1950 Collection (page 12)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Airborne Submarine
Launching a Mini-Submarine from the Air

Deep Sea Fishing
Deep-Sea Fishing with a Bathyscaph

Flying Tank
Tank Equipped with Retractable Wings

Atomic Motor Race
Motor Racing with Atom-Powered Vehicles

Atomic Automobile
Automobile Driven by Atomic Power

Passenger Rocketship
Passenger-Carrying Space Rocket

The Flying Saucers Are Real, book cover
THE FLYING SAUCERS ARE REAL, by Donald Keyhoe, one of the earliest UFO books, claiming that they are extraterrestrial in origin

Boys approaching the entrance of the Natural History Museum
Reports on the first few months of the Childrens Centre concluded that the majority of the children were under 11, often sent out after breakfast with nothing to do

Port of Pakistan building at night, Karachi, Pakistan
Port of Pakistan building (Karachi Port Trust) at night, Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan. Date: circa 1950

General view of Vedado, Havana, Cuba. On the right is the Memorial to the Victims of the USS Maine, built in honour of the American sailors who died in an explosion

English church, Accra, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa
English church, Accra, capital of Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa. Date: circa 1950

Statue of King Alfonso III of Aragon (1265-1291) called
King Alfonso III of Aragon (1265-1291) called The Liberal. Monument in the Conquest Square (Plaza de la Conquista). Mao. Menorca. Balearic Islands. Spain

Rockefeller City Building at night, New York City, USA
Mini leporello picture in a Rocketfeller Greeting envelope showing the Rockefeller City Building in a beautiful coloured night scene. early 1950

View of Fifth Avenue and Rockefeller City Buildings
Mini leporello picture in a Rocketfeller Greeting envelope showing the 5th Avenue and Rockefeller Center Buildings. Date: early 1950

Rockefeller Center Observation Roof atop R. C. A. Building
Mini leporello picture in a Rocketfeller Greeting envelope showing the Rockefeller Center Observation Roof atop R.C.A. Building (Comcast Building) and a great panorama of New York. Date: early 1950

Korean War - two soldiers at well
Photograph of two soldiers at well. From album of 126 photographs with newspaper cuttings, 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, Korea (1950-1953), 1950-1951. Date: 1951

Korean War - Machine gun carrier with crew and dog
Photograph of machine gun carrier with crew and dog. From album of 126 photographs with newspaper cuttings, 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, Korea (1950-1953), 1950-1951. Date: 1951

Woman on a twilight beach. circa 1950

Unknown man at a window. circa 1950

Music cover, Shot Gun Boogie, words and music by Tennessee Ernie. 1950

Church House and Bookshop, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. Date: circa 1950

Scots Guard pay parade
Photograph of the Scots Guard pay parade, 1950-1969.Part of a collection of 1536 photographs taken by Central Office of Information of the regiments and corps of British Army, 1950 (c)-1969 (c)

Woman sunbathing on the rocks in Cornwall. circa 1950

Jovial couple waving from a go-kart
A jovial couple waves from a go-kart on what looks like a promenade of a seaside resort, possible Seaton Carew or Redcar in North East England. Date: 1950s

The Rehearsal Monochrome
The Rehearsal (1950) (Monochrome). Luke, John 1906-1975. Date: 1950

Duke of Edinburgh & Lord Mountbatte at the Marsa Club, Malta
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Lord Louis Mountbatten pictured chatting between chukkas during a polo match at the Marsa Club on Malta. Date: 1950

Man & 1948 / 9 Norton Manx motorcycle
Man poses for photograph with his 1948/9 Norton Manx 500cc motorcycle circa 1950

Man & woman on 1950s Triumph motorcycle
Man & woman on 1950s Triumph Cub motorcycle in the 1950s

Two ladies on 1929 Enfield motorcycle
Two ladies on1929 Enfield Model K 1000cc side valve motorcycle & sidecar in the countryside in the early 1930s

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