1940s Gallery

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 Zorita was a 1940s burlesque dancer known for performing spectacular acts with her two pet boa cons
An unidentified girl band in a 1940s soundie.
Petite fille dans un jardin. Ghetto de Lodz, ca. 1940- 1944. Photo: Henryk Ross
Lodz, Poland, Two young Jewish women in the ghetto. Mendel Grossman
George Nelson, Bubble, wall light, originally designed in 1947. Acrylic polyfibre fabric. 1 Saucer 2
From “Jiveroo”, a soundie or early music video, c. 1940s.
Electrical toys for girls: Brutzelette. Der elektrische Herd für die kleine Hausfrau, late 1940s. Ba
design-is-fine:Herbert Bayer, Our Allies need eggs, your farm can help, 1942. Rural Electrification
Frida Kahlo by Leo Matiz, 1941
Until the 1940s, traditional Palestinian clothing reflected a woman’s economic and marital sta
Women trainees of the LAPD practice firing their newly issued revolvers, 1948
Finn Juhl’s own House, built 1942. Ordrup, Denmark. Photo: Henrik Sørensen. More to read and see (in
auldcine:KAY HAMMOND and REX HARRISON in BLITHE SPIRIT (1945)
nemfrogfilms:Roots. Gift of Green. 1946.Internet Archive
Winter in Peking (Beijing), c1946. Dmitri Kessel. 
Frida Kahlo in Diego Rivera’s studio by Nickolas Muray, 1940s
Peiping/Peking (Beijing), late 1940s. 
Now, what in the blazes is Hägar the Horrible doing among the Miss Chiquita designs?Well, the artist
fuckyeahvintage-retro:The Card Game, 1941
1946 evening gowns by René Gruau;Pierre BalmainMarcelle Alix and Bruyère
gatabella:Ava Gardner, 1940s
strangelyjonathan:Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) dir. Frank Capra
Marilyn Monroe / photo by Bernard of Hollywood, 1946.
‘Flying Tigers’ aircraft near Chungking/Chongqing, China, 1943. 
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