![Atop Empire State- in construction; Chrysler Bldg & [Daily] News in middle foreground. (1931)](../../../img/Atop-Empire-State-in-construction-Chrysler-Bldg-Daily-News-in-middle-foreground.-1931--199x123.jpg "Balancing on the Empire State, 1920s")
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Lego ad, 1960
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Colour photographs of New York, 1960, by Charles Cushman
'The Day the Earth Caught Fire' Trailer, 1961
'DDT Is Good For Me-e-e' Ad
American Restaurants, Cafes and Diners, 1950s and 1960s- Michael Jackson 'Pepsi Generation' Ad, 1984
- Walking Down Carnaby Street, 1968
- 'Esso Supply All These Motoring Needs...' Ad, 1970
Truth Dollars- Women by Robert McGinnis
- Colour photographs of Paris, 1960s, by Charles Cushman
'I'm An Indian Too', Cliff Richard, 1968
Folk Dancing at a Soviet Airport, 1969
New York, 1960s, by James Jowers- Soviet Car Ads, 1960s / 1970s
The Samsonite connection was a deal that Lego did in 1962 for Samsonite to manufacture for the American and Canadian market. Lego has always been a Danish company.
As someone who grew up with Lego (and Meccano), and who probably went into engineering as a result, I have to say that the modern version of Lego is vastly inferior. As soon as they went down the route of making model specific kits with special parts, the level of inventiveness dropped dramatically. The whole point was to make something of your own invention, break it up and start again. The specific kits restrict this, IMHO. My lads used kNex, sadly they seem to have gone the same way.
Mind you, the newer Lego does allow you to do this……