Princess Margaret; Norman Hartnell

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Princess Margaret; Norman Hartnell

by Planet News
vintage print, 1958
9 5/8 in. x 7 7/8 in. (245 mm x 200 mm) image size
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG x194275

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  • Sir Norman Bishop Hartnell (1901-1979), Fashion designer and dressmaker to the Queen. Sitter in 21 portraits.
  • Princess Margaret (1930-2002), Daughter of George VI; Countess of Snowdon. Sitter associated with 293 portraits.

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  • Planet News, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 40 portraits.

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Current affairs

Britain's first motorway is built. The Preston bypass (M6) was the first road to be built to official motorway standards, although the M1 (opened in 1959) was the first road to be given official status. The road was opened by the Prime minister, Harold Macmillan, and heralded a new age of mass, high-speed motoring.

Art and science

Michael Bond publishes A Bear Called Paddington, the first Paddington Bear book. This popular character is remembered for being found at Paddington Station by the Brown family, for wearing a floppy hat, duffle coat and Wellington boots, and for his penchant for marmalade sandwiches.
The children's television programme, Blue Peter, is broadcast for the first time.

International

Following the USSR's successful launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite in 1957, America launches its own space agency, NASA. Under pressure from the Soviets' early lead, NASA began research into human spaceflight. The competition between the two superpowers to explore outer space, send humans beyond the Earth's orbit and land on the moon was known as the 'space race'.

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