The Snapshots in Time Collection
Wrought-Iron Gate Swimsuit Pin-Up Publicity Photograph, Universal Pictures, 1944
Photographed in 1944 on a Universal Pictures studio set styled with Spanish-revival ironwork, this publicity still showcases the fitted, embellished swimwear fashions popular among Hollywood glamour photographers during World War II. Such images, produced with press reproduction rights already cleared, circulated widely in newspapers and magazines, reinforcing the era's close relationship between the film industry, fashion, and home-front entertainment culture. Project: 218721