1940 1949 Collection (#29)

Boy (4-5) wearing sailor suit, eating at table, (B&W), portrait

Boy (4-5) wearing sailor suit drawing at table, (B&W)

Boy (4-5) playing with model train set on floor, (B&W)

Man posing in studio, (B&W), close-up, portrait

Man sitting at desk, holding pencil to lip, (B&W), portrait

Teenage boy (16-17) smiling, posing in studio, (B&W), close-up, portrait

Boy (8-9) smiling, posing in studio, (B&W)

Well groomed mature woman talking on phone, (B&W), close-up, portrait

Mature woman holding gift in living room, (B&W)

Mature woman suffering headache, (B&W), close-up

Elegant man pouring beer from bottle into glass, (B&W)

Man putting US dollars bills into wallet, (B&W)

Senior woman posing in studio, (B&W), close-up, portrait

Senior woman knitting in living room, (B&W)

Woman inspecting woollen blanket, (B&W)

Mother looking at sleeping daughter (8-9), (B&W)

Elegant woman standing in studio, gesturing, (B&W), portrait

Guide Badges
12th July 1947: Camp fire hats worn by European Girl Guides gathered at the Paddock, Hampton Court, for the International Folk Dance Festival. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Elephant Training
An animal trainer working with a line of circus elephants standing on their hind legs, circa 1940. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bare Back Bathing
A row of young women exposing their backs to the sun while sunbathing on a rooftop, circa 1947. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Carrier Leyte in New York
Carrier USS Leyte passes up the East River en route to the Brooklyn Navy yard, with Brooklyn Bridge and skyscrapers of lower Manhattan in the background, New York, USA, June 4, 1948

Playing Doubles
The shadows of two men playing a doubles game of tennis circa 1940 s. (Photo by Max Peter Hs/FPG/Getty Images)

Gambling Cowboys
Cowboys from neighbouring ranches play the slot machines in Las Vegas, September 1948. (Photo by Jean Manzon/FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Terrible Parking
A traffic policeman speaking to a man who has parked his car on the pavement in a city street, circa 1940. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Looking At The New House
A couple looking at their new home being built circa 1940. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Mother And Son
Mother and son with their arms around each other circa 1940 s. (Photo by Keystone View/FPG/Getty Images)

The File Room
Women working in a file room circa 1940. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Going To School
A teacher goes to take the hand of a small girl on her way in to school in the 1940 s. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Jumping In The Pool
A small child jumping in to a swimming pool circa 1940 s. (Photo by Max Peter Hs/FPG/Getty Images)

Out Hunting
A man hunting with a rifle circa 1940 s. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Guarding The Door
A man guarding a doorway with a gun circa 1940. (Photo by Keystone View/FPG/Getty Images)

Paris At Dusk
PARIS FRANCE - MAY 6: A couple stand on a rooftop overlooking the city with the Eiffel Tower in the distance on May 6 1949 in Paris, France. (Photo by Earl Leaf/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)

Overlooking Monte Carlo
Two priests looking over a wall at a view of Monte Carlo, Monaco in August 1948. (Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Sunbathing In Nice
Two women sunbathing on decking in Nice, France in August 1948. (Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Nice Seafront
People sitting along the seafront in Nice, France in August 1948. (Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Travelling Cars
4th February 1948: A record shipment of 500 British cars of various makes, at Victoria Dock, London, waiting to be loaded into the SS Port Jackson, bound for Sydney and Melbourne. (Photo by J. A)

Drawing Room
15th July 1948: The south drawing room, with Dolphin furniture loaned by the Admiralty, and presented to Greenwich Hospital in memory of Nelson, at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Blockade Helpers
1st July 1948: Bristol Hercules powered Handley Page Hastings C1 transport aircraft lined up at the factory airfield at Radlett, Hertfordshire, prior to delivery to RAF Transport Command

Turbo Generator
19th October 1948: A turbo generator at the power station at Kingston-Upon-Thames. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Edinburgh Castle
circa 1948: The RMS Edinburgh Castle in Southampton docks prior to leaving on her maiden voyage. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Dock Strike
1949: Cars on the Royal Albert Docks waiting to be shipped to South Africa but held up by the London Dock Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bomb Site
October 1940: Middle Temple Hall, bomb damaged during an air raid. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Tool Of The Trade
11th March 1949: A press camera. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Big Bowler
18th August 1948: A A Keech in action during the first round match in the Pairs Championship of the English Bowling Association Amateur National Championships at the Paddington Bowling

RAF Flamingo
January 1940: An RAF De Havilland Flamingo. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Thaw
11th March 1947: Traffic plowing through water on a flooded road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Opera Bar
27th July 1948: Crush bar at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden with chandelier and double staircase. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Royal Pavilion
15th July 1948: The Banqueting Room of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, Sussex, added by architect John Nash in 1818, ready for the opening of a Regency exhibition

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