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Thursday 8 March 2012

Retronaut

I came across Retronaut a while back and completely forgot to blog it...

The site is simply a visual history book and begins featuring images of jewellery and world maps from pre 1800. From there on, it has pockets of the world's; art, print media, film and photography, segmented by decade. It's a historians dream!

Some of the highlights include (click the images for the full set):
 
New York Panoramas 1902-1913
Street life in London, 1976
Paris at night 1920s-1930s

Billboards in Nashville 1940s
Afganistan, 1950s
London, 1957
Brooklyn Teen Gang, 1959
US Supermarkets 1950-1960
US Diners 1950-1960
Soviet Lithuania 1960s-1970s
Soho 1973
Sainsbury's own brand 1962-1978
Skateboarding in New York 1960s
Hells Angels  1965

New York Subway 1973


Carnaby Street 1968
New York 1969
Chicago Night Clubs, 1970s
Brooklyn Summer, 1974
New York Subway, 1980s
Taco Bell 1980s
Grunge in New York, 1990s

US Shopping Malls 1990s

Honestly, you can spend hours trawling through Retronaut!!

RETRONAUT

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