WW2 factory girls
WW2 factory girls working on military aircraft in 1940s America. [4 photos]
Vintage 1940s denim shorts
Isn’t this a fabulous look? Denim shorts and a plaid shirt from 1948. The girl is Candy Tilton Ulrich painting
Vintage swimwear: 1940s bikinis
Some great 1940s bikinis modelled by the ‘Sarasota Sun-Debs’. The photo was taken at Lido Beach, Florida in January 1949.
The realities of war: 1940s breast-protecters (yes, really)
I know industrial accidents are no laughing matter, but I’d seriously never considered a need for breast-protecters before (as modelled
A soldier’s goodbye from a (hungry) cat’s point of view
Yeah yeah, I know you’re off to war, but you know you haven’t FED ME YET? This photo was taken
Esther Williams: So long and thanks for all the fish
I’m a bit late to the party on this one, but I couldn’t leave the occasion unmarked. Last week (on
Josephine Baker in her 40s
Josephine Baker photographed by Carl Van Vechten, October 20, 1949 which would make her 43 in this photo I think. It’s
A 1940s summer wardrobe by Lynn Lester
A series of 1940s adverts for fashions by Lynn Lester suggesting a summer wardrobe for June 1947. This summer capsule collection has
Esther Williams in a swimsuit aged just 17
Olympic swimmer and later movie star Esther Williams photographed in 1939 “on her way to the 1940 American Olympic Games”
1940s Hollywood sewing patterns: Betty Grable
A vintage sewing pattern from the 1940s, designed with Betty Grable in mind by Hollywood Patterns. I think I prefer
Vintage swimwear: Stunning 1940s Cole of California bikini (maybe?)
Isn’t this wonderful? The illustration is just gorgeous, but is this the vintage swimwear in this Cole of California advert
Child actor Elizabeth Taylor
A publicity photo of the very young Elizabeth Taylor, I’m guessing this dates from around 1944 when she got her
Vintage fashion meets bondage in the 1940s
These photos were taken in January 1949, and very little is known about them. They were discovered in a collection
A man-pyramid, 1940s
A very impressive man-pyramid from the 1940s. Acrobats never cease to amaze me with what they can do with their
Young Princesses Elizabeth & Margaret laughing on a train
Young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret photographed blowing the steam whistle on a train during a visit to South Africa in 1947.
Edward Steichen’s war photographs
Edward Steichen is best known (at least to me) as being one of the main photographers for Vogue and Vanity
A teenage Shirley Temple in a fur coat
A 16 year old Shirley Temple photographed in 1944 with William Lyon Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister of Canada. I
Young women of Naples in their swimsuits, Italy 1948
Young girls in bikinis posing for a photo in Naples, 1948. Which is your favourite swimsuit? I think mine is