1960 Collection

ANTI-NIXON POSTER, 1960. Would YOU buy a used car from this man? American poster, 1960, expressing distrust toward Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon

Glasgow Rangers 1 v Third Lanark 2. Scottish League Division One match at Ibrox. (Picture) A record low attendance crowd at Ibrox shows how some of the crowd sat it out during the loss to Lanark

USS Intrepid (CV-11) c April 1960
USS Intrepid (CV-11) c.April 1960. Date: 1960

GUNSMOKE, c1960. Cast members Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, and Dennis Weaver in a publicity photograph for the television series Gunsmoke, c1960

MG MGA 1600 Roadster, 1960, Red
MG MGA 1600 Roadster 1960 Red

London Film Festival Poster - 1960
Poster from the 4th London Film Festival - 1960

York Railway Station
A steam train entering York railway station, Yorkshire, England

Prior to Coltishalls At Home day on the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, September 1960. Six generations of RAF fighters line up together

Handley Page Victor B1 XA930 taking off from Hatfield
Handley Page Victor B1, XA930, taking off from Hatfield on 14 July 1960 at 190, 000lb all-up weight assisted by de Havilland Spectre rockets. Date: 1960

Jaguar car advertisement
Advertisement for Jaguar cars featuring an illustration of the 3.4 Mark 2 Saloon being driven down the motorway by its proud owner who relishes the grace, pace and space

Triumph Herald Convertible 1960 Red

CORVAIR, 1960. A Chevrolet Corvair sedan, 1960

Monaco Grand Prix Poster
A poster for the Monaco Grand Prix of 29th May 1960, the 18th such race held at the tight, winding street circuit

Swindon Town Station, c. 1960
This station was originally on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway and was situated in Swindons Old Town. Seen here with a BR Southern Region locomotive

Daimler Dart SP250s on car transporter for delivery 1960. Creator: Unknown
Daimler Dart SP250s on car transporter for delivery 1960

The education of British Youth: Stonyhurst College
As part of their series on the education of British Youth, the Illustrated London News ran a feature on Stonyhurst College, Lancashire

1960 mens fashion - Robert Stigwood and Stephen Komlosy. 14th December 1960

Stephen Wards sketches of celebrities, 1960
Through a doctors eyes: a page of celebrities drawn by osteopath and gifted amateur artist Doctor Stephen Ward(1912-1963), as featured in The Illustrated London News in 1960

Land Rover advertisement, 1960
Advertisement for Land Rover showing a photograph of it in use to travel over rough terrain during the work on the new Slough - Maidenhead by-pass in 1960. Date: 1960

The attack carrier USS Coral Sea enters Pearl Harbour
September 1960

Centenary parade of the Cadet Forces in Great Britain
H.M. the Queen taking the salute of the parade in the garden of Buckingham Palace

Rhos-On-Sea Lido
A lively scene at the lido at Rhos-on-Sea, north Wales, packed with holidaymakers at the height of the summer season

1960 mens fashion - Robert Stigwood and Stephen Komlosy. 14th December 1960

Ibrox Park Rangers football stadium ground Glasgow. Aerial view, date unknown. Circa 1960

de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver floatplane CF-ODA (msn 113), of Ontario Provincial Air Service (OPAS), moored at a Toronto waterfront jetty, on 26 May1960. Date: 1960

Steady the Drums and Fifes, 1811. Colour photolithograph after Lady Butler, published 1960 (c). Associated with 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot, Battle of Albuera, 1811

Chelsea Football Club - 1959-1960 season. Left to right: (Back row) S. Anderton, R. Whittaker, R. Matthews, J. Mortimore, C. Livesey, J. Compton; (front row) James Peter ( Jimmy ) Greaves (1940-), P

BASKETBALL GAME, c1960. Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics (number 14) jumps for the ball during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers, c1960

Cinderella ballet, Ugly Sisters trying to dance
The Ugly Sisters try to follow their dancing master while Cinderella stands disconsolately by the fire. A scene from a ballet version of Cinderella, based on French and Spanish fairytales

Cadillac 1960
In beauty and in performance, the 1961 Cadillac represents a new standard by which the worlds motor cars will be judged

The Humber Super Snipe Saloon, advertised in a Humber, Hillman and Sunbeam Rootes Motors Limited brochure. 1960

Avro Vulcan B2 XH534 Farnborough
The second B2 Vulcan built was based at A&AEE Boscombe Down for trials until 1965. The Vulcan display was always one of the highlights of Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1960

Khrushchev And Castro
New York, New York: September 20, 1960 A jovial greeting takes place between Cubas Prime MInister Fidel Castro and Soviet Unions Premier Nikita Khrushchev when they met at the United Nations today

Cheltenham Racecourse Station, Gloucestershire, c. 1960
A view of Cheltenham Racecourse station in Gloucestershire, c.1960. The station opened in 1912 to serve the racecourse and its famous Gold Cup on race days only

St Ives Station, Cornwall, April 1960
A view of St Ives station, Cornwall in April 1960. A small prairie locomotive, No. 4566 can be seen traversing its carriages at the station

WILMA RUDOLPH (1940-1994). American track and field athlete. Crossing the finish line to win the 400-meter relay for the United States at the Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Italy, 8 September 1960

Wedding dress of Aphra Farquhar by Worth
A regal wedding dress of white pure silk and antique lace designed by Owen Hyde-Clarke of Worth for the wedding of Aphra Farquhar Fetherstonhaugh to the Earl of Dundonald in 1960

Jaguar Mk 2 British

Sleeping Beauty ballet, reawakening scene
While the King and Queen sleep, Prince Charming, with the blessing of the Lilac Fairy, bends to kiss the Sleeping Princess and thereby awaken her

Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried and Odette fall in love
Siegfried and Odette fall in love while the little swans dance. Because of an evil spell, they are swans by day, and only resume human shape at midnight

Sleeping Beauty ballet, christening scene
The christening scene in a ballet version of the Sleeping Beauty, with the wicked fairy Carabosse putting her curse on the baby Princess in her cradle

ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA
ERNESTO GUEVARA - Che Guevara reading a book in Havana in 1960. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Michael Foot (1913-2010) British politician when he was the Labour Party candidate for Ebbw Vale, at the election caused by the death of Aneurin Bevan

Welsh Colliery / 1960
Parc Colliery, at Cwm Parc in the Rhondda Valley

Trowbridge Station, 1960
This photograph shows Hall Class No. 5950, Wardley Hall, approaching Trowbridge station in Wiltshire on a bright day in 1960

Tatler Royal Wedding Souvenir Number, 1960
Front cover of The Tatler celebrating the royal wedding between Princess Margaret and Tatler photographer, Anthony Armstrong-Jones (later Earl Snowdon) at Westminster Abbey on 6 May 1960

KENNEDY / NIXON DEBATE, 1960. John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, debating Richard M
KENNEDY/NIXON DEBATE, 1960. John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, debating Richard M. Nixon on television during the 1960 Presidential Campaign, moderated by Howard K. Smith

Duke and Duchess of Gloucester at home, 1960
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900 - 1974), pictured together with his wife, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901 - 2004) examining a particularly interesting large plate. Date: 1960

Jaguar Mk 2 British

Crowds at the Evening Star naming ceremony, 18th March 1960
Crowds at the naming ceremony for Evening Star at Swindon Works in 1960. Evening Star was the last mainline British Railways steam locomotive to be built in Britain at Swindon Works

Che Guevara / 1960
ERNESTO GUEVARA Known as CHE GUEVARA Latin American guerrilla leader and revolutionary theorist. A smiling Che wearing his beret. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Jazz Concert, Buxton. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Albert Kesselring
ALBERT KESSELRING Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe : condemned at Nuremberg for action in Italy but imprisoned, and eventually pardoned

No 4573 Prairie Tank Locomotive at Chipping Norton Station, 1960
A view of Chipping Norton station in Oxfordshire, taken in 1960, showing the station buildings and the 2-6-2 45XX class locomotive, built 1924. The station opened in 1855 and closed in December 1962

King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit departing
An official two-day state visit to the UK by King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) (1927-) and Queen Sirikit (1932-) of Thailand comes to an end, as they depart for Geneva

Sir George Edwards in front of a Vickers Viscount in 1960. Date: 1960

1961 Aston Martin DB4 GT

Cyclists & Windmills
Three men cyclists admire the the two windmills at Outwood, Surrey, England. The left one was built in 1665 and still stands today. The right, built 1790, blew down in a gale 1960

Sylvia Pankhurst Writing
SYLVIA PANKHURST sitting at her desk writing a letter

1961 Aston Martin DB4 GT

Harold Macmillan at the United Nations General Assembly
Photograph of (Maurice) Harold Macmillan speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, 29th September 1960. In a powerful speech the British Prime Minister spoke on Britains colonial record

Deal Aerial View
Aerial view of Deal, Kent, looking very picturesque, with lovely Victorian seafront buildings and pristine beach

Khrushchev Speaking at the UN
Russian statesman, secretary-general of the Communist Party and premier 1958-1964, Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), depicted addressing the assembly at the United Nations

Whippet Race Start
Three owners demonstrate how whippets are started in a race Date: 1960

RAF Technicians at one of the launch control suites for one of the Thor intermediate range ballistic missile at RAF Feltwell. 2nd February 1960

Depressed Sad Moody Woman Leaning Head Onto Arm Slouched Lean Back Of Chair Seated Depression Stress
UNITED STATES - Circa 1960s: Depressed Sad Moody Woman Leaning Head Onto Arm Slouched Lean Back Of Chair Seated Depression Stress

Volkswagen VW Classic Camper van (split-screen, 21-window Samba Bus), 1960, Orange
Volkswagen VW Classic Camper van (split-screen, 21-window Samba Bus) 1960 Orange & white 100k 125 miles from new

Mercedes-Benz 300D

Chevrolet Corvette 1960 Blue & white & white
Chevrolet Corvette, 1960, Blue, & white, & white, Chevrolet, CHE18702

Photograph of Kings Arms, Bermondsey, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Alex Sanders and Maxine Morris, Queen of Englands 30, 000 witches signed this week at technical advisors for witchcraft sequences n the new film " The Eye of he Devil"

Maxine Morris, Queen of Englands 30, 000 witches signed this week at technical advisor for witchcraft sequences n the new film " The Eye of he Devil"

Soho Fair and Carnival started to-day with a record entry in the the Carnival procession and the waiters race. (Picture shows) Carnival procession driving through the streets. 11th July 1960

Bristow Helicopters Westland WS-55 series 1 Whirlwind G-APWO (msn WA299), at Redhill. Later converted to Series 3 in 1966, sold in Iran as EP-HAG. Date: circa 1960

An Amazing Arrow
Brands Hatch specialist Michael O Rourke took this Herman Meier-tuned Ariel Arrow to a fine seventh place in the 1960 Lightweight TT, beaten only by the works MV, Morini and Honda, machines

1960 Triumph TR3A (B. M. I. H. T. ). Creator: Unknown
1960 Triumph TR3A (copyright B.M.I.H.T.)

Queen Sirikit of Thailand at the Thai Embassy
An official two-day state visit to the UK by King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) (1927-) and Queen Sirikit (1932-) of Thailand - the Queen at the final function of the trip at the Thai Embassy

Royal wedding cake for Princess Margaret
The official wedding cake presented by J. Lyons for the wedding of Princess Margaret to Antony Armstrong-Jones in May 1960. Date: 1960

A Sporty White Sunbeam Alpine in a Humber, Hillman and Sunbeam Rootes Motors Limited brochure 1960

A Red Hillman Minx Deluxe saloon advertised in a Humber, Hillman and Sunbeam Rootes Motors Limited brochure. 1960

Two Humber Estate Cars - The Hawk and The Super Snipe
Two Humber Estate cars advertised in a Humber, Hillman and Sunbeam Rootes Motors Limited brochure - The Hawk and the Super Snipe. 1960

Lady Edwina Mountbatten
EDWINA ASHLEY MOUNTBATTEN Wife of Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma (1900 - 1979), whom she married in 1922. Last Vicereine of India, friend of Gandhi and Nehru. Date: 1901 - 1960

1960s Surfers Running in the Water
Group of surfers running in water with surfboards, smiling. Tom Kelley Archive

Cirencester Town Station, Gloucestershire, c. 1960
A view of Cirencester Town station in Gloucestershire, c.1960, showing a railbus (W799XX) sitting in the station. The station opened in May 1841 and closed in April 1964

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"1960: A Year of Contrasts and Controversies" In the midst of a heated political climate, an anti-Nixon poster emerged in 1960, questioning the trustworthiness of Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon. The caption boldly asked, "Would YOU buy a used car from this man?" Reflecting widespread distrust, it encapsulated the sentiments of many Americans. Meanwhile, aboard the USS Intrepid (CV-11) in April 1960, a sense of pride and strength prevailed. This American aircraft carrier stood as a symbol of power during a time when tensions were high between nations. Across the Atlantic Ocean, London hosted its annual Film Festival in 1960. The festival's vibrant poster captured the essence of cinematic artistry that captivated audiences throughout that year. Back on home soil at York Railway Station, bustling with activity and excitement as people embarked on journeys to various destinations. It was a snapshot into everyday life during this transformative era. The automotive industry also experienced significant developments in 1960. The MG MGA 1600 Roadster painted red exuded style and sophistication while the Triumph Herald Convertible showcased elegance on wheels. From Hatfield's runway soared Handley Page Victor B1 XA930—an emblematic representation of technological progress achieved during this period. Its takeoff marked another milestone for aviation enthusiasts worldwide. Television series Gunsmoke brought entertainment to living rooms across America with its talented cast members Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, and Dennis Weaver gracing publicity photographs—a reminder of how television shaped popular culture back then. Sports enthusiasts eagerly anticipated events like Monaco Grand Prix—the prestigious race that attracted adrenaline-seeking spectators who reveled in speed and glamour amidst breathtaking scenery along Monte Carlo's streets. Amidst all these moments capturing society's pulse in 1960 was Chevrolet Corvair sedan—a sleek automobile embodying innovation but later facing controversy due to safety concerns—highlighting both progress and challenges faced by the automotive industry.