1940s Woman Gallery
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Until the 1940s, traditional Palestinian clothing reflected a woman’s economic and marital sta
Week-end anglais.Sur le pont. = English Weekend. On the Bridge.Ina Bandy (French, born Estonia; 1903
Costume worn by Vivien Leigh in That Hamilton Woman, designed by Rene Hubert, 1941
Joan Bennett in Jean Renoir’s The Woman on the Beach (1947).
Lena (Meyer-) Bergner illustrating weaving techniques, 1943. Drawing, ink. Via Harvard Art Museums
Woman Shopper, Salem, Illinois, February 1940Arthur Rothstein (American; 1915–1985)Nitrate negativeL
weirdlandtv:First known sketch of DC Comics’ Wonder Woman, by the original artist, H.G. Peter. Circa
historicaltimes:“A woman bids farewell at Paddington Station in 1942 as her child is evacuated
Maria Montez / publicity photo for Robert Siodmak’s Cobra Woman (1944)
Lon Chaney (Jr.) in “Cobra Woman”, 1944.
“Start shaping your own day. Start walking your own walk. This journey is yours, take charge of it.
Joan Bennett in The Woman in the Window (1944).
zzzze:Irving Penn (1917 - 2009)‘Woman on the Beach, Smoking (Mary Jane Russell, Long Island, N. Y.)‘
“Brain energy given by Aphrodite.”From DC’s Wonder Woman #10, 1944.
Lena the Hyena, “the world’s ugliest woman”, was a character in Al Capp’s newspaper strip, L’il Abne
historycultureeducation:Betty White, 1945 with her beloved dog, Stormy. The actress has been a lifel
womansart: Three Harlem girls, 1940s, by Vivian Cherry
1940s Polio girls in rhab girl on the left wearing HKAFO and the one on the right KAFO braces.
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*The alternative-fact factory.—Wonder Woman #2 (1942) by William Moulton Marston & H.G. Peter
Woman by Wifredo Lam 1942
Wifredo Lam, Woman Man, 1942
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vintage-sweden: Woman and baby, ca. 1940s, Sweden.
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