ZUM4906825: Jan. 01, 1954 - The 'Tomboy' look on way to Britain from the U. S. New styles for girls.: Photo shows Lovely Estelie Richmond who has just returned to Britain after a fifteen months visit to the United States for T. V. and radio appearances - seen as she models the latest American dress style for girls. It is called the” Tomboy” look which include a brightly checked shirt and 'pirate' jeans- and a hat - which she says came from the boy scouts department of a New York shire. It is expected that the outfit will be popular in this country / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4906870: Jan. 01, 1954 -” Miss America” Prepares for Broadcast.: Twenty year old Miss Evelyn Ay - winner of the” Miss America” Beauty contest for 1954- plus prizes totalling almost £18,000 and a University Grant arrived in London this morning. She then want to Aeclian Hall, where she rehearsed for the” In Town Tonight” Radio program. She is a student of technology at Pennsylvania University / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4906972: Jan. 01, 1954 - Bernard Shaw's household possessions come under the hammer. Keen bidding is expected this afternoon when some of George Bernard Shaw's household possessions are auctioned at St. Albans. The sale of the articles from” Shaw's corner” in Ayot St. Lawrence, where Shaw lived and died, is being held under the direction of the National Trust, who own the house / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4907173: Jan. 01, 1954 - The comets have their detailed strip-down. Investigating the cause of the disaster.: Work began yesterday on stripping down the De Havillan 'Comet' aircraft - which have been withdrawn from B.O.A.C. Service - following the weekend disaster in which 55 people lost their lives when a Comet crashed into the sea in the Mediterranean. The investigation of the machines is being carried out by experts in an effort to find the cause of the few disasters which have happened to some of the machines / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4907265: Jan. 01, 1954 - The” Arcadia” leaves for Liverpool for the finishing touches. View of the Arcadia, newest liner in the P and O. company's fleet, seen yesterday as she left the Clyde, with 700 workmen aboard, for Liverpool for the final touched before going into service. The Arcadia is a 28,000-tonner, She cost, 500,000 to build / Bridgeman Images