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Short Solent Passener Flying Boat - Victoria Falls - ZambesiA Short Solent Passenger Flying Boat (G-AHIN) close to the Victoria Falls on the Zambesi River - Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia). Date: circa 1949
Car Ride at DreamlandThe Brooklands Racers car ride at Dreamland Amusement Park, Margate, Kent
HMAS Melbourne head-on. HMAS Melbourne was laid down in 1943 as HMS Majestic. Construction was frozen at the end of WW2 but resumed in 1949 after the ship was taken over by the RAN
Manchesters last tram on its farewell journey, heading for the Depot. A group of people wave from the pavement. Date: 1949
GURDJIEFF (1872-1949)Georgei Ivanovitch Gurdjieff Russian spiritual leader
GURDJIEFFGeorgei Ivanovitch Gurdjieff Russian spiritual leader
Dewars White Label Whisky shipping adA crate containing Dewars White Label Scotch whisky " among the distinguished passengers" is lifted on board the Queen Elizabeth ship at quayside in this advertisement. Date: 1949
Okapi chewing leavesOkapi eating leaves from a tree branch drawn for Drawing at the Zoo published in 1949. The okapi is a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa
de Havilland DH-100 Vampire FB-5RAF de Havilland Dh-100 Vampire Fb.5 Date: 1949
Douglas DC-3 / C-47 DakotaAirmen Maintaining a Douglas Dc-3 / C-47 Dakota at the Headquarters of the USAFe 85th Air Depot-Wing Date: 1949
Flight Lieutenant K. H. F Letford, DFOFlight Lieutenant Kenneth Harold Francis Letford, as he appeared in the Illustrated London News in 1949, when he was awarded a bar to his Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry in assisting HMS
The de Havilland DH106 Comet first prototype G-5-1The de Havilland DH106 Comet first prototype, G-5-1 (later registered G-ALVG) with the third de Havilland DH108, VW120, at Hatfield, 27 July 1949. Date: 1949
LCC-LFB Dual purpose pump escape at Lambeth HQA Dennis F7 pump escape at Lambeth HQ, a classic postwar fire engine newly in service in London. It was powered by a 150 bhp 5.7 litre Rolls-Royce engine and served initially at Lambeth Fire Station
Variety Theatre, Monte SaldoEnglish born Monte Saldo 1879 - 1949 (real name A. M. Woolaston). Strong-man, Gymnast and also an artists model. Here he is photographed in various statuesque classical poses as well as in the more
GURDJIEFF (1872-1949)Georgei Ivanovitch Gurdjieff Russian spiritual leader (in 1935)
P&O Liner Chusan. circa 1949
Axel Munthe / AnacapriAXEL MUNTHE Home of the Swedish physician and writer on Anacapri, Italy Date: 1857 - 1949
Arsenal Football Club team and officials 1948-1949Arsenal Football Club team and officials, season of 1948-1949 (names below the photo). Date: 1948-1949
Holiday Camp / ButlinsBUTLINS - Littlehampton - the Figure of Eight ride ( Thriller )
Just Wright by David WrightA young woman in a red dress with a plunging neckline and a large, wide brimmed hat to protect her English rose complexion from the sun, contemplates the viewer with a slightly arrogant air
Oxford V Cambridge 1949An official souvenir from the Oxford versus Cambridge boat race from Putney to Mortlake on 26th March which was won by Cambridge by quarter of a length
Fall / Cairn Terrier / 1949A group of Cairn terrier puppies from the Toptwig kennel. Owner: Tracker Date: 1949
Stiebel Evening DressAn evening dress in golden jersey classically draped and folded. By Victor Stiebel at Jacqmar
Heartless RobotMISSING INGREDIENT (Alejandro) The robot is missing a heart
London Tram 1949A tram on a London street bound for Embankment
Bristol BrabazonDesigned to fly non-stop London-NY, the Bristol 167 is the largest civil aircraft in the air - wingspan 70m, length 54m. It fails for economic not technical reasons
Summer Holidays in the British IslesCover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing an English seaside resort, with a sandy beach, sailing boats on the sea, a pier and a blue sky
Summer Holidays in Holland and BelgiumCover illustration for Summer Holidays in Holland and Belgium, Cooks World Travel Service. A young woman in a short green dress stands on the beach waving a handkerchief
William Rust, British communist and newspaper editorWilliam Charles Rust (1903-1949), British communist activist, member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and editor of the Daily Worker newspaper, seen here at his desk
Man & 1948 Triumph motorcycleMan on his 1948 Triumph Trophy 500cc motorcycle road side circa 1950
OUDS: The Tempest at Worcester College, 1949A midsummer diversion in an Oxford garden: the Oxford University Drama Societys production of Shakespeares The Tempest in the grounds of Worcester College, 1949
Advert for J. Roussel underwear 1949A blonde bombshell model wears a rather elaborate creation. Date: 1949
The Millionth Ton of Supplies reaches Berlin, 1949Photograph showing Flight Lieutenant K.J. Ryall of the Royal Air Force handing a sack, representing the millionth short ton of supplies to be flown into Berlin during the airlift, to Dr
LFB turntable ladders in use at Hackney fireFirefighters in action at Messrs Woolf, a furniture store in Hackney, East London
GEORGE ORWELL 1903-1950GEORGE ORWELL (real name Eric Arthur Blair) English writer, fought in Spanish Civil War on the Republican side and gained fame with novels Animal Farm (1944) and 1984 (1949)
La Hacienda, Hong Kong, ChinaLa Hacienda, luxury apartments in Mount Kellett Road, Hong Kong, China. Date: circa 1949
South Bay Swimming Pool, Scarborough, North YorkshireThe outdoorSouth Bay Swimming Pool, Scarborough, North Yorkshire Date: circa 1940s
Sunbeam Talbot advertisementAdvertisement for the Sunbeam Talbot 80 & 90 cars, whose streamlined beauty graces any occasion. A cream model is pictured parked at a quayside
Just Wright by David Wright showing a glamorous woman fixing her shoe. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940s
Poster, All the year round the French Riviera calls youPoster, French National Railways, All the year round the French Riviera calls you. 1949
A Calculating machine, 1949A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, 1949, reporting on the automatic sequence controlled calculating machine at Manchester University
Advert for Horrockses Fashions 1949Horrockses Fashion advert with women in cotton dresses 1949
Aerial view of the Bristol Filton site in 1949
Bristol Freighter IA F-BCJMBristol Freighter IA, F-BCJM, of Socie
Downing Street sectional drawingA cut-away illustration of No. 10 Downing Street: the quiet backwater from which great men have ruled a great empire. 10 Downing Street from the garden front with Nos 11 and 12 at right
Peacock in display from Drawing at the Zoo published in 1949. The underlying geometrical structure of the spread feathers is revealed
Barbara Ann ScottA waxwork at Madame Tussauds of the Canadian Ice Skater Barbara Ann Scott is dressed for display, seated before a model of England Football legend Sir Stanley Matthews
Thor Washing MachineThis housewife is delighted with her Thor washing machine which converts to a dishwasher when she lifts out the Clothes Tub and slips in th Dish- Washing Unit