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1957 Context: News, Entertainment, Lifestyle

1 / 24The Soviet Union launches the Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite in space. People worldwide are able to see it move across the night sky.

News

The Soviet Union launches the Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite in space. People worldwide are able to see it move across the night sky.

2 / 24The Asian Flu Pandemic, a new strain of the flu virus originating in Singapore, claims a million lives worldwide from 1956 to 1958, including 110,000 lives in the U.S. A vaccine incubated in eggs is developed in the US in the fall of 1957.

News

The Asian Flu Pandemic, a new strain of the flu virus originating in Singapore, claims a million lives worldwide from 1956 to 1958, including 110,000 lives in the U.S. A vaccine incubated in eggs is developed in the US in the fall of 1957.

3 / 24National Guard troops are deployed to Little Rock, Arkansas to maintain order as the "Little Rock Nine" a group of African-American students begin attending school at the previously segregated Little Rock Central High School.

News

National Guard troops are deployed to Little Rock, Arkansas to maintain order as the "Little Rock Nine" a group of African-American students begin attending school at the previously segregated Little Rock Central High School.

4 / 24Detail from 1957 Buick station wagon advertisement.

Advertising

Detail from 1957 Buick station wagon advertisement.

5 / 24The Milwaukee Braves win the 1957 World Series over the mighty New York Yankees.

News

The Milwaukee Braves win the 1957 World Series over the mighty New York Yankees.

6 / 24America dominates modern art in the 1940's and 1950's with Abstract Expressionism from artists such as Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner and Joan Mitchell, whose 1957 painting Ladybug is shown.

News

America dominates modern art in the 1940's and 1950's with Abstract Expressionism from artists such as Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner and Joan Mitchell, whose 1957 painting Ladybug is shown.

7 / 24The Wham-O toy company introduces the Frisbee as a new space age flying disc toy.

Advertising

The Wham-O toy company introduces the Frisbee as a new space age flying disc toy.

8 / 24Detail from 1957 Smith Corona electric typewriter advertisement.

Advertising

Detail from 1957 Smith Corona electric typewriter advertisement.

9 / 24Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant star in the 1957 romantic drama An Affair To Remember.

Movies

Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant star in the 1957 romantic drama An Affair To Remember.

10 / 24Actress Audrey Hepburn in a still from the musical comedy film Funny Face.

Movies

Actress Audrey Hepburn in a still from the musical comedy film Funny Face.

11 / 24The low budget B-Movie aimed at teens, I Was A Teenage Werewolf, introduces actor Michael Landon to the world.

Movies

The low budget B-Movie aimed at teens, I Was A Teenage Werewolf, introduces actor Michael Landon to the world.

12 / 24Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe in a scene from the romantic comedy film Some Like It Hot. Directed by Billy Wilder, the film receives six Academy Award nominations.

Movies: Some Like It Hot

Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe in a scene from the romantic comedy film Some Like It Hot. Directed by Billy Wilder, the film receives six Academy Award nominations.

13 / 24The popular television series Leave It To Beaver debuts in 1957. It is one of the first series told from the child's point of view as we follow Theodore Cleaver, nicknamed The Beaver, through the ups and downs of suburban life.

Television

The popular television series Leave It To Beaver debuts in 1957. It is one of the first series told from the child's point of view as we follow Theodore Cleaver, nicknamed The Beaver, through the ups and downs of suburban life.

14 / 24CBS introduces Perry Mason, a television show starring Raymond Burr as a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles. The show would run through 1966.

Television

CBS introduces Perry Mason, a television show starring Raymond Burr as a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles. The show would run through 1966.

15 / 241957 detail from an advertisement for the Pontiac Thunderbird.

Advertising

1957 detail from an advertisement for the Pontiac Thunderbird.

16 / 24Detail from a 1957 Dodge advertisement.

Advertising

Detail from a 1957 Dodge advertisement.

17 / 24Detail from the 1957 Fall & Winter Sears catalog.

Fashion

Detail from the 1957 Fall & Winter Sears catalog.

18 / 24Detail from a 1957 Sears catalog.

Fashion

Detail from a 1957 Sears catalog.

19 / 24Advertisement for Big Yank men's work clothes.

Fashion

Advertisement for Big Yank men's work clothes.

20 / 24Men still wear hats in 1957. Detail from an advertisement for Dobbs Hats.

Fashion

Men still wear hats in 1957. Detail from an advertisement for Dobbs Hats.

21 / 241957 elementary school class photo.

Lifestyle

1957 elementary school class photo.

22 / 24Dancing at the high school prom in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lifestyle

Dancing at the high school prom in Cincinnati, Ohio.

23 / 24Dance dates for the Winter Formal in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Lifestyle

Dance dates for the Winter Formal in Frankfort, Kentucky.

24 / 24Mother and child in a convertible 1957.

Lifestyle

Mother and child in a convertible 1957.