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Lois de’ Fee (1918-2012) was the 6’4” “Queen of the Amazon” in the 1938 New York World’s Fair Amazon Exhibit. She was a top-grossing headliner of burlesque throughout the 1940s and into the 1950s, making $400 a week. She married 5 times & adopted her daughter Star in 1941.

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2019-06-03

R.I.P. Machiko Kyo, age 95, star of almost every great Japanese film of the 1950s, including this one.

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2019-05-18

This is the last week to see Harry Bertschmann: The 1950s, an exhibition that sheds a new light on this little-known Abstract Expressionist painter. On view through March 30 at 507 W. 27th Street. Image: Untitled, 1956, Oil on canvas, 60 x 43 inches.

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2019-03-26

She represents strength, struggle and truth, she has been an icon of power since the 1950s, it shows that a woman can be independent and powerful.

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2019-03-06

By the 1950s, some cards were getting pretty harsh.

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2019-02-14

In the 1950s, as a young surgical trainee, Barnard worked for Professor Jan Hendrik Louw, the pioneer of paediatric surgery in South Africa. Louw had trained at in London and on his return established the Children’s Surgical Service at Groote Schuur Hospital.

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2019-01-31

Postcard of Edmundo Ros's club at 177 Regent Street in the 1950s, drawn by Arthur Ferrier. Ros was born in 1910 and was credited with popularising Latin music in the UK.

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2018-12-07

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1940s-1950s, Art of American Classic Cartoonist's: E. Simms Campbell, Howard Baer, Garrett Price, Eldon Dedini



more art prints: https://t.co/KFibUZrLDr

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2018-10-26

1950s, Carmen Dell'Orefice for Lastex Corsets

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2018-07-31

A throwback to the sci-fi and fantasy comics of the 1950s, this illustration-comic spread I made for was... pretty dang cool!

Learn more about the magazine at: https://t.co/9ENfJEu2OH

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2018-06-11

1950s, the joy of good,smug and sloppy eating

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2018-06-10

For we're celebrating the fantastic Margaret Whitaker. As well as a much-loved teacher at Malayan College in the she was a brilliant and illustrator. Her daughter, Carol, talks about her in our film: https://t.co/FW07pTmb9K

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2018-03-08

American-style beauty contests became big business in Japan in the 1950s, used to promote products, attract tourists, and to accomplish diplomatic missions. Join us for a free ViewPoint Lecture March 10th https://t.co/Cdv1rnAIFG

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2018-03-07

when stuffing yourself with meat in summer heat was scientifically approved, 1956 https://t.co/OQt0z8oTbF

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2018-02-08

idk how much you guys know about Hilda, the American plus sized superstar from the 1950s, but she is my hero and Big Mood always

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2017-12-23