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1940s Beach Stock Photos

Browse 7,623 1940s beach photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

young couple on beach, woman leap-frogging man, (b&w), portrait - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Young couple on beach, woman leap-frogging man, (B&W), portrait

Beach, 1930-1939, 1940-1949

woman wearing bikini sitting on log on beach, (b&w), (portrait) - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Woman wearing bikini sitting on log on beach, (B&W), (Portrait)

Women, 1930-1939, Old-fashioned

mother with son (2-3) walking on beach, (b&w), portrait - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Mother with son (2-3) walking on beach, (B&W), portrait

Old-fashioned, Beach, Photography

painful id? - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Summer, Beach, Photography

1920s young woman portrait at the beach, italy. - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1920s young woman portrait at the beach, Italy.

Photography, Women, Archival

mother carrying son (2-3) on shoulders, walking on beach, (b&w), portrait - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Mother carrying son (2-3) on shoulders, walking on beach, (B&W), portrait

Old-fashioned, Photography, Family

American actress, singer, model and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe.

American actress Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe, Beach, Actress

seashore and beach, (b&w), elevated view - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Seashore and beach, (B&W), elevated view

Beach, 1940-1949

girl (4-5) filling bucket with water on beach, (b&w) - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Girl (4-5) filling bucket with water on beach, (B&W)

Child, 1940-1949, Beach

ww2 d day battle on omaha beach - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

WW2 D Day Battle on Omaha Beach

World War II, D Day, War

couple on beach, man leaning on ball, woman sitting look out to ocean, wearing sun hat. - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Couple on beach, man leaning on ball, woman sitting look out to ocean, wearing sun hat.

Beach, 1940, Couple - Relationship

Family Enjoying Sun and Beach, Sarasota, Florida, USA, Marion Post Wolcott for Farm Security Administration, January 1941.

Family Enjoying Sun and Beach, Sarasota, Florida, January 1941

Archival, Florida - US State, Beach

British-born actress Elizabeth Taylor and her mother Sara at a family barbecue, circa 1949. Also present is Liz' friend, actor Marshall Thompson .

1940s style postcard - 1940s beach stock illustrations

1940s Style Postcard

Postcard, Hawaii Islands, Retro Style

Year old Gloria Smart gives her dad a drink of seawater after burying him in the sand. 29th July 1948.

4 year old Gloria Smart gives her dad a drink of seawater after burying him in the sand. 29th July 1948.

Staff sergeant making sand castles for his granddaughter, on Blackpool beach, whilst on leave.

Mr and Mrs G T lock with their daughter Judith Anne on holiday at Sandwich Bay, with their friends Mr and Mrs W Fisher and daughter Pauline. July...

A family enjoy a beach holiday in 1947

Major and Mrs Wright with sons Jack and David making sandcastles on the beach. April 1946.

Major and Mrs Wright with sons

Minehead, West Somerset, Somerset, . A group of people playing cricket on the beach, with a young boy as batsman, during a Laing staff outing to...

1920s young woman portrait at the beach, italy. - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1920s young woman portrait at the beach, Italy.

Archival, Retro Style, Old-fashioned

Scenes in the popular resort town Palm Springs, California showing swimming pools, sun bathing and various scenes.

Girls Running on Beach

Beach, Summer, Archival

1930s. alassio liguria italy. young woman posing at the beach - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1930s. Alassio Liguria Italy. Young woman posing at the beach

Women, Beach, 1940

Photo shows a girl and a boy seated on a beach. Models: Mary Elizabeth Thomson and Sol Mendelson. Ca. 1940s-1950s.

Young Man and Woman Seated on Beach

Couple - Relationship, 1940-1949, Beach

Joan Crawford Holding a Large Surfboard

Joan Crawford Holding a Large Surfboard

Beach, Joan Crawford, Women

Three girls in swimsuit smiling on the deck-chairs on a beach of the Italian Riviera. 1951

Girls on holiday at the Italian Riviera

Italy, 1940-1949, Sea

Whitsun, the first summer holiday of the year, has been cancelled, but these girls who had already arrived at Folkestone in Kent make the best of it...

Seaside Frolics

Archival, Girls, 1940-1949

three women standing on beach, holding hands, smiling. (photo by h. armstrong roberts/retrofile/getty images) - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Three women standing on beach, holding hands, smiling. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Retro Style, Women, Only Women

Ninth Air Force B-26 flies over one of the beaches during the invasion of Normandy in June 1944.

World War II Invasion of Normandy

Normandy, Fighter Plane, Arrival

Vintage color historic souvenir photo postcard published circa 1945 as part of a series titled, 'Greetings from Miami Beach,' depicting a crowded...

Vintage souvenir postcard, Miami Beach, Florida, ca 1940s

Young model Fran Cooper wearing a patterned bikini on the beach, 1948.

young woman sitting on beach holding umbrella, smiling, portrait - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Young woman sitting on beach holding umbrella, smiling, portrait

Archival, Swimwear, Beach

old woodie station wagon with surfboard - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Old Woodie Station Wagon with Surfboard

Retro Style, Black And White, Beach

Portrait of American actress and model Marilyn Monroe , in a white swimsuit, as she poses with a red, polka dot umbrella on Long Island's Tobay...

Portrait Of Marilyn Monroe

couple playing leapfrog on beach, woman jumping over man. - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Couple playing leapfrog on beach, woman jumping over man.

Retro Style, Beach, Photography

beach landing. - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Normandy, D Day, Helmet

Picture taken in October 1946 of the beach of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro.

BRAZIL-COPACABANA-ILLUS

Beach, Book, Copacabana Beach

two women in bathing suits on windy beach. - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Two women in bathing suits on windy beach.

Women, Two People, 1940-1949

d-day beach. - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

World War II, Helmet, D Day

woman wearing a hat, posing at the beach. - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Woman wearing a hat, posing at the beach.

Women, 1930, Beach

normandy coastline - juno beach - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Normandy coastline - Juno beach

Normandy, D Day, Beach

ww2 d day battle on omaha beach - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

WW2 D Day Battle on Omaha Beach

Army Soldier, Armed Forces, D Day

American-born Greek opera singer, Maria Callas with her first husband, industrialist Giovanni Battista Meneghini on Venice Lido beach, Venice, 1950.

Callas And Meneghini

Maria Callas, Beach, Italy

Two sunbathers on beach wearing terry cloth pullovers.

Beach, 1940-1949, Women

1940's classic car - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1940's Classic Car

Collector's Car, Car, Retro Style

Indian statesman and activist Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi walking on Juhu Beach, Mumbai, May 1944.

Mahatma Gandhi, Walking

young woman wearing knitted swimsuit, posing on wall by ocean. (photo by h. armstrong roberts/retrofile/getty images) - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Young woman wearing knitted swimsuit, posing on wall by ocean. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Women, Swimwear, Retro Style

David MacDonald, Betty Forster and Donald MacAlistor huddle under an upturned boat on the location set of the film 'The Brothers', directed by David...

Beach, Reading, Archival

dunkirk. - 1940s beach stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Dunkirk - France, Battle, Beach

American film director Orson Welles, bare-chested with linen trousers, hugging the italian actress Anna Magnani, wearing a polka-dotted strapless...

With Anna Magnani

Anna Magnani, Orson Welles

Picture taken in October 1946 of the beach of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro.

BRAZIL-COPACABANA-ILLUS

Copacabana Beach, Copacabana - Rio de Janeiro, Beach

Poster produced for London & North Eastern Railway to promote rail travel to Hornsea, East Riding. The poster shows a woman with two young children...

?Hornsea?, LNER poster, 1936-1946.

Summer, Poster, Rail Transportation

An unidenified couple hold hands as they play in the surf at Jones Beach, Long Island, New York, 1942.

'Summer of '42'

Aerial view of American troops landing at Kiska in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, mid 1940s. On August 15, 1943 U.S. And Canadian forces landed at the...

Arriving At Kiska

World War II, Japan, War

Actress Jane Wyatt vacations at a beach after completing her latest movie, 1941's Weekend for Three.

Actress Jane Wyatt

Two women, both wearing sungalsses, pose on the beach, 1948. One, in a white bathing suit, sits on the sand in front of a red and white umbrella,...

Two Women On The Beach

One Piece Swimsuit, Female Friendship, Beach

Photo shows a woman seated on the beach, back turned to the camera. Model: Mary Elizabeth Thomson. Ca. 1940s.

Seated Woman at the Beach

1940-1949, Women

Photo shows a boy and a girl seated on a beach. Full length. Models: Mary E. Thompson and Sal Mendelson. Ca. 1940s-1950s.

Young Couple Seated on Beach

Beach, Couple - Relationship

Two models, one in bolero and Celanese rayon bathing suit, the other in print kerchief and Celanese rayon jersey suit, lying on sand surrounded by...

Beach, Fashion, 1940-1949

Armed soldiers on guard on a south coast beach. Waves are breaking against a barbed wire barricade, signs of the strong winds which may have helped...

World War II, Army Soldier, War

Couples sit outdoors at patio tables, having a meal at a beach side restaurant while a waiter looks on, Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii. The women...

At The Copacabana

Archival, Hawaii Islands, Restaurant

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