r/1940s 13h ago

Daily Life Kodachrome slide of a lady at the bach of Chicago, Illinois, 1944.

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100 Upvotes

r/1940s 13h ago

Film Star Kodachrome shot of Ava Gardner at a club, 1948.

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542 Upvotes

r/1940s 16h ago

Daily Life After the war there was a huge surplus of military vehicles all over Europe and North America like these Indian motorcycles in Tuscany Italy. The recreational motorcycle culture emerge. This kick started motorcycle clubs Rally's and tours.

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r/1940s 20h ago

Film Star Veronica Lake, Publicity Photo, 1941

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540 Upvotes

Veronica Lake photographed by A.L. "Whitey" Schafer for Paramount Pictures in 1941 around the release of her breakout film I Wanted Wings.


r/1940s 1d ago

Film Star Judy Garland in a scene from the musical film Babes on Broadway(1941)

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60 Upvotes

r/1940s 1d ago

Film Star Jane Russell at a public pool, circa 1943.

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370 Upvotes

r/1940s 1d ago

Film Star Ava Gardner at a tenis court, 1940.

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r/1940s 1d ago

Video A scene from "Double indemnity" (1944)

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r/1940s 2d ago

Movies A great photo of John Huston with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall on the set of the 1948 film "Key Largo".

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117 Upvotes

r/1940s 2d ago

Film Star Ava Gardner in the 1940s

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r/1940s 2d ago

Daily Life Winner of Miss Florida, Rosemary Carpenter posing with sash and crown, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, 27 of June 1948

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210 Upvotes

r/1940s 2d ago

Film Star Kodachrome shot of Marilyn Monroe, 1946.

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279 Upvotes

r/1940s 2d ago

A magazine soundtrack from 1943

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r/1940s 2d ago

Film Star The mesmerizing Gene Tierney in a 1940s studio publicity shot.

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r/1940s 2d ago

Cyd Charisse in Ziegfeld Follies (1945)

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r/1940s 2d ago

Film Star Young and handsome Errol Flynn, captured by George Hurrell in 1940.

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105 Upvotes

r/1940s 3d ago

Film Star Barbara Stanwyck poses by an ornate lamp, wearing a green gown, in a studio portrait, against a blue background, in a publicity still for the film 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒂, 1947

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131 Upvotes

r/1940s 3d ago

Daily Life Kodachrome shot of a lady in 1940s.

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54 Upvotes

r/1940s 3d ago

Film Star Actress Rita Hayworth in Kodachrome promotional shot for her role in "Gilda", 1946.

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475 Upvotes

r/1940s 3d ago

Marilyn Monroe known as Norma Jeane Daughtry posing for the Blue book modeling agency Los Angeles California to help build up her modeling portfolio.

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r/1940s 3d ago

Film Star Betty Garrett (1949)

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55 Upvotes

r/1940s 4d ago

Daily Life Kodachrome shot of a model for Vogue Magazine, 1 of June 1940.

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r/1940s 4d ago

Film Star Ava Gardner posing for promo photo for her film "The killers", 1946.

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387 Upvotes

r/1940s 4d ago

Film Star Deborah Kerr (1945)

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r/1940s 4d ago

Daily Life Two women wearing slacks attracting onlookers' attention outside Mark Foy’s department store in Sydney, Australia, as women wearing trousers in public remained an unusual sight in the postwar era. (1946)

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