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1950 Collection (page 11)

Background image1950 Collection: Photograph of Turnpike House PH, Stamford Hill, London

Photograph of Turnpike House PH, Stamford Hill, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Background image1950 Collection: Photograph of Royal Duchess PH, Stepney (Old), London

Photograph of Royal Duchess PH, Stepney (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Background image1950 Collection: Dowager Lady Swaythling

Dowager Lady Swaythling
Gladys Helen Rachel (nee Goldsmid), Lady Swaythling (1879-1965) - President of the EAW (1938-57). The Electrical Assocation for Women (EAW)

Background image1950 Collection: Radio City Music Hall Auditorium, Rockefeller Center

Radio City Music Hall Auditorium, Rockefeller Center
Mini leporello picture in a Rocketfeller Greeting envelope showing the Radio City Music Hall Auditorium, today known as Radio City Music Hall. Date: early 1950

Background image1950 Collection: R. C. A. Building, Rockefeller Center, New York City

R. C. A. Building, Rockefeller Center, New York City
Mini leporello picture in a Rockefeller Greeting envelope showing the R.C.A. Building of the Rockefeller Center, today known as Comcast Building. Date: early 1950

Background image1950 Collection: 1st Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders boarding HMS Ceylon

1st Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders boarding HMS Ceylon
Photograph: 1st Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders boarding HMS Ceylon, Hong Kong, August 1950 (at the same time as the 1st Btn Middlesex Regt. boarded the aircraft carrier Unicorn at Hong Kong)

Background image1950 Collection: Cromwell tank

Cromwell tank
Photograph: Cromwell tank. From a collection of 80 photographs and 429 negatives taken and collected by Lt Col C J G Meade MBE, 8th Hussars, 1945-1953 (c). Associated with Korea (1950-1953)

Background image1950 Collection: Korean War - Sioux helicopter

Korean War - Sioux helicopter
Photograph: Sioux helicopter. From an album of 110 photographs mainly taken by Lt (later Maj) Geoffrey Norton, 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge?s Own), Korea, 1950-1951. Date: 1951

Background image1950 Collection: Welsh Guards

Welsh Guards
One of 34 photographs associated with the Welsh Guards, 1950-1969.Showing canteen; sign-writer; carpenters; drivers; machine gunners; firing mortars; sport; welder; mess waiters

Background image1950 Collection: Aberdare National Park, Kenya, East Africa

Aberdare National Park, Kenya, East Africa
Lookout post in Aberdare National Park, Kenya, East Africa, viewed from Treetops, Nyeri. Date: circa 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Man & 1948 BSA motorcycle

Man & 1948 BSA motorcycle
Man kneeling down beside his 1948 BSA B31 motorcycle roadside circa 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Lady on a 1958 / 9 Puch motorcycle

Lady on a 1958 / 9 Puch motorcycle
Lady wearing bikini on a 1958/9 250cc Puch motorcycle outside house circa 1959

Background image1950 Collection: Belgian farmer Jan-Baptist Meuleman of Oordegem

Belgian farmer Jan-Baptist Meuleman of Oordegem, Belgium holds two types of sickle formerly used for harvesting. Date: 1950

Background image1950 Collection: The Justice of Tor, Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine cover

The Justice of Tor, Fantastic Adventures scifi magazine cover
The Justice of Tor Date: 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Capstan Navy Cut Cigarettes advertisement

Capstan Navy Cut Cigarettes advertisement 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Poster, Indian Air Force jets with elephant

Poster, Indian Air Force jets with elephant
Poster, Indian Air Force jets (Folland Gnats) with elephant in the foreground, design by Laurence Fish, original artwork for a magazine advertisement. Date: circa 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Scene with camel and plane at Khartoum Airport, Sudan

Scene with camel and plane at Khartoum Airport, Sudan. The camel is pulling a trolley. The plane is a BEA/Ministry of Supply Vickers Viscount, prototype G-AHRF. Date: 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk-the last of the big warship catapu

Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk-the last of the big warship catapult aircraft Retired from the US Navy in 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Douglas DC-3 G-AGNG BOAC in flight

Douglas DC-3 G-AGNG BOAC in flight
Douglas DC-3 G-AGNG of BOAC in flight Date: circa 1950

Background image1950 Collection: The River Leven, Balloch, Dunbartonshire

The River Leven, Balloch, Dunbartonshire
The River Leven, Balloch, Loch Lomond, near Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Showing the Balloch Hotel Date: 1950

Background image1950 Collection: FRY, Roger. Bertrand Russell

FRY, Roger. Bertrand Russell
RUSSELL, Bertrand (1872-1970). British mathematician and philosopher. Nobel Prize in Literature, 1950. Oil on canvas

Background image1950 Collection: Avro Lancastrian G-AGLW BOAC LAP

Avro Lancastrian G-AGLW BOAC LAP
BOAC used their Avro Lancastrians on the England to Australia route from May 1945. G-AGLW, named Northampton, was flown until 1950 Date: 1946

Background image1950 Collection: New anti-submarine torpedo by G. H. Davis

New anti-submarine torpedo by G. H. Davis
An acoustic torpedo which seeks out its prey: the new anti-submarine weapon which alters course and depth in pursuit of its target, diagrammatically explained. Date: 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Royal Tournament, Earls Court 1950

Royal Tournament, Earls Court 1950
A series of sketches showing events at the Royal Tournament, at Earls Court, London in 1950. Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother)

Background image1950 Collection: Winter Sports Out and Indoors by Francis Marshall

Winter Sports Out and Indoors by Francis Marshall
A spread of vignette illustrations showing people participating in various winter sports, including cross country skiing, ice skating and bobsleigh

Background image1950 Collection: Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pleated skirts 1950

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pleated skirts 1950
Give her a lovely NEW Gor-ray pleated skirt. With its permanised knife-edge into sheath-fitting, single material over the hips, it is the most flattering of all skirts. 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Nude Blond & Sheik

Nude Blond & Sheik
Symbolic or pornographic? Two white doves hover above a blonde wearing only a string of pearls & high heel mules while flirting with a sheik who might want her for his harem. Date: circa 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Major G. P. Bulman, CBE, FRAeS, Royal Aeronautical Societ?

Major G. P. Bulman, CBE, FRAeS, Royal Aeronautical Societ?
Major G.P. Bulman, CBE, FRAeS, Royal Aeronautical Society President 1950-1951 and his wife arrive at the 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 6 May by a Westland

Background image1950 Collection: Mumbai, India - The Metro Big Cinema

Mumbai, India - The Metro Big Cinema
The Metro Big Cinema - an Art Deco Heritage grade IIA multiplex Movie theatre in Mumbai, India (built in 1938). The main architects were Thomas W. Lamb and D. W. Ditchburn. Date: circa 1950

Background image1950 Collection: The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW flies past the crowd

The sole Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW flies past the crowd
The sole Bristol Brabazon, G-AGPW, flies past the crowd at the 1950 SBAC show at Farnborough. Date: 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Halford, Lord and Lady Trenchard and de Havilland

Halford, Lord and Lady Trenchard and de Havilland
From left: Major Frank Halford, Lord and Lady Trenchard and Sir Geoffrey de Havilland in front of the first prototype de Havilland Comet airliner, 1 March 1950, following their flight

Background image1950 Collection: Albi Cathedral

Albi Cathedral
French Travel Poster for Albi Cathedral Date: circa 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Map of Exmoor

Map of Exmoor
National Parks poster map of Exmoor Date: circa 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Scouts learning morse code

Scouts learning morse code
Nine Boy Scouts of the 1st Coulsdon Group sit around a table learning morse code, under the watchful eye of their Scout Leader. 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Vision of Pius XII

Vision of Pius XII
Pope Pius XII experiences a solar vision in the garden of the Vatican, Rome (Italy); it is repeated on the two succeeding days Date: 30 October 1950

Background image1950 Collection: King Faisal II of Iraq

King Faisal II of Iraq (1935-1958) the last King of Iraq, at London Airport returning home after studying at Harrow

Background image1950 Collection: Sir Wn Haworth / Nobel 37

Sir Wn Haworth / Nobel 37
SIR WALTER NORMAN HAWORTH English chemist Date: 1883 - 1950

Background image1950 Collection: A Letter for Santa Claus

A Letter for Santa Claus
A little girl in her dressing gown, leaves a note up the chimney for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve

Background image1950 Collection: Sri Aurobindo Ghose

Sri Aurobindo Ghose
SRI AUROBINDO GHOSE Indian poet and philosopher; imprisoned in his youth for nationalist agitation

Background image1950 Collection: Bathing Beauties

Bathing Beauties
Bathing beauties prepare for action at Margate Lido Date: circa 1950

Background image1950 Collection: Ufos / Steep Rock Lake

Ufos / Steep Rock Lake
An unnamed couple see a UFO and ten figures on a Canadian lake

Background image1950 Collection: Young Girl on Bench 1950

Young Girl on Bench 1950
A young girl sits on the arm of a bench

Background image1950 Collection: Boy / Girl Pick Fruit 1950

Boy / Girl Pick Fruit 1950
A boy and a girl pick blackberries and place them in a plastic trug

Background image1950 Collection: Airborne Submarine

Airborne Submarine
Launching a Mini-Submarine from the Air

Background image1950 Collection: Deep Sea Fishing

Deep Sea Fishing
Deep-Sea Fishing with a Bathyscaph

Background image1950 Collection: Flying Tank

Flying Tank
Tank Equipped with Retractable Wings

Background image1950 Collection: Atomic Motor Race

Atomic Motor Race
Motor Racing with Atom-Powered Vehicles

Background image1950 Collection: Atomic Automobile

Atomic Automobile
Automobile Driven by Atomic Power



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