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Legendary cartoonist and illustrator Ronald Searle died 2011. He drew scores of cartoons, covers and theatrical caricatures for PUNCH in the 1950s and early 1960s. Here's a few of his covers.

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2020-12-30

Pulitzer's father and uncle started the Wembley Tie Company in 1925. By the 1960s, it had 750 employees in New Orleans and New York and produced 35,000 ties per day.

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2020-12-30

Apparently in the 1950s, couples only had two kids and that was that.

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2020-12-30

This was GONNA be a finished thing but I decided to leave it as is to draw Other Things

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2020-12-28

Some thing for the dunno why but a 1950s housewife looken mouse girl came to mind, just a random idea to start the day

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2020-12-27

More shots from the nearly 15-minute "Hardnut Story" sequence of The Lacewood Productions' The Nutcracker Prince (A Warner Bros. Picture). Visually, this resembles a late 1950s-era Chuck Jones cartoon. The 2D animated film and its artists & animators are underappreciated.

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2020-12-24

A P-40 in Brazilian service, showing her age as she was being flown into the 1950s. Just a sketch.

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2020-12-23

and to think this was sampled from a 1950s documentary about teenagers

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2020-12-23

"Tree Love" - The Saturday Evening Post Cover for December 1950, illustrated by Constantin Alajalov

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2020-12-23

The ‘50s saw a turn towards domestic scenes. Tea Trolley (c1950s), Self-Portrait (1958), Window Sill (1950s) & Painting in the Garden(1950s)

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2020-12-21

A future development that (thankfully?) didn't happen...the 'Flying Truck'! 😎
This 1950s Eagle cutaway predicts heavy freight being flown around our skies by giant VTOL jets, or as they put it 'Flying Lorries of the Future' to use the UK English term.

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2020-12-20

I drew a 1950s Barbie because I think she's really neat and I want one- 😳😳

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2020-12-20

Happy publication day to John Crespi's _Manhua Modernity_, about the origins and early history of Chinese 漫画 cartooning, from the 1920s to the 1950s. It's FREE and OPEN ACCESS! https://t.co/U3rR2Mkxo9. There are some astonishing cartoons in here, like the examples below:

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2020-12-19

"Makes time stand still.”
These space-age style ads for Fisher Body date from 1957-59 and are a collage of photo and illustration. Fisher Body, owned by General Motors, made automobiles for the likes of Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile etc.

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2020-12-19

Grey Cranes by J. Kirilenko, Vintage postcard from Poland (1950s)
→ https://t.co/lC4Yv43eBg

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2020-12-19

Before the advent of modern computer software, flight simulation was a very labour intensive and complicated means of training aircrew. This Convair designed simulator dates from the late 1950s and is entirely 'analogue' in construction.

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2020-12-19

The 1950s Oh! City, Canada, has recently been plagued with an uproar of crime. Huck Bennett has decided to bring justice by taking on the superhero persona as The Gooseman!

The Flock! Issue 1 is available FREE as well as https://t.co/2xor6Vdpkp

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2020-12-17

When Richard Eurich painted 'Flood Water,' during the 1950s, he was recognised as one of Britain’s leading contemporary artists who had made a name for himself through his highly detailed maritime scenes made during the Second World War.

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2020-12-16

I have no pets but allow me to offer up my two fancy lads.
Samuel Delaney, the NYPD's Vampire detective from the 1950s and Arlo Miller, a scientist and researcher for the SCP foundation, mainly focused on Anomalous community relations.

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2020-12-14