Tag: 1950’s

Eileen Sheridan – QT No.13

Eileen Sheridan from the inside back cover of QT No.13 (1959?). 

The interesting fact about Eileen is she was the first winner of the Miss United Kingdom title in 1958. So if the timelines are correct, she did this either just before or just after winning the title, I wonder if they knew! She also won the Miss Great Britain title in 1960 and was also known for her association with the London underworld ‘firm’ headed by the Kray twins. A very colourful early career indeed!
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Pamela & The Pearl Choker

Another early Pamela Green nude by Harrison Marks from the 1950’s, this time posing nude wearing just a pearl choker around her neck. An elegant pose from a scan of an original silver gelatin photograph.
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Marie & The Rug!

I’d forgotten about this one as I’ve had it ages and got it originally from eBay and restored it but then forgot about it!  A beautiful shot of Marie Deveraux on sheepskin rugs by Harrison Marks from the late 1950’s.
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Pamela by Harrison Marks

The cover of the hardback book ‘Pamela’ by Harrison Marks.  A wonderful study and book containing images solely of Pamela Green from 1955.  All the images show Pam with short dark hair or the first early pictures of her wearing the red wig as Rita Landre.

The book itself contains 66 pages broken down into 3 different chapters, each containing a different set of Pam photographs. ‘By The Shore’ shows images of both Pam and Rita posing at various locations on the beach and in the sea. ‘Studio Nudes’ is self explanatory, it shows Pam posing nude in various poses within the studio, so much more formal full length poses. Finally there is ‘Art of Glamour’ where she poses in various costumes as herself and Rita, including some imaginative uses of a chequered shawl and white mink shawl/coat.

A wonderful book for any collector of GHM or Pamela and thanks to Yak from the official Pamela Green site for sending me a copy :)
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Lorraine Burnett – QT Beauty


Lorraine Burnett as the QT Beauty from the centre pages of QT No.13 by Russell Gay. Strategically placed bow and long blond hair covering the essential bits!

Anyone have a date for this magazine, or any of the other QT magazines, as they don’t seem to have publication dates in them?
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Elaine Desmond – Etudes No.7 Cover

Elaine Desmond sporting a wicker hat on the cover of Etudes Plastique Album No.7 (1955) by Belorgey and Roland Carre.  A wonderful 32 page French magazine, but unfortunately the only recognisable model is Elaine on the cover, the rest although very nice are unknown French/European models.

I must say that for a 59 year old magazine it is in exceptional condition, as these magazines have detachable covers similar to a dust jacket.  That means the magazine inside is nearly perfect condition with no wear to the page edges of discolouration. It came as part of a bundle of magazines I aquired and rather than putting it to one side to gather dust I thought I’d have a go at selling it on eBay.  Take a look if interested, but in the meantime enjoy the cover :)
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