<P> Donald `` Don '' Featherstone ( January 25 , 1936 -- June 22 , 2015 ) was an American artist most widely known for his 1957 creation of the plastic pink flamingo while working for Union Products . Featherstone resided in Fitchburg , Massachusetts , where he kept 57 plastic flamingos on his front lawn . Featherstone and his wife Nancy dressed alike for over 35 years . </P>
<P> Donald `` Don '' Featherstone ( January 25 , 1936 -- June 22 , 2015 ) was an American artist most widely known for his 1957 creation of the plastic pink flamingo while working for Union Products . Featherstone resided in Fitchburg , Massachusetts , where he kept 57 plastic flamingos on his front lawn . Featherstone and his wife Nancy dressed alike for over 35 years . </P>
when was the pink flamingo lawn ornament invented
when was the pink flamingo lawn ornament invented
1957
1957