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c.1950s:
Mardi Gras, New Orleans
Mardi Gras, New Orleans
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1950s
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c. 1515:
Helmet with Mask Visor
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c. 1914:
Standing on the block where she was sold as a slave
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1863:
Child Slave “Cartes de Visites”
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November 1950:
USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) flight deck with snow
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1958:
Experimental Multistorey Car Park
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1950:
Birth of the Ark Royal
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1950s:
The Aetna Drivotrainer
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1950s-1960s:
Fairey Rotodyne
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Porsche Posters, 1950s
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“Flying Saucers for Everybody!”, 1957
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1950s:
The Avrocar
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1950s:
Kaiser Concept Cars
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1950s:
The 59 Club
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1958:
The Coleoptere
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c. 1977:
David Bowie and a toy monkey
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1954:
Robot Orchestra
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1959:
John Wayne Followed by His Horse
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c. 1950s:
Girls filling a car
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1957:
Miss Atomic Bomb
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1953:
Volkswagen factory
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1954:
Police “catwalk car” in Holland Tunnel, New York
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1950s / 1960s:
Afghanistan
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c.1957:
Messerschmitt KR200 Kabinenroller
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‘How Television Benefits Your Children’ Ad, 1950
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c. 1957-1967:
Christmas with Elvis
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1950s:
Husband-Hunting Tips from New Romance
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1950:
“Are You Ready for Marriage?” Quiz
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1954:
Marilyn Monroe reading James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’
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1950s-1960s:
Dog Space Suits
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1959:
Cadillac Cyclone
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1959:
Fidel Castro in New York
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May 1954:
Digging the first soil at CERN
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1950s:
New York by Saul Leiter
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1950s:
Women’s dress supports
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1954:
Marilyn Monroe with the Marines in Korea