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The story behind Princess Diana and John Travolta’s iconic dance, 1985

April 5, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this sitePrincess Diana visited the United States in early November 1985 with her husband Prince Charles. The royal couple […]

Street life of Victorian London in rare historical photographs, 1873-1877

January 25, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese rare historical photographs were taken from 1873 to 1877 and are part of Street Life in London, […]

Mugshots of child criminals of Edwardian Britain, 1900-1910

January 20, 2021 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese mugshots of Edwardian Britain depict minors arrested for petty crimes and are part of a wide photographic […]

Belfast in amazing rare color photographs, 1955

December 22, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese amazing color photos of Belfast capture the shipyards, the lively streets, the everyday life, the fashion, and […]

Alice Liddell: The real Alice in Wonderland, 1858-1872

July 13, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteAlice Liddell was the middle daughter of Henry George Liddell, Dean of Christ Church at Oxford. Alice, along […]

The Belgian refugees in Britain: A warm reception that turned to resentment, 1914-1918

June 12, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe outbreak of war in 1914 left many Belgians homeless and penniless. Germany invaded Belgium on its way […]

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Test pilot George Aird ejected from his Lightning F1 aircraft, 1962

May 22, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis is the story behind the famous picture of the test pilot George Aird ejected from his Lightning […]

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Robert Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole, 1910-1913

May 5, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1910, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott led a privately funded expedition to become the first people to […]

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When Queen Elizabeth was a truck mechanic, 1945

April 1, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteAt the outbreak of World War II in 1939, many close to the British royal family wanted the […]

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London street style during Edwardian era, 1905-1908

March 21, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteEdwardian fashion refers to the clothing that was in style between the late 1890s and 1914 or the […]

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The visual history of Beatlemania in rare pictures, 1964

February 25, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1964, the Beatles achieved an unprecedented level of success both in their home country of Britain and […]

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Knockers-up: Waking up the workers in industrial Britain, 1900-1941

January 1, 2020 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe knocker-upper profession started during and lasted well into the Industrial Revolution, when alarm clocks were neither cheap […]

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Creating Concorde, the first supersonic passenger jet, 1964-1969

November 18, 2019 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Anglo-French Concorde was co-developed by BAC, a forerunner of BAE Systems, and Aerospatiale, now a part of […]

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The Miracle of Dunkirk in rare pictures, 1940

August 6, 2019 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteDunkirk was the largest of the multiple evacuations of British, French and Belgian troops from Northern France following […]

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When London parks used sheep as natural lawnmowers, 1926-1938

July 26, 2019 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1920s and 1930s, sheep were routinely introduced into London parks to keep the grass under control […]

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When the British military industry was dominated by women, 1914-1918

April 3, 2018 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War One, large numbers of women were recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone […]

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The rise and fall of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1928-1983

March 20, 2018 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1920, a group of revolutionary socialists attended a meeting at the Cannon Street Hotel in London. The […]

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Rare pictures of London in Dufaycolor, 1943-1945

December 23, 2017 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis collection of rare photographs of London, spanning from the dark days of the Blitz to the triumphant […]

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The weekly food ration for two people, UK, 1943

October 10, 2017 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteAround 1939, when World War II began, the United Kingdom imported two-thirds of its food, all of which […]

26 Rare Color Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Edinburgh in 1949

September 28, 2017 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteEdinburgh is the capital and the second most populous city of Scotland, also the seventh most populous in […]

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