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The colonial past of the East: How India looked like at the end of the the 19th centure

The colonial past of the East: How India looked like at the end of the the 19th centure

Snake charmers, India, 1889 India, at the end of the 19th century, was dependent relations with the British Empire and the East India Company, a joint-stock company, formed in 1617 by Britain and England to pursue trades specifically with East India. India then, even now, in most of its cities, is known to be nation of extreme poverty, lack of sanitation, high mortality, colonial exploitation,…

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I figured since it’s Star Wars week, I might as well post some good oldies of some of the most famous behind the scene shots, as well as off-screen shots. Enjoy!

  I figured since it's Star Wars week, I might as well post some good oldies of some of the most famous behind the scene shots, as well as off-screen shots. Enjoy!

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Chine in the past 200 years

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Elvis and Priscilla's Wedding May 1, 1967

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Old Christmas Ads

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Children rush into a candy store following the end of "sweets rationing" in 1953

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Frozen Niagara Falls, April 1909

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Some of these photos show the street in it’s glory days in the late Sixties, including the polka dotted Mens boutique Lord John. Other places snapped around London include Portobello Road, Piccadilly Circus and some early hippies hanging out in Trafalgar Square.

Photographs of life in London in the 60's Some of these photos show the street in it's glory days in the late Sixties, including the polka dotted Mens boutique Lord John. 

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Ray Charles

John Travolta

The Jackson Five

Kiss

John Travolta

Mick Jagger

Steve Jobs

Aerosmith

Blondie

The Rolling Stones

Kiss

Steve Jobs

Dennis Hopper

Gregg Allman & Cher

Frank Zappa

Candid portraits of celebrities

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Black & White photographs of life in India in the 70’s

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New York 1936 - 1951

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London during the general strike of 1926

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An ice cream vendor wearing waders sells Bailey’s ice cream to two women bathing in the sea at Brighton. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 7th August 1939

A little boy waves his bucket and spade at the waves as he watches the sea on the beach at Clacton-on-Sea. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). August 1927

Three young girls enjoy one of the first rides of the donkey season on the beach at Ramsgate, England. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 7th April 1934

A couple relax in their deckchairs on the beach at Great Yarmouth. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 1st August 1913

A couple on holiday in Le Touquet, France. (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Getty Images). 1947

Girls on a beach in Japan. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). Circa 1925

Two bathers enjoy a cigarette on the beach at Lowestoft. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 2nd July 1926

A man rolls up the legs of his suit, paddles into the water to turn his back on the world and stare out to sea. (Photo by Vagn Hansen/BIPs/Getty Images). 1955

British holiday-makers creating their own enjoyment on the beach, by leaping over strands of seaweed. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1935

Two holidaymakers enjoying a donkey ride on the beach at Blackpool, circa 1950. Blackpool Tower is in the background. (Photo by John Chillingworth/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Two women changing discreetly on a beach in “Skreenette” bathing tents. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 12th April 1929

Bashful bathers take to the waters at Southend-on-Sea, Essex. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). August 1919

Newly weds, honeymooning in Jersey, kiss on the beach. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images). 25th April 1953

Marianne Brauns jumping a breakwater on the beach, wearing a structured blue swimsuit with white trim. (Photo by Carl Sutton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1950

Two holidaymakers enjoying a donkey ride on the beach at Blackpool, circa 1950. Blackpool Tower is in the background. (Photo by John Chillingworth/Picture Post/Getty Images)

French visitor Michele Karsteus (left) paddles with some older holidaymakers at the water’s edge. (Photo by George Douglas/Picture Post/Getty Images). 25th August 1951

Wearing coats and berets against the chill of an English summer three children have brought their buckets and spades to the beach at Whitby in Yorkshire. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). June 1930

A young child with his dog on the beach at Lowestoft. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 2nd July 1926

Dr. Barnardo’s boys doing handstands on the beach at a holiday camp in Kent. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 1st September 1936

Bathing beauties cluster round a fisherman as he regales them with his fishy tales. (Photo by Arthur Tanner/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 15th April 1939

A Look Back at Summer on The Beach

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Four Union Soldiers Atop Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

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A man hanging around in what appears to be a NYPD Aerial Police uniform, c.1930s

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Marilyn Monroe & Laurence Olivier at a Press Conference at the Plaza Hotel, 1956

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Rare Color Photos of People of the Russian Empire, ca. 1910s