Marilyn photographed by Sam Shaw, 1957

Philippe Halsman: American actor Anthony Perkins, 1958.

Século Ilustrado, No. 936, December 10 1955 - 28 on Flickr.

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Portuguese ads for Magnésia Bisurada for indigestion; Aspro pain-killer; and hairdressers Arminda and José Rosa.

River of No Return (1954) Marilyn Monroe

Aerospace technology became grotesque and beautiful in the 1950s. One of the most grotesque and beautiful creations of that bizarre era of technological excellence was the Convair B-58 Hustler.

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What was the B-58? Convair more or less took its F-102 airframe, multiplied its linear dimensions by 1.5 or so, strapped four enormous engines to the wings, stuck a machine gun on its tail, and called it a Supersonic Bomber. The engines were so fuel hungry, the only practical way to get the thing to Russia was to integrate the bomb with the external fuel tank, but it worked. It was bristling with new technologies. In addition to its ability to travel at ludicrous speeds, the B-58 would actually talk to its pilots in a lady-like voice which they called sexy-Sally (or “the bitch” since it always delivered bad news). Yeah, your dumb iphone will also do this, but imagine what some corn-pone who used to pilot a big aluminum dump truck like the B-17 made of this! It must have been considered something like magic.

from Locklin on science | The B-58 Hustler

1950’s Inspired

1950’s Wedding

Model Nancy Berg is wearing a cloche by John Frederics. Photographed by Erwin Blumenfeld.