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Bus Stop ('56)
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A loud and frustrating romance with annoying, boisterous characters that had just enough appeal to keep me interested. The worst film I've seen so far, but contains one of her most versatile performances.

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2020-11-20

When Christer Strömholm traveled to Paris in late 1950s, he left with a captivating portrait of the trans women who made a living in the city's red-light district.

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2020-11-20

no thoughts in head, only Carlisle and Esme from Twilight in the 1950s

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2020-11-18

The Short SA.4 Sperrin (named after the Sperrin Mountains) was a British jet bomber design of the early 1950s. It was a conventional design, intended to be used as a 'fall-back' in case any of the more 'radical' V-Bombers failed to enter production. Only two Sperrins were built.

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2020-11-16

i know that a lot of images were often painted over to get a certain “ideal look” and i can’t really find the exact terminology used for this technique but ive seen it called “1950s photoshop” and it was HEAVILY used in pinup photography:

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2020-11-16

Georgia O'Keeffe is best known for her close-up, or large-scale flower paintings, which she painted from the mid-1920s through the 1950s. She made about 200 paintings of flowers of the more than 2,000 paintings that she made over her career.

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2020-11-15

The papers here, while not designed for would make wonderful folded pieces. From the "Specimens of the Curwen Pattern Papers", each sheet shown is designed by an artist (1920s-1950s) specifically for the Curwen Press. Each piece is 1/12 of a whole sheet.

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2020-11-12

Modelsheets of "simplified" Peter Pan characters designed by Tom Oreb. These were for Disney's TV commercial division during the mid-1950s. The Peter Pan ads were for Peter Pan peanut butter, natch.

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2020-11-11

The worlds first jet flying boat fighter certainly inspired commercial artists of the early 1950s.
Here, an advert, a post card and a comic book centre spread cutaway, all feature the Saunders Roe A1; a type who's role was by-passed by history and technology in a few short years.

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2020-11-09

Happy Birthday to the great French artist and cartoonist André François, born André Farkas in Romania 1915. André François contributed scores of illustrations, cartoons and covers to PUNCH in the 1950s and 1960s. Here are some more!

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2020-11-09

I'm about to outdo with a gross food post
May I present to you...
The 1950s

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2020-11-07

Old Chinese comic book depiction of whole series of comic books produced in 1950s China when Mao’s gov organized best Chinese artists to popularize classic Chinese tales among masses who were just learning to read in new literacy campaign.

Still using traditional chars

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2020-11-07

over 60 plus either in retail /cleaners /education lots facing general public .., For this age group , you say but no choice for many no £ from 60 to 66 yr

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2020-11-01

Richard Weisbrod 1906-1991 b. Switzerland, self taught artist, settled in Lancashire in 1932 & became a key figure in the emerging art scene in post war Manchester. He lived in Blackburn during the 1950s, but returned to live in Switzerland in 1970.

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2020-10-29

Doctor Strange & the Sorcerers Supreme also introduced the Nina the Conjuror! A Latina from the 1950s who was trained by the Ancient One. She has magic gauntlets called “The Mystic Bindings of the Demon K’hur”, kicks but with bell bottoms and platforms and rocks GUN BLADES!

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2020-10-28

Look at this sweet old lady! This is Granny Tuck (Friar Tuck). Base design by and then some classmates and I all collaborated on the final drawing!

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2020-10-28

.From Floor to Ceiling IT’S OLD ! Untouched Since the 1950s but Sadly Soon to Be Stripped Out & ‘Till the Next Time When Will be Put Back Again !

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2020-10-28

1953. 'In the Kilcar area'. 'We are visiting your area to give you advice on the many applications of which can help you in your farmyard & home.“🏠⚡️“More Power to the Farmer”💡#RuralElectrification

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2020-10-26

I'm still hard at work on my next podcast episode of the 1950s Science Fiction Podcast I hop to have if fished soon.

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2020-10-24