A modern take on the Deadly Mantis from the movie of 1957. This one made me realize that I'm not very good at making flowers, but I'm still satisfied with the result

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Under Starter's Orders, Newmarket Start, Cries of 'No, No, Sir', 1957.

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Christopher Chamberlain.

Liverpool: America Dock, 1957.

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🎨#DiegoRivera, Mexican painter, husband of 24 November 1957.

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"Technology for Youth" Soviet magazine cover, 1957.

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🎂
Mark Rothko (25 Sep 1903 - 25 Feb 1970), American painter.

"His use of color as the sole means of expression led to the development of Colour Field Painting."

📷 By Consuelo Kanaga, c. 1949.
🎨 Untitled, c. 1950-2. Tate.
🎨 'Light Red Over Black,' 1957. Tate.

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Effectively a Fiat 500 in a posher frock, the Autobianchi Bianchina was first launched in 1957. Its Panoramica estate version - capable of carrying four adults plus luggage - is shown in this 1960s brochure for France.

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Queen Elizabeth II
Illustration by Carl Oscar August Erickson, Vogue, 1957.

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: An Affair To Remember de Leo McCarey, 1957. Dans ce remake de son propre film, McCarey associe Kerr et Grant dans une série de rendez-vous manqués superbement mis en scène. Émouvant.

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"Friendship is the most precious thing, friendship is the banner of youth!" Soviet poster, 1957.

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Bernard Verlhac AKA Tignous was born on August 21, 1957.
Stéphane Charbonnier AKA Charb was born on August 21, 1967.
Both artists were killed in the 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting.

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Blast from the past by tuna1957. Sears was originally founded as a mail ordering catalog company in 1892
Tuna has modeled the HiFi unit & sofa, from the mid-1960s with , cushions using
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The IPT-15 “Besouro” (Beetle) could have been the first Brazilian jet in 1957. Designed to carry 2 pulse-jets engines or the Palas turbine. The airframe was tested in a unpowered towed flight. The project was canceled when the pulse-jet engine project was abandoned.

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Karen Mathison Schmidt, American painter born in 1957.

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Interesting background by Alexei Antonov, 1957.

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Marc Chagall, "La sirena e il pesce", 1957.

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Ladybird book in the spotlight.
Wild Flowers, 1957.

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Lui Liu.
Chinese, 1957.
Nude.

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The Lotus Type 14 better known as Elite. The car featured the worlds first production monocoque GRP structure to which components were bolted on. The car had a low drag factor for 0.29cd - impressive in 1957. One of Colin Chapman’s most beautiful cars.

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Sigmund Freud and Jean Harlow.
Vanity Fair 1935.
Jose Miguel Covarrubias.
1904-1957. Mexican painter, caricaturist ,illustrator.

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