1949 Collection (page 6)

Leopold I of Belgium - King of the Belgians (1790-1865) - a German prince who became the first King of the Belgians following the countrys independence in 1830

Advertisement for Icilma face powder. Date: 1949

Advertisement for Gala of London nail colour. Date: 1949

Queen Mary at the Epsom Derby, Surrey
Queen Mary at the Epsom Derby horserace, Surrey, greeted by Lord Rosebery, with the Earl of Athlone (centre back), on 4 June 1949. 1949

People queuing for boats, River Dee, Chester
People queuing for boats on the River Dee at Chester, Easter 1949. 1949

Coastal Reconnaissance seaplane, Battleship Nelson
Coastal Reconnaissance seaplane and the stern of the Battleship Nelson, January 1949. 1949

Travel by train to the Edinburgh International Festival
Page of adverts in the Illustrated London News, 1949, including for British Rail - travel by train to the Edinburgh International Festival - for Rolls-Royce and Prices Energol

LFB turntable ladders in use at Hackney fire
Firefighters in action at Messrs Woolf, a furniture store in Hackney, East London. Date: 1949

Blackout, meal by candlelight, 1949
Once again the victims of an unofficial strike: the long-suffering public. Recalling the inconveniences of the long wartime blackout

Boeing B-50A Superfortress 46-10 Lucky Lady II
United States Air Force - Boeing B-50A-5-BO Superfortress 46-10 (msn 15720) Lucky Lady II, which made first non-stop flight around the world, from 26 February - 2 March 1949

SNCAN NC. 854 F-BFIB
SNCAN NC.854 F-BFIB (msn 13), of Aer-Club Air France. Built as an NC.853, with the troublesome 80 hp Minie 4DC30 engine, in 1949

Piper L-4H Grasshopper F-BFQV (msn 12052), company designation J3C-65D. Built as L-4H 44-79756 17 January 1947: OO-GAZ, cancelled 17 September 1948 18 September 1948: re-registered OO-GAS

Cierva W. 14 Skeeter 2 G-ALUF
Cierva W.14 Skeeter 2 G-ALUF (msn W.14/2), 2nd prototype at the 1949 SBAC Farnborough Air-show in September 1949 Date: 1949

B. A. Niagara Swallow II G-AFCL 10
B.A. Niagara Swallow II G-AFCL (msn 462), circa 1949, at White Waltham. G-AFCL is still currently registered in the UK. (B.A. - British Aircraft Manufacturing Company Ltd.) Date: circa 1949

Tipsy B G-AFKP (msn 05), at Cowes (Somerton) on the Isle of Wight, circa 1949. Built in 1938 as a Tipsy B, with a smaller rudder and lower all-up weight

Morane-Saulnier MS. 502 Criquet number 1071
(ex Armee de l Air) Morane-Saulnier MS.502 Criquet number 1071, on display. Date: circa 1949

de Havilland DH. 84 Dragon G-AECZ
de Havilland DH.84 Dragon G-AECZ (msn 6105), of the Wiltshire School of Flying Ltd. at Thruxton aerodrome. Date: circa 1949

Ryan XFR-1 Fireball 48233 (2nd prototype), languishing on the dump at Naval Air Station Ptuxent River. Date: circa 1949

de Havilland DH. 104 Dove 5A N4916V
de Havilland DH.104 Dove 5A N4916V (msn 04275) CC-CLY: Built as a Dove 1 and delivered on 16 November 1949 311: Fuerza Aerea de Chile N4916V: bought 9/54 Bankers Life & Casualty N4916V

Found FBA-1A CF-GMO-X (msn 1). The pre-cursor to the Found FBA-2A Bush Hawk, first flown on 13 July 1949, was designed and built by brothers N.K (Bud) and S.R. (Mickey) Found from 1946

Avro 707 VX784, parked in front of Percival Survey Prince G-ALRY (msn P50-8) and Percival Prentice T.1 VS639 and Cierva Skeeter 1 G-AJCJ (msn W.14-1)

Parnall Heck 2C G-AEGI, seen with race number 33 at Elmdon for the 1949 Kings Cup Air Race. On 29 July 1949, G-AEGI flew in the Kings Cup Race at Elmdon airport

Lockheed 18 Lodestar ZS-BZD
XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 - Lockheed 18 Lodestar ZS-BZD at Orly Airport. Date: 1949

RAF - Handley Page Halifax C. III RG842
XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 - Royal Air Force - Handley Page Halifax C.III RG842 at Orly Airport. Date: 1949

Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949 general view at Grand Palais
XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

SNECMA ATAR 101B at the Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949
A SNECMA ATAR 101B turbojet engine at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

SNECMA 14R at the Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949
A SNECMA 14R at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

SOCEMA TGA-01 turboprop at the Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949
SOCEMA TGA-01 turboprop at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

Mathis G. 8R at the Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949
Mathis G.8R at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

Mathis G. 7R at the Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949
Mathis G.7R at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

Republic XP-91 Thunderceptor 46-0681 4 May 1949: 0680 (1st prototype) first flight. 14 October 1949: 0681 first flight. Summer 1951:engine failed on take-off summer 1951 at Edwards AFB

Convair CV-240 N641PH, when owned by Paul Hardeman Incorporated. Delivered new to American Airlines in February 1949 and served until February 1958. Date: circa 1962

USAF - Nothrop P-61C-1-NO Black Widow
USAF - United States Army Air Force - Nothrop P-61C-1-NO Black Widow 43-8353 (msn 1399) Date: circa 1949

Short S. 45 Solent Mk. 3 N9946F
Short S.45 Solent Mk.3 N9946F Isle of Tahiti of South Pacific Airlines at San Francisco. Delivered to the Royal Air Force as Short Seaford I NJ203

United States Air Force - Republic F-84D-1-RE Thunderjet 48-00649 (Buzz no FS-649-A) of the 82nd Fighter Squadron. *1949: USAF 82nd FS (78th FG)

United States Air Force - Fairchild C-82A-15-FA Packet 44-23004 (msn 10048), with snow-ski undercarriage designated EC-82A for trials from 1945-1951. To civilian registry in 1957 as N75399

Cierva W. 11 Air Horse VZ724
Cierva W.11 Air Horse VZ724 (msn W.11/1) at the SBAC 1949 Farnborough Air Show Date: 1949

Blackburn YA. 7 WB781
Blackburn YA.7 WB781 (msn 5615), on the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough fire dump (struck off charge on 18 May 1955)

United States Air Force Republic F-84D Thunderjet
United States Air Force - Republic F-84D Thunderjet 48-0746, The Wicked Witch, of the 20th Fighter-Bomber Group. 1949: USAF 55th FBS (20th FBG). 1951: USAF 363rd TRW. 1953: Georgia ANG 158th FBS

Christmas in Windsor Ward, West Herts Hospital. Reverse reads Windsor Ward ? West Herts Hospital, Hemel Hempstead. Sister A.M. Smith & Nurses about 1949 Date: circa 1949

Graduating Nurses on balcony
Line of nurses in full uniform on the balcony of nurses home, Maryfield Hospital Dundee Date: circa 1949

Nurses Prize Giving Day
Group of four nurses in uniform inspecting a book prize Date: circa 1949

Presentation of prize to nurse
Nurse receiving prize of book with matron in background Date: circa 1949

TWO SIAMESE CATS 1949
Two elegant Siamese cats sit together. Date: 1949

BULL TERRIER ND PUPPY
BARONSWOOD FLEUR-DE-LYS and puppy. Owned by Sturch. Date: 1949

BULL TERRIER / 1949
ORMANDYS POCKET EDITION This young bull terrier grins at the camera. Owned by Oppenheimer. Date: 1949

THREE SHIH TZU / 1949
SING TZU OF SHEBO, SHEBO SCHUNDE OF HING-JOA and SHEBO TSEMO OF LHAKANG. Owned by Bode. Date: 1949

WELSH CORGI / 1949
CHAMPION FORMAKIN ORANGEMAN This corgi lies down facing away from the Camera. Owned by Holmes. Date: 1949

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