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Sometimes people are defined by a single event or moment in their lives despite there often being a multitude of other reasons they could go down in history. Step forward Walter Pichler, noted Austrian artist and architect and the man who invented the TV...
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1960s, 1970s •
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Comments Off on College of the Mainland Yearbook
We are particularly chuffed we’ve stumbled across this yearbook of cracking Ivy League wearing 1960s students but the icing on the cake is the fact that the College of the Mainland is on the mainland portion of Galveston County – some of our favourite...
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Comments Off on Time For Tee – T-Shirt Adverts From The Past
If a James Brown T Shirt is good enough for James Brown, then it’s good enough for us. However we’re not sure that wearing a Jethro Tull T shirt did drive girls wild with desire in the seventies. Here we have a draw full of T shirts from the past....
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Comments Off on Flashback To The Future – Tinker The Robot
Tinker the remote-controlled robot was the work of inventor David Weston from Yorkshire. His metal friend could wash the car, take the baby for a stroll down the road, go on a shopping expedition and weed the garden. However, all of of these tasks had to be...
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1960s, Fashion, Television •
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Here at Voices of East Anglia we’re no strangers to the world of sixties Spy-fi duo John Steed and Emma Peel. In the past we’ve covered the very short lived 1971 London stage play of The Avengers and cleaned up with some 1960s lux soap ads...
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Comments Off on Flight of your Life – Pan Am Posters
Pan American World Airlines or Pan Am as they were known throughout the World was from 1927 through to 1991 the largest airline in the States and also the unofficial flag carrier for the US. During their existence they were pioneers within the industry...
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Comments Off on Martha Jean ‘The Queen’ Steinberg – African-American Icon
As one of the first female DJs and also one of the first African-American DJs in the States Martha Jean ‘The Queen’ Steinberg was hugely influential, progressive, inspirational and not one to shy away from a challenge. Born Martha Jean Jones in Memphis,...
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Comments Off on Common Scents – Fragrance Adverts From The Past
Back in the day, when it came to advertising men’s fragrances, (or after-shave as it was universally known back then) the more macho the message the better. Square-jawed actors and models rubbed shoulders with sultry beauties to promote such legendary...
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1960s, 1970s, Art, Film, Poster •
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Comments Off on Frank McCarthy’s Movie Poster Magic
In another of our occasional posts on little-known artists who created very well-known film posters we take a brief look at the life and art of Frank McCarthy a man you quite possibly have never heard of but, if you have even a passing interest in movies (and...
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Comments Off on Unexpected Gem: Carl Douglas & the Big Stampede – Crazy Feeling
To most of us Carl Douglas is mainly considered a one-hit wonder with his homage to 1970s martial arts movies ‘Kung-Fu Fighting”. It was not only the biggest-selling record of 1974 but it also sold a quite staggering 11 million copies worldwide and is the...
