Everyday Women of the Golden Era

[IartFashion]

Proof that not every girl set her hair in the '40s...

(More of these photos here, if interested)

Wow, very interesting picture
She still looks great
Thanks for sharing

 

[LizzieMaine]

Proof that not every girl set her hair in the '40s...

A disciple of Veronica Lake. That particular hairstyle was all the rage in 1942, so much so that the OWI started a propaganda campaign against it -- long straight hair was dangerous for women working in factories, and they prevailed upon Lake herself to change her hairstyle in hopes of influencing her followers.

 

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

And "Bang" went her career down the Toilet

 

[epr25]

I bought a box of old photos I liked this one allot. It's marked 1949 on the back.

 

[Amy Jeanne]

A disciple of Veronica Lake. That particular hairstyle was all the rage in 1942, so much so that the OWI started a propaganda campaign against it -- long straight hair was dangerous for women working in factories, and they prevailed upon Lake herself to change her hairstyle in hopes of influencing her followers.

I asked my grandmother if all women set their hair in the 40s and she told me a lot of girls in her high school had hair like mine (straight, shoulder-length bob).

 

[LizzieMaine]

That was also a very big style on the college campuses from about 1941 on, a sort of straight curled-under pageboy. Any 19-year-old girl wearing knee socks, a sweater and skirt, and a single strand of pearls would probably be wearing her hair like that.

 

[RodeoRose]

Well, I did mean the caption to be slightly tongue-in-cheek... surely some nights those coeds had better things to do than sit around rolling up their hair! lol But yes, this reminds me of that scene in The Major and the Minor, where all the girls at the dance have the Veronica Lake wave!

epr25, that is a great find!! I love her smart pantsuit with her rifle, ha! What a neat lady.

 

[Espee]

A disciple of Veronica Lake. That particular hairstyle was all the rage in 1942, so much so that the OWI started a propaganda campaign against it -- long straight hair was dangerous for women working in factories, and they prevailed upon Lake herself to change her hairstyle in hopes of influencing her followers.

Is that where the "snood" comes in... to confine long hair, for instance when working near machinery?
When I was a kid we had two Afghan hounds, and my mom knitted a snood for each one-- to keep their long ears from dragging in their food bowls!

 

[HadleyH]

Girl Walking 5th Avenue (1949),

 

[Amy Jeanne]

1940s grocery shopping:

Farm laborers in my hometown, 1942:

1900s/10s woman being silly and having a good time:

1938-39 sophomore class:

WACS having a good time, 1944:

 

[Amy Jeanne]

1950:

1933 Chicago World's Fair "Queen of the Fair" contestants:

Unknown:

 

[LizzieMaine]

Love the grocery shopping -- that's an A&P store, judging from the "Sunnyfield Corn Flakes" in that lady's carriage. I suspect she has a rather large family, since she has two big boxes of cereal and one smaller one. Either that or she really really likes breakfast.

I'd love to know what Miss Mug-Shot of 1950 is in for. I suspect she made a pointed comment about the intelligence and/or ancestry of the cop involved.

 

[Amy Jeanne]

Love this lady:

1926:

1939:

I may have posted this one earlier in the thread, but I love it. I love the woman's slip hanging down lol

1921 beachgoers:

 

[Romy Overdorp]

This is my aunt, she moved to Australia after the war. I have to ask my grandpa how old she was here, I don't know.

My grandparents on their wedding day 1952.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Here's some moving, talking images of Everyday Women -- at 4:57 into the June 29, 1943 edition of Fox Movietone News, you'll see several women from various walks of life giving their views on whether women should be drafted (most of them endorse the idea.) Some of the ladies are wearing remarkable headgear, including a showgirl who could be a time-traveling Dita Von T., and another gal wearing what appears to be a feather from a large hawk or falcon as a hat.

 

[Bluebird Marsha]

WACS having a good time, 1944:

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In this photo we have a proto-LOLcat

"I has cat scratched Tojo. He has fever now."

 

[Amy Jeanne]

 

[Amy Jeanne]

The "LIPSTICK" files:

1945 - arrested for "disorderly conduct"

Snood over the ears, dip in the lipstick!

Just......LIPSTICK.

 

[LizzieMaine]

74099 needs to lay off the Joan Crawford movies for a while.

 

[Deco Jill]

great photos!