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1957:
Miss Atomic Bomb

1959:
John Wayne Followed by His Horse

Late 1950s:
The Bee Gees

1958:
The Coleoptere

1954:
Robot Orchestra

1959:
Buddy Holly and Waylon Jennings in a photo-booth on Grand Central Station, New York City

1954:
Marilyn Monroe’s I.D.

1959:
How to develop a He-Man personality

c. 1977:
David Bowie and a toy monkey

December 1954:
James Dean holds up Ronald Reagan

1950s:
HMV, Oxford Street, London

1950s-1970s:
Rotor rides

1920s-1960s:
“Calling all Chubbies” ads

1952-1958:
Space Cat

November 1950:
USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) flight deck with snow

c. 1955:
Marilyn Monroe Expression Sheet

c. 1957-1967:
Christmas with Elvis

1953-2004:
Christmas Playboy

1950s:
Women’s dress supports

c. 1955:
“Actual Business Letters”

1957:
Prince Charles and Princess Anne buried in sand

1951-1952:
Lessons in Manners from “Highlights for Children” magazine

1958:
Experimental Multistorey Car Park

May 1954:
Digging the first soil at CERN

1954:
Viking Festival, Shetland Islands

1959:
Fidel Castro in New York

1959:
Product Capsule: Poster for ‘The Killer Shrews’

May 1957:
Marilyn Monroe kicks a ball at Ebbets Field, New York

1950s-1970s:
Disney costumes

1954:
Marilyn Monroe with the Marines in Korea