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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
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https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
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I...
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
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Clyne,...
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
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This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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African History...
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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Immigration and crime: Sweden
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
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At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Religion in the Olympics
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Free French Bombers Over France
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
TheCollector
Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
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One I bought fifty years ago.
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
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In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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