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Russell Kirsch and colleagues (NIST), 1957, Walden Kirsch, son of Russell Kirsch, the leader of the team that developed the image scanner., Scanned image, Creative Commons - Wikipedia, LL/47221
Unidentified photographer, 1957, Mondsüchtige bei der Arbeit - Munster- 1957 [German soldiers on a Moon prop], Real photo postcard, Private collection of Christopher Steiner, LL/96158
Édouard Boubat, 1957, Book cover for Édouard Boubat, 1957, Ode Maritime, (Tokyo: Heibonsha), Book cover, Ader Nordmann, LL/61366
Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1957, Book cover for Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1957, Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photo Works Exhibition 1957, (Tokyo), Book cover, Ader Nordmann, LL/55844
Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1957, Book cover for Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1957, The decisive moment: photographs, 1930-1957, (The American Federation of Arts), Book cover, Ader Nordmann, LL/55845
Johan van der Keuken, 1957, Book cover for Johan van der Keuken, 1957, Achter Glas, (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij C. De Boer Jr.), Book cover, Ader Nordmann, LL/58799
Johan van der Keuken, 1957, Book cover for Johan van der Keuken "Achter Glas -- Behind Glass. Text by Remco Campert" (Amsterdam: C de Boer Jr, 1957), Book cover, Christie's - New York, LL/28393
Josef Sudek, 1957, Book cover for Josef Sudek "Praha Panoramatickß" (Editions SNKL, 1959), Book cover, Ader Nordmann, LL/43360
O. Winston Link, 1957, Book cover for O. Winston Link, 1957, "Night Trick" on the Norfolk and Western Railway, (Roanoke, Virginia: Norfolk and Western Railway), Book cover, Artcurial, LL/27309
O. Winston Link, 1957, Book cover for O. Winston Link, 1957, "Night Trick" on the Norfolk and Western Railway, (Roanoke, Virginia: Norfolk and Western Railway), Book cover, Swann Galleries - New York, LL/53480