hot summer day.

A gay couple on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village.

Andy WARHOL with groupies in Manhattan's Xenon night club. "High Voltage" is at right.

An opening party at a SoHo gallery.

A bag lady in Chelsea.

Movie extras taking time off during a film shoot on Park Avenue South

Manhattan midtown with Ciicorp Building during a lightning storm.

Party on a Chelsea rooftop with hostess Diane Brill.

A girl sunbathes on a Midtown Manhattan rooftop.

The Garment District in Manhattan along W 25th Street.

Central Park in winter.

Subway rider on Lexington Avenue Line.

A damaged window of a former dock building on Westway.

Autumn in Central Park.

New York City Police horse patrol in Central Park in winter.

A dog smokes a cigarette in Washington Square Park.

A view of the Midtown Manhattan skyline from the Woolman Ice Rink in Central Park.

A wedding party with bridesmaids on Fifth Ave in Harlem.

Public telephone on Fifth Avenue.

A driver dressed in drag is on his way to the Gay Parade in the East Village.

Street in East Harlem.

A Brooklyn school student sits with a painting of an arsonist and a father who carries the whole world on his shoulder.

A girl listens to the radio in Washington Square Park.

Man at a telephone booth on Fifth Avenue.

Lover's Lane

A view of the Manhattan skyline from the marshes near JFK Airport in Queens.

A jogger stretches at the Central Park Resevoir.

A mixed-race couple in Central Park.

(Photos © Thomas Hoepker/Magnum Photos)

Beautiful Color Photographs of Harlem in the 1970s

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Jack Garofolo (1923-2004) was a photographer for Paris Match magazine in the 1960’s and 70’s. During one trip to the United States in the summer of 1970, Garofalo captured these amazing photographs of Harlem and it’s residents, really exposing the feeling of the neighborhood. When he got back to Paris after spending 6 weeks here, the magazine placed his images on the cover of the October 1970 issue.

























(Photos: Jack Garafalo/Paris Match via Getty Images. Curation: Mashable/Retronaut)

38 Rare Color Photos of 'Smiling' Marilyn Monroe that You May Have Never Seen Before

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Here are rare color photographs of Marilyn Monroe, one of women who owned the sexiest smile.






































15 Beautiful Color Photos of Street Scenes of Cairo in the 1910s

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These hand-colored lantern slides brings to life a bygone era...

Attending a funeral in Cairo.

Here’s a wedding procession in Helwan, a city just south of Cairo.

Beggars and locals at a sidewalk cafe in the Place De L’Opera in Cairo.

Passing through Bab Zuweila, a medieval gate in Cairo, dating back to the Ottoman empire.

This is how you got around in Egypt in 1910.

The Kalaoun Mosque in Cairo, built in the early 14th century.

Laundry hanging in a Cairo street.

The entrance of Cairo’s El Akmar mosque, built in 1125!

Men walk down a street in Cairo.

A bazaar/market in Cairo.

A covered Cairo side street.

Selling soft drinks in Helwan.

Street vendors in Helwan.

People attend an Arabic folk festival.

Prostitutes at Cairo’s fish market.

(Photos: Oesterreichsches Volkshochschularchiv/Imagno / Getty Images, via BuzzFeed)

Kurt Cobain’s Handwritten “Top 50 by Nirvana”

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Titled “Top 50 by Nirvana,” it includes plenty of selections that will be familiar to the band’s fans: The Vaselines, Sonic Youth, The Raincoats, The Wipers, Leadbelly. But there are some fascinating surprises, too, from Public Enemy to Mazzy Star to Rites of Spring.

Pictures of John Lennon with Yoko in New York City Just 10 Days Before He was Shot

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In the Fall of 1980, Allan Tannenbaum had the priviledge of photographing John Lennon and Yoko Ono for the SoHo Weekly News. The photographs were taken whilte John and Yoko filming of a video to promote their new album, "Double Fantasy" in New York City on November 26, 1980. Filming began in Central Park, then moved to a gallery in SoHo for scenes where they would arrive in a white bedroom, first in street clothes and later in kimonos, strip, and make love.

Allan Tannenbaum could never imagine that just 10 days after the last photo session, that John would be killed by a crazed fan with a gun. Here are some of those last photographs.























(Photos © Allan Tannenbaum)

Backyard Bunkers of the Blitz: Pictures of How London Families Lived in Their Backyard Bomb Bunkers during WWII

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In 1938, with the outbreak of World War II on the horizon, Sir John Anderson was placed in charge of air-raid preparations in Britain. He commissioned engineers to design a cheap and simple shelter which could be distributed to the population. The result: the Anderson Shelter.

Six feet tall, 6.5 feet long, and 4.5 feet wide, the corrugated metal shelters were a snug fit for a family of six. They were buried four feet under owners' yards, their arched roofs covered with a layer of soil.

The shelters were distributed for free to poorer residents. Wealthier residents could purchase one for a small fee. According to Mashable, many chose to incorporate the shelters into their gardens, planting vegetables and flowers on top of them. Residents even held competitions for prettiest shelter.

Air raid shelters under construction at a factory in Newport, Wales. Feb. 23, 1939.

A man puzzles out how to assemble sheets of corrugated iron into an Anderson air raid shelter in his backyard, 1939.

Pig iron is piled on top of an Anderson air raid shelter to test its efficiency and strength, 1939.

Neighbors assemble Anderson shelters in their backyards, 1940.

A pet rabbit sits on top of the earth covering a family's new Anderson air raid shelter in their garden, c.1940.

A woman hangs out her laundry next to the new Anderson air raid shelter in her backyard, c.1940.

The Dallison family leave their Anderson shelter to view the wreckage caused by a nearby bomb explosion the night before, 1940.

A man fashions a blast door for his shelter out of a wooden table, 1940.

A decorated Anderson shelter, 1940.

The MacKenzie family take shelter during an air raid, 1940.

Actors are recorded for a film about Anderson shelters, 1940.

An elaborately decorated Anderson shelter, 1940.

Locals inspect an Anderson shelter next to a bomb crater. Despite the proximity of the blast, the two occupants of the shelter survived with minor bruises. Oct. 26, 1940

Tillz the hen stands outside her own hen-sized Anderson shelter. Nov. 4, 1940.

Alan and Doris Suter step down into their Anderson shelter in London, 1940.

Anderson shelters remain intact following a night of heavy bombing in east London, c.1940.

Mr. and Mrs. Murray bed down for the night in their Anderson shelter. Oct. 19, 1940.

A family celebrates Christmas in their Anderson shelter. Dec. 23, 1940.

A Christmas celebration in an Anderson shelter. Dec. 1940.

An Anderson shelter remains intact amid devastation in Croydon, c.1942.

A South London resident waters the vegetables planted on the roof of her Anderson shelter, c. 1943.

A family inspects their Anderson shelter with a 30-foot-deep bomb crater nearby, 1944.

(Images: Fox Photos/Getty Images, via Mashable)

Acquaintance Cards – These Pickup Cards from the 19th Century are Fantastic

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Long before online dating, young men in the U.S. around 1870s to 1880s would keep a few of these pickup cards in their back pocket and hand to women they found attractive. According to Alan Mays, a collector of these cards, the card was “a common means of introduction, it was never taken too seriously”.



















Wonderful Color Photographs of Switzerland from between the 1940s and 1960s

Rare and Unseen Photographs Taken from the Archives of The Beatles Book

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Throughout The Beatles' career, official magazine The Beatles Book captured their development from British pop fledglings to international megastars. Photographer Leslie Bryce travelled the world with the band and supplied shots for the 77 editions of the monthly magazine . The photographs of the Fab Four were taken from 1963 to 1968 for the magazine but they never made it into print. There were far too many pictures to print at the time. Now the best are in a book taking its title from the Beatles song I'm Looking Through You.

Looking Through You is published by Omnibus Press, £39.95.

Odeon Theatre, Hammersmith, London, December 21, 1964. George checks his equipment on the first day of rehearsals for the seasonal run which opened on December 25 and ran until January 16, 1965.

EMI Studios, London, April 14, 1966. One of the guitars John used on the ‘Paperback Writer’ session was this orange Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins Nashville model which he generously gave to his cousin David Birch the following year. The guitar, which came up for auction in 2014 but failed to reach its reserve price, was subsequently sold privately for $530,000.

Ringo up a tree, at home in Weybridge, Surrey on May 31, 1966.

The band chilling out on Greet Street in London a few days after John Lennon's birthday in October 1963.

The Beatles with stunt doubles hired to handle the trickier, more dangerous parts of their 'Ticket To Ride' ski video.

Ringo doing his thing at Wolverhampton's Gaumont Cinema, November 19, 1963.

Lennon's listening to a pre-release test pressing of the 'Twist And Shout' EP on a portable record player that travelled with the group on tour here.

George relaxing with some fan mail and a cigarette backstage before a show in Margate in July 1963.

John and Julian Lennon at home in Weybridge, 1967.

Margate, July 8-13,1963. The Beatles kill time between performances gazing at their reflections for a Leslie Bryce-arranged pose.


John and George enjoying an intimate moment over a glass of milk.





ABC TV Studios, Teddington, July 11, 1964. Paul attends to Dusty Springfield’s elaborate hair-do backstage at top-rated Saturday teatime variety show Thank Your Lucky Stars.

Scala Theatre, London, March 1964. Shooting the climactic television concert sequence for A Hard Day’s Night which included ‘Tell Me Why’, ‘If I Fell’, ‘I Should Have Known Better’ (featuring John on harmonica), ‘You Can’t Do That’ (which was cut from the finished film) and ‘She Loves You’.

Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany, June 24, 1966. With only the briefest of rehearsals in their hotel suite, it was painfully obvious to those who cared to listen that The Beatles were out-of-shape as a live band for their final world tour, evidenced by lacklustre playing, forgotten lyrics and often out-of-tune performances. Much to George’s amusement, John reminds a forgetful Paul of the opening lyric to ‘I’m Down’ at the finale of the evening Munich show.

EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London. November 3, 1965.. A panoramic view of The Beatles at work in Studio 2 during the recording of ‘Michelle’ for Rubber Soul.


(Photos © Omnibus Press)

14 Vintage Photos That Prove Victorian Women Never Cut Their Hair

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c. 1890. (Image: History of Advertising Trust/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

In the Victorian era, a Western woman's hair was considered an important part of her appearance. On both sides of the Atlantic, it marked her status and her femininity as these photos will convey...

c. 1865. (Image: Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)

c. 1870. (Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

c. 1885. (Image: London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

c. 1890. (Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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c. 1900. (Image: PYMCA/UIG/Getty Images)

c. 1865. (Image: adoc-photos/Corbis)

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c. 1900. (Image: Alinari Archives/Corbis)

c. 1914. (Image: Corbis)

c.1885 The Seven Sutherland Sisters. (Image: Mark Jay Goebel/Getty Images)

c. 1900. Rev. Fletcher Sutherland and his daughters, the Seven Sutherland Sisters.

(via Mashable/ Retronaut)
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