1940s Collection (page 6)

Revving Up by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

What... No Laundry by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Lush Bint by David Wright, showing a women wrapped in a fur coat. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Sketch front cover 1955 by David Wright
Sketch front cover by David Wright from 1955, showing the development of his style in later years along with fashion. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch

Test Match by David Wright, showing a blonde woman wearing a pink sundress and hat. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Streamlined Piece by David Wright, featuring a woman wearing a pale blue evening dress leaning against a chair. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during

Good Morning ! by David Wright
Good Morning! by David Wright, featuring a woman looking at herself in a dressing table mirror while her silk dressing gown slips revealingly off her shoulder

Pin-Up Girl by David Wright
Pin-up Girl by David Wright, showing a woman in bra, petticoat and evening gloves looking at her reflection in a hand mirror

Britains Sea Power Is Yours
World War Two propaganda poster for the Royal Navy - Britains Sea Power Is Yours - illustrated by ships and warships of all kinds, designed to reassure with a shared sense of patriotism

Rudges Cycles Poster
Poster advertising bicycles by Rudge and Whitworth of Nottingham, England showing a young lady from around 1940 perched on one of their models

Poster for the Grand Prix of the Nations in Geneva on 21st July 1946

1940S Housewife Cooking
A housewife cooks on a simple stove in a bare and austere kitchen, adding milk to the pan she is stirring

Woman Shaving Man
A female barber or barbers assisitant, probably during World War Two, applies shaving soap to a mans face before his shave

Old Man & Cat
An old man and his cat sit on a wall in the Cotswolds

Suspension Bridge and Castle, Inverness, Scotland
Suspension Bridge and Castle, Inverness, Highland, Scotland Date: 1944

Multiview, Skegness, Lincolnshire
Multiview, Skegness, near Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1940s

Boys on an 18th century fire engine, Wirksworth
Boys playing on an 18th century fire engine at Wirksworth, Derbyshire. It was believed to be the oldest fire engine in England, dating back to 1721, made by Newsome

WW2 poster, Fairey Aviation Company. Date: 1940s

Judy Garland (1922 1969), American singer, actress. Date: 1947

Coliseum, London
The London Coliseum, on St Martins Lane, London, now the home of English National Opera (ENO). The memorial statue to Edith Cavell is in the foreground left. Date: 1947

Dominion Theatre and Horse Shoe Hotel
The Horse Shoe Hotel next door to the Dominion Theatre on Tottenham Court Road, London. The Dominion is showing Stewart Granger and Kathleen Ryan in Captain Boycott

Just Wright by David Wright
A 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

September 1953 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

July 1953 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Clink Street, London
Close to Southwark Cathedral, Clink Street was the site of the Clink Prison where, in the 16th century, heretics were held; the bridges are used for transportation of goods

England / Horsted Keynes
A glimpse of the village and church of Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England

Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriessshire, Scotland, a fine example of early 15th century military architecture, triangular in shape, with a double moat, drum towers, etc

England / Watchet
Cattle being driven through the ancient town of Watchet Somerset, an interesting old seaport

A Bunch of Sweetness by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

One D--n Thing After Another ! by David Wright
One D-n Thing After Another! by David Wright, showing an almost naked woman sitting on a bed wearing little except a head scarf and stockings and trying on a series of hats

The Siren by David Wright, showing a woman clad in little more than underwear and stocking, with a head scarf round her head, posing on a carpet of furs

Streamline Fuselage by David Wright, showing a red-haired woman in pink and black polka dot lingerie, stockings and stilletos, stretching out her legs

Good Night ! by David Wright
Good Night! by David Wright showing a blonde woman in typically revealing night attire, holding a luxurious feather fan and looking at her reflection in a Venetian glass mirror

Golden Girl by David Wright featuring a elegantly blonde woman in a revealing black evening dress. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Evacuees on a Train
Its goodbye to the little tots who are bound for new homes with new parents in the safe country districts of Britain - evacuees looking out of the window of a train

de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito FB-6
143 Squadron Royal Air Force RAF de Havilland Dh-98 Mosquito Fb-6 with Bomb Racks on the Wing Flying Enroute Date: 1940s

Britain poster, Culzean Castle, Scotland, by Alfred Furness for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1948

Mexico - Acapulco - Panorama of Caleta and Caletilla beaches
Mexico - Acapulco - Panoramic view of the Caleta and Caletilla beaches (Playa de Caleta y la Playa de Caletilla). Date: circa 1945

A pair of RAF Supermarine Spitfire Fighters - stalwarts of the British air force throughout WW2 and instrumental in the victories of the Battle of Britain. Date: circa 1941

WWII - Pin-up showing a lot of leg, accompanied by the caption: " This Front is quite active!" Date: 1943

NFS training / instructional photo, use of hose, WW2
How not to make a length of rolled up hose flat -- dont jump on it!

Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross
Blitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941

Kettners Restaurant, Soho 1940s
Kettners Restaurant on the corner of Romilly Street and Greek Street, Soho, London in 1947, with a view of St Annes Church in the background. 1947

Poster against American capitalism, showing a man in a stranglehold, with a stars and stripes design on the aggressors sleeve. 1944

Ballerinas in their dressing room
Ballet dancers prepare for a performance in their dressing room. One dancer is seen applying make up, while the feet of another await her silk ballet slippers. c.1947

Ballet dancers training
A group of ballet dancers training in a rehearsal studio. circa 1940s

View of the beach at Skipsea, near Driffield, Yorkshire
View of the beach looking north, at Skipsea, near Driffield, East Yorkshire. Date: 1940s

Britannia and Eve magazine, October 1940
Front cover illustration featuring a 1940s blonde beauty, wearing a halter-neck red and white top, along with gold hoop earrings, and necklace

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