Arm Chair Gallery

A 1950s Family Living Room

A classic nuclear family in their living room, the children playing with a train set, the Father reading his book or magazine in a comfy chair and his wife also having a look at the publication over his shoulder. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

© Mary Evans / Heinz Zinram Collection

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Good Things to Know - Woolworths booklet

A booklet produced by high street retailer Woolworths, entitled 'Good Things to Know' and including numerous tips on how to clean your house, save money and of course, use various Woolworths products in the process. It seems to have this 1930s family enthralled anyway. Date: c.1935

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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David Wright woman with pen and note paper

Elegant woman with a pen and note paper -- perhaps writing to the naval officer in the photo on her table -- representing The Girls They Left Behind. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour. His series of pin-ups for The Sketch during the World War II period were immensely popular and morale-boosting to troops.
1944

© Estate of David Wright/Mary Evans Picture Library