Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Rails over the Ocean
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It took 4,000 labourers 7 years to build a 120 mile railroad connecting mainland Florida with the city of Key West. The project was financed...
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Alphabet Books - ABC du Père Castor
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For an illustrator a pictorial alphabet book presents a number of challenges, not least of which is the shortage of words beginning with q, ...
Saturday, 8 March 2025
Beasts of Burden
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Time for some postcards featuring unskilled manual labour - the jobs nobody wants to do unless economic necessity prevails. Curious that pos...
Monday, 17 February 2025
Centurion Bar, Newcastle Station
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I first glimpsed this extraordinary interior about 10 years ago from the doorway. Within was the intimidating spectacle of a vast darkened ...
Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Guinness Scrapbook 1937
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We like to think of embarrassment as a uniquely British thing but the concept is present in every known language. It’s especially prevalent ...
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