my favourite things

singer, Billy Eckstine mobbed by adoring fans c.1950 (photo: Martha Holmes)

An unidentified woman in a portrait by Lejaren à Hiller, 1920

young lady posing on a beach in 1970s Iran

Actress Pier Angeli hiding behind a stick of candy floss as she relaxes during a break in filming for the 1959 film, SOS Pacific.

young couple kissing at a Skiffle Club party in Soho, London 1959 (photo: Bob Collins)

five pensioners sun-bathing on Brighton beach c.1955 (photo: Bob Collins)

Frank Sinatra relaxes by smoking a cigarette and playing on the piano while on the set of the film Young at Heart in 1957

tragic actress, Peg Entwistle 1932

Two racegoers wear striking fashions at Ascot Races, England, on June 19, 1934. (AP Photo/Len Puttnam)

The World Trade Center stands out against a blackened New York City skyline after a power failure struck the city, July 14, 1977. Lightning striking a power station is blamed for the blackout. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor 1964

Carnaby Street, London 1966

Girls Talking At The Corner Of East End Avenue And 81st Street, NYC, 1950's

Bowmont Drive entrance of Frank Sinatra’s Beverly Hills home in the 1960s.

children taking part in the Hungarian Uprising in 1956 (photo: John Sadovy)

American model, Drew Beyfuss on a rooftop in New York City, USA 1956 (photo: Eve Arnold)

A Novice Prostitute 1932 (photo: Brassai)