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Rock bands photos before they became popular (updated)

By Andrew Piper
September 22, 2020
5 Mins read

(Last update: 22 September 2020. 20 new photos added) Rock music history starts with these photos. All these rock bands became popular…

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ArtStories

10 most expensive photographs in history

By Andrew Piper
September 21, 2020
4 Mins read

The most expensive photographs list is very different from The most important pictures, or even from Pulitzer Prize photos. Almost all of…

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Photo of a day

Falkland island minefield penguins, 1984

By Andrew Piper
September 18, 2020
1 Mins read

If the Falkland island penguins read the Minefield sign, they wouldn’t start this party here. Yes, it seems like PETA activists don’t…

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Stories

Unexpected dance of Princess Diana in theatre, 1985

By Andrew Piper
September 11, 2020
2 Mins read

Princess Diana dance surprised her husband, Prince Charles, the royal family, and even the paparazzi. All girls dream of becoming princesses. And…

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Photo of a day

Young Quentin Tarantino working at video rental, 1987

By Andrew Piper
September 3, 2020
1 Mins read

Young Quentin Tarantino got his job in video rental in 1985. His office was near one of the main beaches in Los…

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CitiesStories

Pictures of Soviet Moscow by a British tourist

By Andrew Piper
August 27, 2020
5 Mins read

That’s how Moscow, a Soviet capital, looked like before the USSR collapsed.  In 1986, Roger George Clark, a casual photographer from the…

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Photo of a day

Gorbachev and Reagan negotiations, Geneva, 1985

By Andrew Piper
August 26, 2020
1 Mins read

The meeting of Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan in Geneva in 1985 was long-awaited. The picture looks somewhat dark. But this gloomy…

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Stories

Torpedo sticks out of a Soviet submarine, 1989

By Andrew Piper
August 21, 2020
1 Mins read

You may ask how this is even possible. Here’s a story.  The torpedo hit the side of the Soviet K-178 submarine due…

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Photo of a day

Pulitzer prize photo: Baby Jessica, 1987

By Andrew Piper
July 31, 2020
2 Mins read

With this photo of Baby Jessica, Oldpics starts a new section of Pulitzer Prize-winning pictures. We aim to highlight the most excellent…

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Stories

Soviet soldiers and a white bear in Kaliningrad zoo, 1980

By Andrew Piper
June 22, 2020
1 Mins read

Kaliningrad was a city of Kenigsberg once and became a USSR enclave after the WW2. The large portion of the Russian army…

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