Using examples from British and overseas magazines, posters, postcards and nose-art from the period, this book gives a flavour of the many delights available to the servicemen.Īuthor Mike Brown, an authority on the period, has researched deeply in archive sources to bring together a fascinating selection of photographs, picture postcards, artworks and drawings of beautiful women in beguiling poses. These might be photographs or illustrations cut from popular magazines, or some of the many postcards then on sale.
These included photos of loved ones and of course, pin-ups. They took with them a few personal belongings to remind them of home, and to make their 'space' a little more welcoming. With the advent of the World War ll, millions of men were torn from their homes and plunged into the impersonal surroundings of the barrack room. New England Historical Genealogical Society.I can't pin him down to a definite date for his arrival. To make (someone) give a definite answer, statement, opinion or promise. He has dozens of pin-ups in his room ( also adjective) a pin-up girl. a picture of an attractive girl (or man), often pinned on a wall.
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