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The earliest surviving photograph depicting people: a person working as a shoeshiner and an individual having his shoes shined. [5] [s 1] [s 3] SelfâPortrait as a Drowned Man [b] 18 October 1840 Hippolyte Bayard: Paris, France [6] Direct Positive
This is a list of people and other topics appearing on the cover of Time magazine in the 1940s. Time was first published in 1923. As Time became established as one of the United States' leading news magazines, an appearance on the cover of Time became an indicator of a person's notability, fame or notoriety. Such features were accompanied by ...
She returned in triumph to Columbia Pictures, and was cast in the musical You'll Never Get Rich (1941) opposite Fred Astaire in one of the highest-budgeted films Columbia had ever made. [12] The picture was so successful, the studio produced and released another Astaire-Hayworth picture the following year, You Were Never Lovelier . [ 12 ]
Pages in category "1940s photographs" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 4 Children for ...
Veterans of World War II on a float at the Fort Worth Armistice Day Parade Nov. 11, 1947, reenact Joe Rosenthal’s famous flag raising photograph.
This article lists people who have been featured on United States postage stamps, listed by their name, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a short description of their notability. Since the United States Post Office (now United States Postal Service or USPS) issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and ...
St Paul's Survives: Herbert Mason's photograph of St Paul's Cathedral taken on 29/30 December 1940. St Paul's Survives is a photograph taken in London during the night air raid of 29–30 December 1940, the 114th night of the Blitz of World War II. It shows St Paul's Cathedral, illuminated by fires and surrounded by the smoke of burning buildings.
The 1940s (pronounced "nineteen-forties" and commonly abbreviated as "the '40s" or "the Forties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1940, and ended on December 31, 1949. Most of World War II took place in the first half of the decade, which had a profound effect on most countries and people in Europe , Asia , and elsewhere.