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Based on the old-timey villains from the 40s/50s. Imagine him laughing like Snidely Whiplash and then tying someone up on train tracks (though those dont exist in alola whoops)

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2019-12-18

decided to do in the 1950s. The cute pine cone couldnt afford anything big. Ruby finds him adorable.

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2019-12-10

Saturday Fixture - Frick and Frack.

Werner Groebli & Hans Mauch were comedy skaters from Switzerland who entertained folk from the 30s to the 50s. Frick’s signature move was the cantilever spread-eagle. Simply side-splitting.

Bravo gentlemen.

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2019-12-07

People visiting the today may be surprised to learn what was previously in the space now taken up by the Great Court, including what was there before the Round Reading Room, built in the 1850s.

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2019-11-26

I won’t get into details because that would be a spoiler but here’s an image of Chuck in the beginning and some greaser boys from the 1950s.

See the similarities?

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2019-11-19

The fact is most teens weren’t greasers and most greasers... were just chill. 10% of greaser gangs were violent in the 1950s.

Now for writing purposes the gang in Heartbreak Hotel is meant to bridge both. They’re just friends that chill but obviously the story has violence.

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2019-11-19

Alongside our exhibition we also have a gallery filled with seascapes and river views:

This is 'Le Petit Pont' by Charles Meryon

Meryon was a well known French etcher and produced a series of images of Paris in the 1850s.

https://t.co/9pWoKDOXts

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2019-10-30

Join us tomorrow for a workshop where you will learn how to create your own fashion illustrations like these by Anna Lowe, a Belfast based fashion illustrator who worked in the 1940s & 50s. You will be guided by professional illustrators from
https://t.co/EdCHXPxx7p

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2019-10-18

🦊 A different style and unique I made for a friend. My inspiration was the 80s as I’m feeling it’s really making a comeback in society, which I’m totally all for in the I’m trying to capture lately of the 80s, 60s, and 50s.

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2019-09-19

Ledra Street, Nicosia, Cyprus in the 1950s. The capital's principal shopping street. https://t.co/AKNis5kvdz

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2019-09-13

We're after a glorious bank holiday, but worry not, here's our brilliant to continue that holiday feeling with. Brooklyn, by Colm Tóibín, follows a young Irish immigrant in Brooklyn in the early 50s.

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2019-08-27

1959, Hawai'i becomes 50th US state, but 's connection dates to 1898 US annexation of Hawaiian Islands, when responsibility for relations was assigned to Interior. Most Hawaiian artifacts in 's collection, like this pandanus fan, are from 1930-50s.

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2019-08-21

Jazzpunk is a cyberpunk game that takes place in an alternate reality 1950s. One very important design goal for me was to find a way to convey kind of "1950s cyberspace" that rejected the tropes that were cemented and have hung around since Tron was released in 1982 --

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2019-08-18

In 1859, an aurora borealis was so large it was visible in Cuba. Painter Frederic Edwin Church witnessed it in New York and painted a depiction. Check out the ’s podcast to learn how the aurora borealis impacted the 1850s. https://t.co/X08f96qPWN (Image: SAAM)

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2019-08-16

Orient-Express, 1950s.

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2019-08-15

Famed paleontologist Richard Owen misidentified Lonchodraco as Pterodactylus in the 1850s. https://t.co/EBenp8H2Pt

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2019-07-21

These plates were handpainted by Ida Woodward in 1934. Evening classes for amateurs to paint pottery were held between c.1920 - 1950s. The pottery was made at Clokie & Co. Ltd. After painting it was returned to the pottery for its gloss firing

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2019-06-29