1948 Collection (page 2)

Sir Malcolm and Lady Dorothy Evelyn Campbell, Pendine Sands
Photograph showing Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948) and Lady Dorothy Evelyn Campbell (nee Whittall) after a successful world land speed record attempt on Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire, 1925

Babe Ruth Signing a $100, 000 Contract, 1926
Photograph showing Babe Ruth (1895-1948), the American baseball player, signing a $100, 000 contract for a twelve-week tour, 1926

Fantasy Spacecraft, Fantastic Adventures Scifi Magazine Covers
A Spaceship blasts away from a dying planet in this Science Fiction Magazine cover

King Zogs Sisters
MYZEJEN ZOGU & RUHIJE ZOGU Two of the 6 sisters of King Zog of Albania. Princess Myzejen (1909-1969) was patron of sports and Princess Ruhije (1910-1948) was patron of arts

Beauty on Parade - a beach belle by David Wright
Front cover of The American Weekly featuring an illustration by David Wright, of a red-haired woman in a green swimsuit relaxing on the beach. Date: 1948

Avro Lancaster ASRIII SW329 at RAF Northolt August 1948
Avro Lancaster ASRIII, SW329, at RAF Northolt, August 1948. Date: 1948

HMS Warrior R31
Royal Navy - HMS Warrior R31, a Colossus-class light aircraft carrier, in March 1946. (Warrior was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 to 1948 as HMCS Warrior)

Ashwicke Hall, Marshfield, Gloucesterhire. From 1948, the premises served as St Josephs Approved School for Roman Catholic Girls

Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur Mary Coningham, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC, DFC, AFC, RAF, (1895-1948) Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief 2nd Tactical Air Force

Herne Hill Arena, 1948 London Olympic Games
Track cycling events were held in Herne Hill Arena in South London for the XIVth Olympiad. Olympic cycling comprised of road racing and track cycling

Voting on the National Health Service Act, 1948
Counting of votes in the British Medical Association plebiscite on the National Health Service Act at BMA House, Tavistock Square, London. 1948

Railway Poster - Lissewege, Belgium
Poster for the Belgian National Railways, showing the centre of the Town of Lissewege and the connections from this location (via the railway) to other Belgian towns

Lancaster County Asylum, Quernmore Road, Lancaster
The Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum was established at Quernmore Road, Lancaster Moor in 1816. It later became Lancaster County Mental Hospital and after 1948 was renamed Lancaster Moor Hospital

I m dropping in soon by G. E Studdy
Colour illustration by George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948) showing his canine creation, Bonzo, parachuting through the sky. Studdy created Bonzo for The Sketch magazine in the early 1920s

Neil Harvey batting in the Fourth Test Match, Headingley, 19
Photograph of (Robert) Neil Harvey, the Australian batsman, playing a shot in the Fourth Test Match between England and Australia, Headingley Cricket Ground, 1948

Pierre Balmain with one of his designs, 1948
Photograph showing Pierre Balmain presenting a pink and white petticoat, with gueppieres that helped to achieve a 48 centimetre waist, 1948

Harry Price in 1900
Psychical researcher, painted in 1900 before he had embarked on his career as exposer of phoney mediums and the like

Lord Sankey 1935
Lord John, 1st Viscount Sankey, Lord Chancellor during Ramsay Macdonalds Labour government. Famous for the 1927 Persons case, which asked Are Women Persons ?

Arthur Whitten Brown
Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force, he was the navigator of the first direct transatlantic flight in June 1919 piloted by Captain John Alcock

North American P-51D Mustang N6329T
North American - Cavalier P-51D-30NA Mustang N6329T (msn 122-41122, formerly 44-74582). 9 - 18 - 47: TOS USAF. 1948: Redesignated F-51D Date: circa 1974

Aveu fragrance advert
Advertisement for Aveu perfume by Roger and Gallet depicting a couple in glamorous evening dress dancing intimately together. Date: 1948

The prototype Supermarine Attacker TS409
The prototype Supermarine Attacker, TS409. February 1948. Date: 1948

Stafford Cripps - Independence of Burma
Sir Stafford Cripps attends a celebration to mark the granting of the Independence of Burma in 1948. 1948

Cricketer, Studd
R.A. Studd Cricketer - Hampshire

Multiview Card, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire
Multiview Card, Welshpool, near Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Date: 1948

Westgate, Rillington, Yorkshire
Westgate, Rillington, Malton, near Heslerton, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1948

Advert for Kleinerts Roxy watertight bathing caps 1948
Wonderful to know that dive, swim under water, do-what-you-will, weraing a Roxy cap your hair just womn t get wet. Tucked away above a patent inner flange - a simple but perfect device that forms an

V. O. Gyarmati, long jump, 1948 London Olympics
Hungarian athlete Gyarmati won the long jump event at the 1948 London Olympics. Date: 1948

Wunstorf Airfield, near Hanover, 1948
Photograph showing Wunstorf Airfield, near Hanover, in the British controlled zone of Germany, with a large number of Dakota and York airplanes lined up for use during the Berlin Airlift, 1948

Samuel Orchart Beeton (1831-1877)
Photographic portrait of Samuel Orchart Beeton, the English publisher and husband of Isabella Mary Beeton, pictured in 1862. Samuel Beeton was the founder of The Queen and the Boys Own Journal

Pink Court Shoes 1948
A pink high heeled court shoe with peep toes, punched hole decoration and winged heel detail - hence the name Pegasus

Client: Harvey Nichols - model Barbara Goalen
Client: Harvey Nichols - Printed Satin Evening Dress - Model: Barbara Goalen - March 12, 1948 Date: 1948

Lady Astor wearing Cartier tiara with Sancy diamond
Lady Astor, who sat as MP for the Sutton Division of Plymouth from 1919 to 1945 pictured arriving for the opening of Parliament in 1948 wearing a Cartier tiara featuring the Sancy diamond

Richard Attenborough as Percy Boon in London Belongs to Me
British actor Richard Attenborough (1923-2014) as Percy Boon in the Individual picture London Belongs to Me (1948). - playing the role of a romantic-minded young garage mechanic. Date: 1948

Supermarine Seagull ASR-1 Type 381 prototype 1948
Supermarine Seagull ASR-1 Type 381 First Prototype in 1948 Date: 1948

Photograph of Spring Tavern, Wrotham, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1939

Oliver Twist and Camera Crew
A production still shows a camera crew filming Robert Newton and John Howard Davies in the climactic rooftop scene of David Leans 1948 version of Oliver Twist. Date: 1948

Rodeo - Carl Olson on Rimrock - Pendleton Round-up
Rodeo Rider - Carl Olson (1914-1982) on Rimrock - Pendleton Round-up - 1948 - Oregon, USA. He was the World Champion Saddle Bronc Rider in 1947 with an astonishing $8

Piper PA-11 Cub Special N4873M (msn 11-390), seen fitted with the Whittaker tandem-wheel landing gear system. This device, which consisted of dual main wheels fixed one behind the other

Youngman-Baynes High-Lift VT789 ( Percival P.46 G-AMBL), at the 1948 SBAC Radlett air show. The High Lift was a one-off experimental, flying test-bed for the system of slotted flaps invented by R.T

Boeing F4B-4 special NX9846 (ex A9241 / NC-14). The second of two US Marine Corps F4B-4s stripped of military equipment for the Bureau of Commerce, (later Fa), in 1940 and registered NC-14

North American P-51C-10-NT Mustang N1202 Houstonian (msn 111-29080, formerly 44-10947), with race number 60. One of three owned by Oil Tycoon Glenn McArthy

United States Navy - Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat 42874, NACA 158, of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at Moffett Naval Air Station

Hughes XF-11 44-70156, 2nd proto Type. First flight 5 April 1947 by Howard Hughes. Arrived at Eglin Field, Florida, in December 1948 from Wright Field, Ohio

Martin B-26C-T XB-LOX Ay Jijos ! of PEMEX Built as Martin B-26C-20-MO Marauder 41-35071 for the United States Army Air Force, 35071 was modified to AT-23B and later redesignated TB-26C

Grumman G-79 XF9F-2 Panther 122477, 3rdt prototype of the F9F and second XF9F-2, powered by a Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet, taxiing for take-off at the Naval Air Test Centre Patuxent River, Maryland

Boeing F4B-4 NR9846 (ex A9241 / NC-14). The second of two US Marine Corps F4B-4s stripped of military equipment for the Bureau of Commerce (later Fa), in 1940 and registered NC-14

Short S. 38 - SA. 1 Sturgeon S. 1 RK797
Short S.38/SA.1 Sturgeon S.1 RK797, the first prototype of a new carrier-borne strike and reconnaissance aircraft for the Royal Navy

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