A Thorneycroft motor van as used during World War I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). August 1914

Jimmy Arnold, an overweight boy from Rochester, bites into a cake. (Photo by Reg Birkett/Keystone/Getty Images). 14th April 1951

Unsettled life in Europe failed to change the slow pace of life on the Isle of Capri, off Naples, Italy. Some of the socialites who have come there to relax enjoy an aquatic luncheon serviced in the cool Mediterranean, September 1, 1939. Swimming waiters push out the floating tables bearing meals which include wine and spaghetti. In the background are the rocks of Faraglioni. (Photo by Hamilton Wright/AP Photo)

A nurse consoles herself with a box of chocolates as she reads a paper-back thriller. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1955

A construction worker sweeps up as the final touches are completed on “Comedy Carpet” by British artist Gordon Young, the latest art installation on Blackpool's promenade on October 7, 2011 in Blackpool, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

English singer and songwriter Dua Lipa photographs herself as an “Albanian girl in Albania” in the second decade of August 2022. (Photo by dualipa/Instagram)

Glamorous strongwoman Joan Rhodes exercises her strength whilst tackling housework in her flat in Hampstead, north London, March 1958. (Photo by Ken Harding/BIPs). P.S. All pictures are presented in high resolution.

Italian actress Sophia Loren attends the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, 1954. (Photo by AGIP/RDA/Getty Images)