Emil Nolde (1867-1956), White And Red Amaryllis.

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Philippe Halsman (1906-1979),
Gina Lollobrigida
Diana Dors, 1963.
Mexican film star María Félix, called “La Doña”, 1956,

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My Wife's Lovers (1893) by Carl Kahler (1856-1956) shows 42 Turkish Angora cats from the American millionaire Kate Birdsall Johnson.

She had a total of about 350 cats, and her husband must have been a little bit jealous to come up with this title...

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While maybe not for kids, its not raunchy. However, it does illustrate (I made a funny) an end around on the comics code.

Dell, like Archie, was so wholesome, it was distributed without the CCA stamp of approval

Enter: For Laughing Out Loud in 1956!

Who's laughing now

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Two Michael Berry covers for Dell's For Laughing Out Loud, which ran from about 1956 to 1965.

Its obviously not Archie with its slightly adult-themed humor (and not PC today, is it)

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This 1956 paperback cover (w/original is by Lu Kimmel!

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George Petty, Calendar pinup, September 1956 https://t.co/cmECSxI6bz

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ROBBY THE ROBOT

From (1956)

Truly iconic, especially for post-war kids who were growing up with the space race.

Thought this made a companion piece to our art posted last week.

by TDO

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Fernand Toussaint, 1873–1956, Belgian painter, River landscape

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Brigitte Bardot in Et Dieu Créa La Femme (1956)

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Today in pulp I head back to 1956: a strange and exotic time...

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1956: Eyewitness d.
Lucy (#MurielPavlow) has a spat with her husband (#MichaelCraig) & goes to the cinema. Whilst there she witnesses a robbery/murder. Running away she’s knocked down & taken to hospital. The murderer (#DonaldSinden) follows. Tense cat& mouse thriller.

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Swiss painter/illustrator, Ernst Kreidolf (1863-1956).

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BILL EVERETT, July, 1956. "THEY'RE COMING CLOSER!"

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Commemorative stamp issued by the Soviet Union on the 160th anniversary of Robert Burns's death in 1956. The USSR was the first country to put Burns on a stamp, 10 years before The Royal Mail.

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Hollywood TV Studio, photograph by Robert Frank, 1956

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