1940s Women Gallery
Freshman 15
knights-in-whumperland
thedirtynerd
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Dirty bulking
Lodz, Poland, Two young Jewish women in the ghetto. Mendel Grossman
Women trainees of the LAPD practice firing their newly issued revolvers, 1948
Week-end anglais.Sur le pont. = English Weekend. On the Bridge.Ina Bandy (French, born Estonia; 1903
hankeycenter:Happy International Women’s Day from the Hankey Center! From my Alma Mater, Wilson Coll
fordarkmornings:Francine Van Hove (French, b. 1942)
preciously-me:The American Look: Sportswear, Fashion and the Image of Women in 1930s and 1940s New Y
Unknown people, 1940s, Sweden.
Renée, “The New Look of Dior,” Place de la Concorde, Paris, August 1947 - Ph. Richard Av
Happy International Women’s Day!
‘Women run canal boats’, taken in April 1945 by F Greaves for the Daily Herald.
The Great Side Placket ExperimentOften when a 1930s blouse or dress pulled on over the head, side pl
Women in Crime, 1946
“A veteran of three seasons as a motorcycle owner, pretty Miss Betty Jeremey of Lake George, New Mex
50ftwoman:rubyarmoire:Unnatural hair colours did exist in the past!Yes they did, Older women where o
Broom Hockey
Philippe Halsman (American, born Latvia; 1901–1979)Bathing Costumes, Bermuda Photograph, 1946 © Phil
Betty Grable 1940s1950sunlimited@Flickr
zuliebe:Simone de Beauvoir at the Café de Flore, 1945
Fashion in 1942 The War Production Board (WPB) was established in 1942 as a government agency to re
ridesabike:Susan Shaw and Patricia Owen ride bikes.“HOLIDAY AT HOME” == SUSAN SHAW and PATRICIA OWEN
1940s Polio girls in rhab girl on the left wearing HKAFO and the one on the right KAFO braces.
coolchicksfromhistory:Marine Corps women reservists Minnie Spotted Wolf (Blackfoot), Celia Mix (Pota
LIFE
Women’s Sweaters, Book No. 225, Chadwicks’ Red Heart Wools, The Spool Cotton Company, 19
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