WW2 factory girls
WW2 factory girls working on military aircraft in 1940s America. [4 photos]
WW2 factory girls working on military aircraft in 1940s America. [4 photos]
Isn’t this a fabulous look? Denim shorts and a plaid shirt from 1948. The girl is Candy Tilton Ulrich painting
Some great 1940s bikinis modelled by the ‘Sarasota Sun-Debs’. The photo was taken at Lido Beach, Florida in January 1949.
I know industrial accidents are no laughing matter, but I’d seriously never considered a need for breast-protecters before (as modelled
Yeah yeah, I know you’re off to war, but you know you haven’t FED ME YET? This photo was taken
I’m a bit late to the party on this one, but I couldn’t leave the occasion unmarked. Last week (on
Josephine Baker photographed by Carl Van Vechten, October 20, 1949 which would make her 43 in this photo I think. It’s
A series of 1940s adverts for fashions by Lynn Lester suggesting a summer wardrobe for June 1947. This summer capsule collection has
Olympic swimmer and later movie star Esther Williams photographed in 1939 “on her way to the 1940 American Olympic Games”
A vintage sewing pattern from the 1940s, designed with Betty Grable in mind by Hollywood Patterns. I think I prefer
Isn’t this wonderful? The illustration is just gorgeous, but is this the vintage swimwear in this Cole of California advert
A publicity photo of the very young Elizabeth Taylor, I’m guessing this dates from around 1944 when she got her
These photos were taken in January 1949, and very little is known about them. They were discovered in a collection
A very impressive man-pyramid from the 1940s. Acrobats never cease to amaze me with what they can do with their
Young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret photographed blowing the steam whistle on a train during a visit to South Africa in 1947.
Edward Steichen is best known (at least to me) as being one of the main photographers for Vogue and Vanity
A 16 year old Shirley Temple photographed in 1944 with William Lyon Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister of Canada. I
Young girls in bikinis posing for a photo in Naples, 1948. Which is your favourite swimsuit? I think mine is