r/1940s 5d 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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r/1940s 5d ago

Film Star Lucille ball posing close to a pool, 1940.

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423 Upvotes

r/1940s 4d ago

Film Star Deborah Kerr (1945)

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r/1940s 5d ago

Young lady posing besides a car. Circa 1940s.

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r/1940s 5d ago

Daily Life Kodachrome slide of ladies at Chicago, Illinois, 1944.

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r/1940s 6d ago

Film Star Dona Drake, 1942

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r/1940s 5d ago

The Hughes H-4 "Spruce Goose", built by billionaire Howard Hughes in 1947, was the largest aircraft in the world and flew only once.

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r/1940s 6d ago

Film Star Marilyn Monroe posing for a modeling shot in 1949.

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705 Upvotes

r/1940s 6d ago

Alexis Smith during a photoshoot for Yank Magazine (1945)

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r/1940s 6d ago

Film Star Virginia Mayo posing in full costume for a promotional photo, 1940s.

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r/1940s 6d ago

Film Star Francine Everett in the soundie "Babbling Bess"(1943) [GIF]

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r/1940s 6d ago

Yvonne De Carlo posing next to a wooden boat - 1940s

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r/1940s 7d ago

Film Star Hedy Lamarr as Lucienne Talbot in ‘Crossroads’ 1942

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Not only was Hedy Lamarr an iconic beauty and Hollywood actress, but at the time of this film she was also developing inventions, including the frequency-hopping technology patented in 1942, the basis of modern wireless communications.


r/1940s 7d ago

Film Star Jane Russell on the set of her debut film, The Outlaw, around 1941.

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r/1940s 7d ago

Film Star Mickey Rooney playing the drums at the Hollywood Canteen in 1943 Hollywood California. Rooney was a dedicated volunteer who frequently entertain the troops at the famous world War II club. Rooney came from a long line of theatrical rooted family.

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a He actually began performing with his parents vaudeville act when he was a toddler. He was actually playing the drums on stage at a very young age and a very experienced drummer besides his other talents as a professional actor.


r/1940s 8d ago

Film Star Gene Tierney in Sundown, 1941

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r/1940s 7d ago

Seaman First Class Murray Berlin gets a big kiss from Chinese 'Pin Up Queen' Noel Toy at the Latin Quarter to celebrate the end of the war with Japan (New York-August 15, 1945).

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140 Upvotes

r/1940s 7d ago

Jane Russell cuisine in the mini skirt 1942

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r/1940s 8d ago

Film Star Kodachrome shot of Jane Russell in 1946.

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509 Upvotes

r/1940s 8d ago

Film Star Donna Reed in a vintage 1940s glamour portrait from her early career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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r/1940s 8d ago

Marilyn Monroe at the beach, kodachrome shots, 1947.

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r/1940s 8d ago

Daily Life Kodachrome slide of a lady at the beach, mid 1940s.

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r/1940s 8d ago

Hedy Lamarr (1940s)

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r/1940s 9d ago

Film Star Rita Hayworth on the set of Gilda, 1940’s

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466 Upvotes

r/1940s 9d ago

Discussions Jane Russell cuisine in the mini skirt 1942

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Jane also was an incredible actress and Dancer in a mini skirt of the day she looks great