1957 Collection

RIVERA, Diego. Man, Controller of
RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Man, Controller of the Universe. 1934. Right detail. Mexican Mural Painting. Fresco. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. Fine Arts Palace

Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 1957
Monaco Grand Prix Poster - 19th May 1957. The race was won by Juan Manuel Fangio in a Maserati. 1957

RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park, detail of mural, 1947-1948. MEXICO. Mexico City. Diego Rivera Web Museum. Central detail. Fresco on portable pannels

Old English Proverbs and Sayings by Pauline Baynes
A staggering 149 sayings illustrated on one page by Pauline Baynes, all played out by a huge cast of medieval characters

Konrad Adenauer Campaign Poster
Campaign poster for poster German statesman, Konrad Adenauer and his Christian Democratic Union (CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) party during the 1957 elections

CITROEN ID. 19, 1957
The classic Citroen DS car launched in 1955, at this time known as the Citroen ID.19

RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Totonaca Civilization. 1950. MEXICO. Mexico City. National Palace. Mexican Mural Painting. Fresco

RMS Queen Mary, Cunard Line cruise ship. Date: 1957

Gardener at Pensax Court, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

West Indies Cricket Team - 1957 Tour - Signatures
The West Indies Cricket Team - Tour of England 1957. Featured are the brilliant (Sir) Garfield (Gary) Sobers, Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes, (Sir) Wesley Winfield Hall and Sonny Ramadhin

Tank Battle on the Somme British MkIV & German A7V tanks in
Tank Battle on the Somme. British MkIV & German A7V tanks in action. Date: circa 1918

Bestwood Colliery, near Bestwood Village, Nottinghamshire
View of Bestwood Colliery, near Bestwood Village, Nottinghamshire. The colliery closed in 1967, but the surviving headstock and winding house, and vertical steam engine of 1873

Dennis Brain / Photo
DENNIS BRAIN Musician: legendary French horn player

Sacha Guitry / Jeidels
SACHA GUITRY French actor and playwright, lighting a cigarette

HMCS Bonaventure CVL-22
Royal Canadian Navy - HMCS Bonaventure CVL-22, a Majestic-class aircraft carrier seen in March 1957. (Originally ordered for the Royal Navy as HMS Powerful) Date: 1957

LCC-LFB Leyland Metz 100 foot turntable ladder
Lambeths (D61) turntable ladder at its base station, displayed in the Brigade headquarters drill yard. The hose line, when the TL is used as a water tower

Grassmoor colliery and training centre, Mining
Grassmoor, North Derbyshire Area Training Centre for miners was opened in 1957. A group of trainees in shorts run across a field, the colliery sits on the hillside above

To the Public Danger
Humorous scene by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing policemen chasing a gentleman in a futuristic flying machine along a main road. Satire on flying which was in infancy

Christian Dior sketching a fashion design, 1948
In 1947 Christian Dior (1905-1957) created a sensational collection labelled the New Look. His designs centred around gowns with an 18 inch waist, which focused attention on the bust and hips

Flying testbed B2 Canberra WK163 fitted with a NSc D1-2 Double Scorpion rechargeable booster rocket Date: 1957

Hawker Sea Hawks parked adjoining the angled deck area on board HMS Ark Royal during operations in the Mediterranean. March 1957. Date: 1957

1957 nuclear test: Fall-out
Fallout: The sinister and prolonged after-effect of nuclear explosions: a drawing illustrating some characteristics of this haunting phenomenon.An illustration by special Illustrated London News

Eric Coates / K Collins Ph
ERIC COATES English composer

Jean Sibelius
JEAN SIBELIUS Finnish musician in 1921

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD American composer and conductor, born in Austria (now Czech.)

The Flying Saucer Conspiracy, book cover
THE FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY, a book by Donald E Keyhoe. The cover shows two airline pilots sighting a flying saucer through their cockpit window

Beagle A. 61 Terrier 2 G-ASAC
Beagle A.61 Terrier 2 G-ASAC (msn B.606, ex WE587), of the Airways Aero Club. Auster converted a number of ex- Army aircraft which became the Auster 6B

Poster, Map of Royal Britain. 1957

RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Zapotec Civilization. 1947. Mural Pre-Hispanic Mexico and Colony in the corridor of the north wall. Detail

Nato Headquarters, Izmir, Turkey - now the Allied Air Component Command Headquarters Date: 1957

Designer Ray Stits Kneeling by and Test-Pilot Bob ( Robe?
Designer Ray Stits Kneeling by and Test-Pilot Bob ( Robert ) Starr the Stits SA-2A Sky Baby Worlds Smallest Aircraft World-Record Record-Breaker Experimental Homebuilt Unusual-Design in 1952 Date

RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). History of Mexico: from the Conquest to 1930. 1929 - 1931. Detail of the central wall with scenes

Boeing Stratocruiser G-AKGK BOAC, London Airport
The instantly recognisable fuselage shape of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. Canopus was one of the more famous BOAC Stratocruisers operating on the between 1950 and 1959

The first Fairey Delta 2 WG774 in 1957 markings
The first Fairey Delta 2, WG774, in 1957 markings as a showcase to the British aircraft industry. Date: 1957

Queen Elizabeth II North America visit - with Nixon, 1957
The royal visit to North America, 1957. Vice president Nixon points out the surrounding landmarks on the steps of the Capitol to Queen Elizabeth II, who looks in the opposite direction. Mrs

Going with a Swing
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing Gran pop the orang utan swinging on vines. Entitled Gran pop travels a la Carte

Poster for the 15th Monaco Grand Prix on the 19th May 1957

Donald E Keyhoe
Director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena [NICAP], and author of three books on flying saucers

Villas Boas Abduction
Brazilian farmer Antonio Villas Boas, abducted while working at night, is given a medical examination by investigators

Chrysler Jupiter-C sounding rocket at Cape Canaveral on 8 August 1957 prior to the third and final sub-orbital test of a re-entry nose cone

Three Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer craftsmen
Photograph of three Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer craftsmen repairing the engine of an A Squadron, 15/19th Kings Royal Hussars Saracen Armoured Personnel Carrier, Malaya

Bristol Britannia 102 G-ANBA BOAC Singapore 1957
Bristol Britannia 102 G-ANBA of BOAC at Singapore on 9 December 1957 Date: 1957

The West Indies Cricket Team - Tour of England 1957. Featured are the brilliant (Sir) Garfield (Gary) Sobers, Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes, (Sir) Wesley Winfield Hall and Sonny Ramadhin

Martha of Norway
MARTHA, CROWN PRINCESS OF NORWAY Daughter of Princess Charles of Sweden, she married Crown Prince Olav of Norway in 1929. She died 3 years before Olav became King of Norway in 1957. Date: 1901 - 1954

HMS Warrior R31
Royal Navy - HMS Warrior R31, a Colossus-class light aircraft carrier, in March 1946. (Warrior was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 to 1948 as HMCS Warrior)

A Vintage Season for Debutantes
Page from The Tatler by the magazines social editor, Jennifer, listing some of the events taking place during the Season of 1957, together with portraits of two debutantes

Natasha Parry on Tatler cover 1957
Actress Natasha Parry, wife of director Peter Brook, featured on the front cover of The Tatler and Bystander magazine, 20 November 1957

Sir Godfrey Baring, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR GODFREY BARING, 1st Baronet (1871-1957) Liberal Member of Parliament for Barnstaple and the Isle of Wight. Caption: Isle of Wight Date: 1871 - 1957

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