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C1955 Collection

Background imageC1955 Collection: Sacha Distel

Sacha Distel (1933-2004), French singer

Background imageC1955 Collection: 1950S Pinup Girl

1950S Pinup Girl
A 1950s model reclining wearing a rather revealing gold dress, gold earrings and gold ankle chain

Background imageC1955 Collection: Duke of Devonshire

Duke of Devonshire
Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire (1920-2004), landowner, seen in evening dress and displaying his medals

Background imageC1955 Collection: 1950S Girl and Flowers

1950S Girl and Flowers
A blonde model with typical short, set fifties hairstyle and glossy pink lipstick poses with a bunch of pink roses

Background imageC1955 Collection: 1950S Woman & Make-Up

1950S Woman & Make-Up
A brunette woman in a pink and black spotted dress sits at her dressing table going through her beauty routine. Products include nail varnish, lipstick and perfume

Background imageC1955 Collection: Norman Dodds MP and Teddy boys

Norman Dodds MP and Teddy boys
Norman Noel Dodds (1903-1965), Cooperative politician pictured talking to some Teddy boys in a bar or pub. MP for Dartford from 1945-1955 and for Erith

Background imageC1955 Collection: Girl in Headscarf

Girl in Headscarf
A girl poses wearing a head scarf (quite fashionable in the 1950s and not just worn by the Queen)

Background imageC1955 Collection: 18th Earl of Derby

18th Earl of Derby
Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby (1918-1994). Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire from 1951-1968. Established Knowsley Safari Park at his Knowsley Hall estate in 1971

Background imageC1955 Collection: Geoffrey Dyson OBE

Geoffrey Dyson OBE, chief coach for Britain in track and field from 1947 to 1961, seen leaping over a hurdle

Background imageC1955 Collection: Olivia de Havilland and husband

Olivia de Havilland and husband
Olivia de Havilland, screen actress (born 1916), pictured together with her second husband Pierre Galante

Background imageC1955 Collection: Frith Street, Soho, London, c. 1955

Frith Street, Soho, London, c. 1955
Photograph showing Frith Street, in Soho, by night c.1955

Background imageC1955 Collection: Bex Combs for Men

Bex Combs for Men
A suave young man advertises Bex Combs for Men " for good grooming"

Background imageC1955 Collection: Seductive Woman

Seductive Woman
A woman artfully arranges her long blonde hair while looking seductively at the camera. Her dress has a plunging neckline and rose waist corsage

Background imageC1955 Collection: Fifties Girl / Long Legs

Fifties Girl / Long Legs
Epitomising the 1950s sweater girl, this model poses wearing a red jumper, cinched at the waist with a belt, with lipstick to match

Background imageC1955 Collection: Model in Swimsuit

Model in Swimsuit
A smiling young woman sits wearing a swimming costume, lipstick and sandals on a leather pouffe cushion

Background imageC1955 Collection: Fifties Dress

Fifties Dress
A model wearing a typical 1950s summer dress in a pink floral pattern

Background imageC1955 Collection: 1950S Smiling Girl

1950S Smiling Girl
A smiling model poses and shows off her legs wearing a sunray pleat skirt and chevron striped sleevelss top

Background imageC1955 Collection: Fifties Woman and Mirror

Fifties Woman and Mirror
A young woman wearing a typical, strapless fifties dress gazes at her reflection in a hand mirror and checks her upswept hairdo

Background imageC1955 Collection: Model with Fur Muff

Model with Fur Muff
An elegantly dressed young woman posing with flowers in her immaculately coiffured hair and pink lipstick, holding a fur muff


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