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Background imageCool Collection: Purple woman by David Wright

Purple woman by David Wright
Unusual portrait of a woman by pin up artist David Wright, with a vivid purple background, contrasting with her white strapless dress, necklace and earrings. c.1960

Background imageCool Collection: Girl enjoying herself in paddling pool

Girl enjoying herself in paddling pool

Background imageCool Collection: Hill station, India

Hill station, India
A hill station in India -- a high altitude location where the climate is cooler, especially popular with European colonials during the hot summer. circa 1890s

Background imageCool Collection: Advertisement for Arrow sport shirts

Advertisement for Arrow sport shirts: how to stay cool when the heat is on. Two men are so busy talking, they ve forgotten to keep an eye on the barbecue. 20th century

Background imageCool Collection: Gebrauchsgraphik front cover April 1930

Gebrauchsgraphik front cover April 1930
Front cover of Gebrauchsgraphik, the journal of international advertising art featuring an elegant woman in a black suit and hat sitting in a whiteh tub chair. Date: 1930

Background imageCool Collection: First cover of London Life magazine

First cover of London Life magazine
Very first cover of London Life magazine, published on 9th October 1965 with an eye-catching oversized date line and a photograph of sixties supermodel Celia Hammond photographed by Terence Donovan

Background imageCool Collection: Advertisement for Cone Coolwave swimwear

Advertisement for Cone Coolwave swimwear, showing a woman posing in a one-piece swimsuit. 20th century

Background imageCool Collection: Delineator cover, July 1928

Delineator cover, July 1928

Background imageCool Collection: View across a lake toward mountains

View across a lake toward mountains
A view across the gently rippling blue green waters of a lake toward a tree-capped Island and distant pale blue mountains. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Background imageCool Collection: Policemen at Beaulieu Jazz Festival

Policemen at Beaulieu Jazz Festival
Two policemen confiscating a knife from a man in a donkey jacket at Beaulieu Jazz Festival. Various jazz fans watch in some amusement. Date: 1961

Background imageCool Collection: In the Kitchen

In the Kitchen
A woman looks in the fridge while her daughter stands around her in a very cool Wizard of Oz dress. Date: late 1960s

Background imageCool Collection: Cool and Collected by David Wright

Cool and Collected by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageCool Collection: Women in Sunglasses

Women in Sunglasses
Two girls at Hampstead Heath Fair in identikit fashions of knitted cardigans, polo shirts, shades and the obligatory high beehive peroxide blonde hairdo Date: 1961

Background imageCool Collection: Rather Cool by David Wright

Rather Cool by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageCool Collection: Berkeley Square

Berkeley Square
The gardens of Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, made famous in the Manning Sherwin son A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1915). Date: early 1930s



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