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Here’s a Terrifying Popular Mechanics Magazine Cover from World War I

Chris Holmes
posted on June 17, 2013July 17, 2013
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From the July 1915 issue of Popular Mechanics comes this frightening magazine cover of a German soldier in World War I preparing to shoot burning

Posted in Capsules, Ephemera

A Gallery of World War II Superhero Comic Book Covers

Chris Holmes
posted on May 22, 2013May 13, 2013
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A gallery of Golden Age comic book covers showing superheroes fighting for America in World War II. Take that,

Akara 2010 Shogi (Japanese Chess) Computer

Posted in Funny Stuff, Listcruft

Computers Have Taken Our Jobs, Now They Want Our Games

Chris Holmes
posted on August 10, 2012June 12, 2013
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Some of our most cherished games are now owned by computers, so if you were thinking about mastering them, don't

1912 Summer Olympics - Stockholm, Sweden

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Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 6 — The 1912 Summer Olympics

Travel back a century and gaze upon these classic images from the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm,

Opening of the Kiel Canal, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 1 — Photochrom Prints, 1890s-1900s

Chris Holmes
posted on June 27, 2012March 11, 2013
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This week's vintage photos are from the Library of Congress's Photochrom Print Collection, covering the period of

Halloween (1978) West German movie poster

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Retrotisements: Halloween (1978) U.S. and Foreign Movie Posters

Chris Holmes
posted on October 14, 2011January 17, 2017
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Enjoy this gallery of advertising posters, foreign and domestic, for the classic 1978 John Carpenter horror film

Posted in Featured Posts, Music

10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Kiss

Chris Holmes
posted on August 3, 2011February 4, 2013
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Kiss has been around for nearly 40 years and is a world famous rock & roll band. But I bet I can think of 10 thing you probably don't know about

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Listening booth — Amy Winehouse (Tränenpalast, Berlin, Germany 2004)

Here's a concert Amy Winehouse fans will want to hear. It features the late British singer performing live in Berlin, Germany in

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Vintage View-Master: Germany (Nations of the World series), reel 3

Our last reel depicting View-Master's Germany of the 1960s takes us through Baden-Württemberg and Lower Saxony, for sites natural and

Here’s a Terrifying Popular Mechanics Magazine Cover from World War I

A Gallery of World War II Superhero Comic Book Covers

Computers Have Taken Our Jobs, Now They Want Our Games

Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 6 — The 1912 Summer Olympics

Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 1 — Photochrom Prints, 1890s-1900s

Retrotisements: Halloween (1978) U.S. and Foreign Movie Posters

10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Kiss

Listening booth — Amy Winehouse (Tränenpalast, Berlin, Germany 2004)

Vintage View-Master: Germany (Nations of the World series), reel 3

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