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1957:
Beard-Growing Contest Entrants, Kansas
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Era:
1950s
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Olathe Public Library
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1705:
Russian Beard Tax Token
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1980:
Mick Jagger’s beard by Annie Leibovitz
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11th August 1917:
Lenin without a beard
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c. 1940s:
Kansas City Police keeping fit
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1950s:
Teddy Girls
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c.1950s:
Tattooing a Japanese woman’s back
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1951:
Elsa Schiaparelli Eyelash Glasses
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1951:
Atomic Bomb Hairdo
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1950:
Bat and insect masks
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c. 1955:
“Lucky Tiger Gets the Gals”
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1950s-1960s:
“Rebel Youth” by Karlheinz Weinberger
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c. 1950s:
Dali Jewellery
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1954:
Police “catwalk car” in Holland Tunnel, New York
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1955:
Marilyn Monroe captured on film by a 15-year-old
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1957:
Eleanor Roosevelt’s pistol licence
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c.1957:
Messerschmitt KR200 Kabinenroller
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c. 1950s:
Marilyn Monroe in a fun house mirror
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1st October 1959:
Distracted man drops drinks on fielder
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Thanksgiving holiday weekend, 1956:
Traffic on the George Washington Bridge, New York City
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c. 1953-1963:
David Bowie at school
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1958:
Bruce Lee, Cha-Cha Champion
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1950s:
Kids on a chair
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1953-1957:
Hiller “Flying Platform”
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1950:
Robot Elephant
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1953:
Mighty Mouse: The first 3D comic
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1955:
Miss Sausage Queen
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c. 1964:
Whites only
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1956:
‘Here’s What We’ll Wear in Space’
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c. 1950s:
Yuri Gagarin as a Student
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1950s:
Jail Jamas
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c. 1950s:
Phone hats
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1957:
Norwich City Council’s first computer, being delivered
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1953:
Volkswagen factory
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c. 1950s:
Rock ‘n’ Roll sur les Quais de Paris
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c. 1957:
Date Night at Disneyland