Photo by Norman Parkinson, 1948

Elizabeth Taylor, 1948

United Airlines stewardesses, 1948

Dona Drake, 1948

mudwerks:

Romance is in the Air (by paul.malon)

New York, 1948

Photo by Maurice Tabard

Photo by Irving Penn for Vogue, 1948

Toni home permanent ad, 1948

Photo by Richard Rutledge, 1948

Photo by Erwin Blumenfeld, 1948

hoodoothatvoodoo:

Fashions from ‘High Button Shoes’, February 1948

Photo by Nina Leen

Mona Freeman, 1948

mudwerks:

(via The Magic Whistle: Man Junior)

These cartoons are from an issue of Man Junior, a men’s magazine from Australia. These are from their October 1948 issue. I’m unfamiliar with any of the artists featured here. 

Harry Winston jewelry advertisement, 1948
Photo by John Rawlings

Three women covering their faces as photographer takes picture at raid on house of prostitution in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1948