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Classic Women in Vintage Fashion

A collection of women in mid-20th century fashion settings, showing elegant dresses and poised postures against vintage backdrops.

Gordon Conway (1894-1956). Prolific costume designer for the theatre and film, and contributor to magazines such as "The Tatler" and "Eve". 1926

Mrs. Alexis Albert. November 23, 1954.

Hon. Margaret Elphinstone (b. 1925), daughter of 16th Baron Elphinstone and a bridesmaid to Princess Elizabeth at the London residence of the Countess of Cavan Date: 27th October 1947

Mary Maguire, Australian actress, c1936-c1939. Artist: Unknown

Forms of Torture. April 22, 1940. (Photo by Acme Newspictures, Inc.).

Miss Gloria B. Evans ,. Jack Miller Collection

Gordon Conway (1894-1956). Prolific costume designer for the theatre and film, and contributor to magazines such as "The Tatler" and "Eve". 1926

KIM NOVAK in THE NOTORIOUS LANDLADY (1962), directed by RICHARD QUINE.

12/31/1974. An image of the actress Conchita Montes.

Miss Katherine Mulvey ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

Miss Katherine Mulvey ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

Kathleen Robinson has kept king's cross Minerva theatre (Member of healthy Grazing family. March 29, 1950.

Miss Anna Azarian ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

12/31/1958. The triumph of the Castro revolution in Cuba surprised Fidel Castro's sister in Madrid. She is the youngest of nine Brothers who make up the family of the Cuban leader. The photograph was taken at the hotel where he was staying in Madrid.

Michael A. Caliri ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

Elsevier photo collection. Princess Beatrix returned Schiphol 1-day stay London. 7 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Barbara Lorraine Greene ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

Queen Goes Out - So Do Royal Babes. Queen Elizabeth driving off from Clarence House this afternoon. Earlier the Queen had received statesman who have been taking part in the London talks on the formation of a Europe army. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden was in attendance when the Queen received United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Foreign Minister M. Schuman of France, and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Prince Charles and Princess Anne left Clarence House by separate car. February 19, 1952.

Princess Friend Will ** Wedding Bridesmaid -- Lady Caroline Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 20-year-old younger daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, who will be one of the eight bridesmaids at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on November 20.Lady Caroline, sister of the Duchess of Northumberland, is a friend of Princess Elizabeth and has often been included in her theatre and supper partips.This new picture was made at Lady Caroline's London home. November 08, 1947.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Queen Juliana calling. 1952

Poll photo collection. Portrait photography. Mrs. D. Smit posing on a bank with a magazine. 1940

Miss Katherine Mulvey ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

Barbara Lorraine Greene ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

Miss Anna Azarian ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

Miss Barbara Heywood ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

The Duchess And The Babies -- A Happy study of the Duchess during her visit.The Duchess of Kent President of the Chelsea Babies Club attended the annual produce sale in the club Garden this afternoon (Tues). July 03, 1939. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd).

Radio - This is Europe Series 4 #4 (Alice Babd, Swedish Singer). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Mrs. Wilfred Custance, wife of Rear Admiral. May 08, 1939.

Ski Champion Home : Home from a Paris finishing school is Miss Sarah Garnett, this year's British junior Ski Champion. Miss Garnett, 17, is spending Christmas with her father in Hampshire. Her mother, Mrs. Mary Garnett, is in Switzerland. The marriage has been dissolved. December 20, 1954. (Photo by Evening Standard Picture).

Bendigo Mayoress - eighteen year old Ruth Clayton - at home with radiogram. Ruth Clayton at home. She likes to make many of her own and her sisters clothes. October 09, 1953.

Margaret Barker in ""Men in White"", 1933

Marques De Wife is Franco 's daughter. January 12, 1961.

Miss Katherine Mulvey ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

"Madame Dubarry" Off To Rome - Margot Grahame waves goodbye from the train which took her on the first stage of her journey to Rome to-day (Monday).British film star Margot Grahame left London by "Golden Arrow" from Victoria this morning (Monday) bound for Rome, where she is to star as Madame Dubarry opposite Orson Welles. Miss Grahame won the part from twenty leading Hollywood stars, and has a £15,000 contract for the film, which is an Edward Small production. November 17, 1947. (Photo by Reuterphotos).

Natalie Reynolds, June 1944, New Zealand, by J.W. Chapman-Taylor.

Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain) aged 11 in 1937

Miss Anna Azarian ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix and her fiancé Claus von Amsberg at the premiere of the film film "Tokio Olympiad" in Amsterdam. Documentaries, princesses, premieres, film, beatrix, princess. October 15, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Intent Observer At Manpower Hearing -- Rep. Clare Boothe Luce, of Connecticut, member of the house military affairs committee attends the hearing on the wheeler bill before he senate military affairs committee. She was photographed intently following the testimony of Bernard M. Baruch. She wears a culot type hat. September 22, 1943.

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Queen Mother - 1946, 47, 480, 49. September 19, 1939. (Photo by The Associated Press Ltd.)

"Madame Dubarry" Off To Rome. Margot Grahame waves goodbye from the train which team her on the first stage of her journey to Rome to-day (Monday).British film star Margot Grahame left London by "Golden Arrow" from Victoria this morning (Monday) bound for Rome, where she is to star as Madame Dubarry in the American film "Cagliostro" opposite Orson Welles. Miss Grahame won the part from twenty leading Hollywood stars, and has a £15,000 contract for the film, which is an Edward Small production. November 17, 1947.

BETTE DAVIS.

Black and white photograph of Mrs Wallis Simpson (1896-1986) in Cannes.

Mrs. Catherine Caragulian ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

Anefo photo collection. Holland Festival (execution by the Dutch Opera of "ïl Ritorno d'Ulysse in Patria" by Claudio MontiDi), Francis de Bossy. June 14, 1962. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Joan Sutherland in Concertgebouw led by Fulvio Vernizzi (conductor). February 25, 1962

Anefo photo collection. March 26 Sophie de Vries will be 85 years old. March 10, 1958

Spanish Senorita Looks At London -- Rosario Primo De Rivera, 18 year old niece of the Spanish Ambassador, pictured in London today. Miss Primo de Rivera is staying with her uncle in Belgrave Square. She has been in Britain a week with her Triend, 24 year old Maritina Montemenzo, sister of the Marques de Alcantara, the second secretary at the Embassy. Together these two lovely dark-eyed young girls are exploring London.In Madrid both Rosario and Maritina do voluntary nursing from nine to two every day. March 15, 1954. (Photo by Evening Standard Picture).

Anefo photo collection. French film star Capucine. Arrival Schiphol. 25 April 1962. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Mrs. H.H. Duryea

Texas Guinan Gets Into France - Texas Guinan, the night club Queen of New York, arrived in Paris today, May 10, from the S.S. Bremen. Much excitement was caused last year when she arrived at Cherbourg with her Troupe of "Whoopee Girls," and was not allowed to enter France. June 20, 1932. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Throwing Bouquet, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, by Toni Frissell, September 12, 1953

Ida Cajetti

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Marijke (Christina) sitting in a chair, 1958. 1958

Anefo photo collection. Miss World Rina Lodders again at home with the price and silver globe. November 10, 1962

Mrs. Joel Thorne

Hollywood, California: 1940 Actress Linda Hayes wearing a summer frock and saddle shoes.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Margriet leaning on a few books, 1957. 1957

GENE TIERNEY in TOYS IN THE ATTIC (1963), directed by GEORGE ROY HILL.

MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN.

Arlene i.e. Arline Arzouhaljian. Zepper - puppy. Family gone to picnic , Dogs. Leon Abdalian Collection

Duchess of Kent. June 26, 1939. (Photo by The Associated Press).

Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971), one of the most prominent photojournalists of the 20th century. Her credits include the first cover of LIFE magazine, and she was the first female war correspondent during World War II. 1941 portrait.

Caterina Valente, 60s.

Arlene i.e. Arline Arzouhaljian. Zepper - puppy. Family gone to picnic , Dogs. Leon Abdalian Collection

Dorothy Thompson. April 17, 1939. (Photo by ACME Newspicutes).

Poll photo collection. Family photos of the Danish royal family. Danish queen embroidery in her home in Palace Brockdorff in Lock Amalienborg. March 1954. Denmark, Copenhagen

Pearl Aufrere

Betty Jean Beadects leaves county jail. December 13, 1955. (Photo by United Press International Photo).

GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA. 1959.

Mrs. H. Perry - NZ murder case. September 1, 1954.

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Dr. H. Evatt - Wife & Daughter - (Rosalind). September 16, 1940.

Princess Margaret - A new picture of Princess Margaret who is 25 on August 21. It was taken July 19 by Cecil Beaton in the garden of Clarence house. The Princess, who is with her Sealyham Pippin, wears a pale yellow dress of paper Shantung Taffeta with a collar of white organza, a five-string pearl necklace and a rose diamond brooch. August 21, 1955. (Photo by Cecil Beaton, The Associated Press Ltd.).

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Talented Wife Of British Ambassador In Paris:Lady Clerk photographed in her Paris studio:Lady Clerk, wife of Sir George Clerk, the British Ambassador to France, has her own studio decorated with her own pictures, and besides being a talented artist, she composes music in her spare time:. July 23, 1935.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival comedie Francaise in The Hague, Helene perdrie. March 15, 1960. The Hague, South Holland

03/23/1971. The model Miss Spain and Miss Europe, Noelia Alfonso.

Margaret Mitchell. Margaret Mitchell Nearly 60 years later that novel, born out of boredom and published in 1936, has become enshrined in American folklore... Gone with the Wind. November 12, 1940.

Brief Encounter - "Girl in a hurry" - Doris Duke world's richest girl and wife of the Dominican Ambassador to Argentina "passes" through ***** Row to-day Monday.Folk at Heath Row Airport London, to-day got a fleeting glimpse of the world's richest woman as Doris Duke, Mrs. Porfirio Rubirosa passed through the airport en route to Paris.Wearing a flowing candy-striped turban with her fluffy fur-boots Miss. Duke arrived from New York by Pan American Airways Clipper. February 23, 1948. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Nanna Ågren. Photo 1940. Nanna Ågren. Foto 1940.

Diplomat - And Son: Wearing a brightly-buttoned Uniform which emulates the dignity of his father's diplomatic dress, eight-year-old Axel Haegglof arrives with his parents - Swedish Ambassador Gunnar Haeggloff and Madame Anna Haeggloef- to attend a memorial service for King Gustav V of Sweden at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square, London, to-day (Friday). November 17, 1950. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Dusolina Giannini, 1902-

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Marijke (Christina) sitting in a chair, 1958. 1958

Eddie Chapman and wife Fly In...Eddie Chapman, ex-spy and ex-safebreaker, flew into London from Nice last night. He arrived two hours after his wife Betty, who flew from Tangier. She is pictured at London Airport.Mrs. Chapman is expecting a baby in September, and her husband said he would be in London sevendays making hospital arrangements for her.Then he plans to rejoin the yacht Flamingo, now on the high seas after being expelled from Tangier and Italy. July 14, 1954. (Photo by Daily Express)

Duchess of Kent in fur trimmed costume & Novel hat, attending luncheon given by Lord Halifax to Col. Back (Polish Foreign Man) in London. Aril 16, 1939. (Photo by The Associated Press).

Mrs. Alice Mahakian's daughter Martha. Miss Gloria Lanzzella, Martha's god-mother ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

Camilo José Cela (Iria Flavia, La Coruña, 1916-Madrid, 2002) was one of the Fundamental Names of Spanish Narrative of the 20th century. Nobel Prize in Literature in 1989. He was also a unique character who did not mind appearing in this way in an interview given to ABC at his Madrid home in July 1977. Photo: Teodoro Naranjo.

Actress Isa Miranda on the Transatlantic Rex, August 26, 1937, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Irene in a boat, 1952. 1952

Jeannie Leylekian ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

Queen At Ascot Ladies Day. Queen Elizabeth II at Royal Ascot for Ladies Day today, June 17, chats with friends in the Royal Box and in the bottom photo, points out what looks like a good thing to her companion. June 17, 1954. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Britta Allenberg, 50 years. Photo in September 1957. Britta Allenberg, 50 år. Foto i september 1957.

Eva Braun in a two piece bathing suit in the 1930s. Hitler arranged for Braun to work as a photographer for Heinrich Hoffmann, his personal photographer from 1933. The position enabled her to travel with Hitler's entourage, as a photographer for the Nazi Party. (BSLOC_2015_13_59)

Margaret Truman's New Ring Arouses Romance Speculation.Visiting England for two weeks, Margaret Truman, 31-year-old daughter of former U.S. President Harry S. Truman, has roused speculation in the British press that she may be secretly engaged. The reason is a diamond and sapphire ring she wears on her engagement finger. Miss Truman, however, pictured here, says the ring is a family gift. She wears it on her engagement finger, she explains, because she has done so much hand-shaking that she changed the ring off a right-hand finger where she usually wears it. September 27, 1955. (Photo by Evening Standard Picture).

BARBARA STANWYCK in DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944), directed by BILLY WILDER.

Anna Fitziu - digital file from original neg. | Library of Congress

Movie still from 'Sabrina' movie with Audrey Hepburn

Sabina, model, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

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