1946 Collection (#17)

King George VI talks to the Hon. Margaret Elphinstone at the marriage of Lord and Lady Elphinstones younger son, the Hon. Andrew Elphinstone, a nephew of the Queen, to the Hon

ILN Front cover: Princess Elizabeth in February 1946
Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring a portrait of Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) at the age of 20. Date: 23rd February 1946

David Wright woman in bare-backed evening dress
Elegant woman in a bare-backed evening dress, with long black gloves, looking back over her bare shoulder. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

David Wright woman in blue and white outfit
Elegant woman in a blue and white daytime outfit. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

In the salon of Captain Molyneux
An impression of Captain Edward Molyneuxs famous grey and crystal salon with mannequins parading his latest designs for fashion buyers and wealthy clients

Sketch of a steamboat for the Bridgewater canal
Princess Elizabeth wearing a charming, off-the-brow hat composing a large bow of same material as the hat and piped with contrasting colour, worn with a large mesh veil. Date: 1946

Monkey jacket by Victor Stiebel
A loose monkey jacket designed by Victor Stiebel. Date: 1946

Winston Churchill and his daughter in Switzerland, 1946
Mr. Winston Churchill with his daughter, Mary, driving to the Chateau Lohn on his arrival in Berne, where he was warmly welcomed. 1946

Princess Elizabeth in a hat
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) at an Inspection of Grenadier Guards in July 1947, wearing a rather dashing hat and polka dot jacket. Date: 1947

New York Shoppers
Christmas shoppers admire the window displays at Macys department store, New York Date: 1946

Iron Duke Warship
This dreadnought, seen here in the Pentland Firth, is the flagship at the battle of Jutland : she will become a training ship in 1931 and will be scrapped in 1946. Date: launched 1912

Micro-Men Invasion 1946
Invasion of the Micro-Men (Richard Shaver) Date: 1946

Dinner dance at Fulford Barracks, CRE Preston
Staff of Fulford Barracks, CRE Preston, Lancashire, with guests, at a dinner dance. Date: 1946

Ww2 / May45 / Ve Day Infantr
Infantry of the line passing the Saluting Base (George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary and Princess Margaret). Date: 8 June 1946

E127, popularly known as Nymph, on display
Research Station Park Royal GTCC exhibition E127, popularly known as Nymph, on display Date: 1946

David Wright woman with cigarette
Elegant woman standing at her bedroom window with a cigarette in her hand. She is in her underwear, and her hair is tied up in a red scarf

Bosnia - Sarajevo - Railway Workers
Happy smiling Railway workers, delighted at having completed the railway link between Samac and Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina - then under Russian occupation)

Yvon Petra(1916-1984), French tennis player, pictured here with his young daughter, prior to winning the 1946 Wimbledon mens singles title

Yvon Petra in tennis whites
Yvon Petra(1916-1984), French tennis player, pictured here posing in his tennis whites, prior to winning the 1946 Wimbledon mens singles title

Variety Theatre, Walter Passmore
Walter Passmore, 1867 - 1946. Comic actor and singer, best known for his Gilbert & Sullivan roles

Bishop of London / Stamp
ARTHUR FOLEY WINNINGTON-INGRAM Bishop of London, in military uniform

General Macready / Stamp
General SIR CECIL FREDERICK NEVIL MACREADY (1862 - 1946) British Army officer serving in senior staff appointments in the First World War

Major General The Earl of Cavan / Stamp
Field Marshal FREDERICK RUDOLF LAMBART, 10th Earl of Cavan (1865 - 1946) (Field Marshal LORD CAVAN) Successful British commander during the First World War

King of Italy / Stamp
VITTORIO EMANUELE III King of Italy and Albania; Emperor of Ethiopia

Mrs Lewis Douglas and daughter
Mrs Lewis Douglas, elegantly dressed and holding a fur wrap, together with her daughter

Tom Titt / Bishop of London
Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram. Bishop of London from 1901 to 1939

Tom Titt / Will Thorne
William James Thorne, known as Will Thorne. British trade unionist, activist and one of the first Labour Members of Parliament

Benson. Queen / Richard II
CONSTANCE BENSON (nee Featherstonhaugh) English actress, wife of Frank R Benson, in the roll of The Queen in Shakespeares Richard II

Benson. Titanias / Speare
CONSTANCE BENSON (nee Featherstonhaugh) English actress, wife of Frank R Benson, in the roll of Titania in Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream

Earl of Athlone
Major General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, formerly Prince Alexander of Teck (14 April 1874-16 January 1957)

Prince Alexander of Teck, Earl of Athlone
Major General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, formerly Prince Alexander of Teck (14 April 1874-16 January 1957)

Sling Back Fairy Wedge
In a feature entitled Best Foot Forward we are introduced to the Fairy Wedge, open toe, sling back shoe, just the thing for summer days

British Fashions in 1946
Unusual utility fashion made from wool and worn with a wedge heel, the playsuit is the latest thing to come from our British fashion designers

People watching Television at home, 1946
Illustration showing a group of people, in formal evening wear, watching a television in a sitting room, 1946. One might reasonably suppose that this shows a dinner party having a little televisual

Nineteenth Century Peep-Show in London
Painting showing a group of small children looking into a peep-show, disguised as a castle, in the streets of London, early 19th century

George Gibson (1885-1953) Chairman of the TUC from 1940-1941 and Director of the Bank of England from 1946-1948

Jack Johnson (1878-1946)
Photographic portrait of Arthur John Johnson, better known as Jack Johnson, the American heavyweight boxer, pictured in 1908. Johnson was the World Heavyweight Champion between 1908 and 1915

Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns, 1908
Photographs showing Jack Johnson (1878-1946)(left) and Tommy Burns (1881-1955), the heavyweight boxers who fought for the World Championship in Sydney, Australia, in 1908

General Sir Claude Auchinleck (1884-1981)
Portrait of Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, the English soldier who was made Field-Marshal in 1946, pictured in 1945 when he was Commander-in-Chief in India

Various types of Anchors, November 1946
Illustrations of various anchors and anchor housing, from The Sphere, 16th November 1946

Hg Wells / Anon Daguerreo
HERBERT GEORGE WELLS English novelist, sociologist and historian, at the age of 13

Space Ship Station
When mankind start to explore space they will find it practical to anchor space ship stations at convenient locations, where travelers can transfer to smaller craft

Future Road
The road of tomorrow may be a kind of track, along which huge bubbles will run, containing accomodation - a kind of super-caravan

Colonel Francois de la Rocque, France, 1936
Photograph showing Colonel Francois de la Rocque (1885-1946), the leader of the French Nationalist group Croix de Feu, pictured in 1936

Dr. Joseph Herman Hertz (1872-1946)
Photograph of Dr. Joseph Herman Hertz, the British Zionist leader and writer, taken in 1913, when he had just become the new Chief Rabbi of the British Empire

Nicolai Polajenko-Dancer
Nicolai Polajenko - principal male ballet dancer

HMS Argus, 1918
Photograph of the aircraft carrier HMS Argus, which saw service in both World Wars, at a Royal review of the fleet 1918. HMS Argus was launched in 1918 and scrapped in 1946

Cricketer, Marchant
Francis (Frank) Marchant Cricketer - Kent

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