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1940s:
Before and after corsets
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1940s
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The Corsetiere
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1946:
Corsets Cramp Our Style
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1940:
World’s Fair Hairstyle
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1948:
Lip Tester
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1949:
Tanning Vending Machine
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1943:
Carole Landis in a ‘Farmhouse’ Hat
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c. 1940s:
Are your panties up to date?
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1940s:
Monocle Hat
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1944:
Girl’s Hairdo Reveals Love Life
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1939-1945:
Tangee Lipstick ads
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1940:
The Lightning Dress Creator
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1944:
“Theatre de la Mode”
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1940s:
Drinking tea in the Blitz
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1940s:
St. Patrick’s Day Pin-ups
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1944:
Victory, United States Marine Corps
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1944:
Lifting a Tank
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29th August 1945:
Singing to GIs
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1942:
The Dambuster Marbles
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c. 1945 - 1946.:
Inside ‘The Well’ US Signal Corps Army Base Terminal
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1948:
Breaking the land speed record in Speedos
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1920s:
The Pickle Sisters
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1949:
Mercedes Benz SSK “Count Trossi”
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c.1900s-1920s:
Lucky Swastikas
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1942:
The Mickey Mouse Gas-Mask
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1948:
Norman E. Timbs Buick Streamliner
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1939-1945:
U.S. Air Force personalised bomber jackets
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1940:
Pittsburgh before smoke control
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c.1939-1945:
Batman’s Victory Garden
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1943:
“Army Day – Crocodiles Keep Out” Cannon Towel Ads
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1940:
Messerschmitt in a wind tunnel
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1940s:
Welding a Metal Swimsuit
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1940:
Giant Typewriter at the World’s Fair
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Late 1940s:
Marilyn Monroe by Earl Moran
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1945:
Marilyn Monroe Doing War Work
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1942:
Sealed with a kiss
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1940s:
Colour hi-res photographs of New York