May 8, 2013
Happy V-E Day

Happy V-E Day

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Filed under: history war WW2 1940s 
April 20, 2013
bygoneamericana:

San Francisco, 1941.
By Peter Stackpole

bygoneamericana:

San Francisco, 1941.

By Peter Stackpole

(Source: images.google.com)

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Filed under: war history 1940s WW2 
April 18, 2013
dtxmcclain:

I don’t think he’s looking at her eyes. Canada Dry, 1946

dtxmcclain:

I don’t think he’s looking at her eyes. Canada Dry, 1946

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Filed under: 1940s 
April 8, 2013
bygoneamericana:

A trio of sailors walk arm in arm down a dimly lit street near Times Square, searching vainly for fun in the curfew-quiet city. New York, 1945.
By Herbert Gehr

bygoneamericana:

A trio of sailors walk arm in arm down a dimly lit street near Times Square, searching vainly for fun in the curfew-quiet city. New York, 1945.

By Herbert Gehr

(Source: TIME)

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Filed under: 1940s new york manhattan 
April 7, 2013
historiquearchive:

Sailors bound for Manhattan, 1941

historiquearchive:

Sailors bound for Manhattan, 1941

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Filed under: manhattan 1940s new york 
March 11, 2013
bygoneamericana:

Operators of a wire service arrested at their headquarters after a gambling raid, 1941.
By Weegee

bygoneamericana:

Operators of a wire service arrested at their headquarters after a gambling raid, 1941.

By Weegee

(Source: The New York Times)

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Filed under: 1940s 
March 10, 2013
urbanmetaphysics:

New York City, July 1948. by William P. Gottlieb.
(library of congress)

The great days of bebop in New York.

urbanmetaphysics:

New York City, July 1948. by William P. Gottlieb.

(library of congress)

The great days of bebop in New York.

(via oldnewyork)

March 6, 2013
dtxmcclain:

More homoerotic advertising pleasure…
Pall Mall Cigarettes, 1941

dtxmcclain:

More homoerotic advertising pleasure…

Pall Mall Cigarettes, 1941

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Filed under: 1940s 
March 6, 2013
lapetitecole:

greeneyes55: New York 1948  Photo: Elliott Erwitt 

lapetitecole:

greeneyes55New York 1948  Photo: Elliott Erwitt 

(via modster91)

February 28, 2013
dtxmcclain:

Dobbs Gamebird Hat, 1948

dtxmcclain:

Dobbs Gamebird Hat, 1948

(via vintascope)

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Filed under: 1940s menswear 
February 25, 2013
dtxmcclain:

Hmmm…. wonder what’s going on here? Seagram’s 7 Crown, 1946
In answer to nelsoncarpenter: I scanned this from the July 8, 1946 issue of Time magazine.

dtxmcclain:

Hmmm…. wonder what’s going on here? Seagram’s 7 Crown, 1946

In answer to nelsoncarpenter: I scanned this from the July 8, 1946 issue of Time magazine.

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Filed under: whiskey seagram's 1940s 
February 24, 2013
fuckyeahvintage-retro:

Newberry lunch counter. Tampa, FL (1941)

fuckyeahvintage-retro:

Newberry lunch counter. Tampa, FL (1941)

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Filed under: 1940s 
February 4, 2013
dtxmcclain:

Schlitz, 1948

dtxmcclain:

Schlitz, 1948

(via vintascope)

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Filed under: 1940s ad advertising 
February 4, 2013
hollyhocksandtulips:

Photo by John Collier, Jr., 1942

hollyhocksandtulips:

Photo by John Collier, Jr., 1942

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Filed under: 1940s 
January 25, 2013
books0977:

Reading in style…
Advertisment, LIFE magazine, October 11, 1948. Hart Schaffner & Marx.
“How to buy a suit…” 

books0977:

Reading in style…

Advertisment, LIFE magazine, October 11, 1948. Hart Schaffner & Marx.

“How to buy a suit…” 

(via vintascope)

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Filed under: 1940s menswear