1939 Collection (page 5)

Fair / Car Ride, Kings Lyn
A petrol car ride (owned by F Thompson), Kings Lynn (cars manufactured by R E Chambers Co. USA)

New type of light tank demonstrated at Aldershot
A group of small machines with a pill-box turret, working over rough ground at Aldershot

Bored with Showgirls
- To tell you the truth, these days I m more excited by a plate of oysters than by a girls thighs

N Chamberlain / Postcard
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN British Prime Minister in 1939

BEAU GESTE
Robert Preston, Ray Milland, Gary Cooper and Brian Donlevy (not to mention Susan Hayward) star in Wellmans wonderful adaptation of P C Wrens tale of the Foreign Legion

Fall / Scottish Terr. / 1939
Head study of an unnamed Scottie with a floppy ear. Owner: Cross

Alfrison Cross 1939
ALFRISTON The stone market cross infront of the old smugglers house

W B Yeats / Shackleton
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Irish poet and dramatist

Adelaide Hall (flyer for Hammersmith Palais)
Adelaide Hall (1901-1993) was a jazz innovator & Broaway star of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance who made her home in London in 1939

Map of Europe showing WW2 alliances, September 1939
A map of Europe, colour-coded to represent the different alliances between nations shortly after the outbreak of war, September 1939

The original road bridge over the River Rhine, Arnhem
This is the view of the Arnhem bridge taken from the top of the Eusebius church three years after the former was opened. Between 1939 and 1950 it was blown and re-built several times

Cross section of a British submarine 1939
Illustration showing a labeled cross section of a British submarine. Reminds its readers of an announcement last week, stating that British submarine successes may not be brought to the attention of

Duke and Duchess of Kent walking their chow dog, Sept 1939
Prince George Duke of Kent and his wife Princess Marina walking their chow dog in Belgrave Square shortly after the outbreak of war. September 1939

Cheryl Walker, American fashion model and actress
Cheryl Walker (1918-1971), American fashion model and actress. 1939

WWII September 1939 Circular sandbag redoubt
Anti-aircraft post on the East Coast constructed of sandbags, formed in the first week of the Second World War. Date: 1939

Map, South Wales coalfield. 1939

Mabel Lucie Attwell - WWII Successful Evacuation of School
Mabel Lucie Attwell - W.W.II Successful Evacuation of School Children August 1939 Date: 1939

Piper J-3 Cub G-AFFJ with the Everell single-blade propeller
Piper J-3 Cub G-AFFJ (msn 1165), seen with the Everell patented single-blade automatic variable- pitch propeller. The single propeller blade was balanced by a counterweight and was free to pivot

Photograph of Baldfaced Stag PH, Buckhurst Hill, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Distant left face on view of the pub

Morane-Saulnier MS-406
A Free French Airforce Morane-Saulnier Ms-406 Parked on Apron with RAF Roundels under the Wing Date: 1939

Jessie Matthews with daughter Catherine
British actress Jessie Matthews (1907-1981) enjoying a seaside donkey ride with her adopted daughter Catherine Hale-Monro. Catherine went on to become Countess Grixoni. Date: 1939

HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Horn Lane, Acton, West London, W3
circa 1910s

Photograph of Plough PH, South Ockendon, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Jolly Drayman PH, Gravesend, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Rear view of Pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1929

Music Cover, Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
Music cover, Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz), Judy Garland, words by E Y Harburg, music by Harold Arlen. 1939

Young boy alone on a playground swing 1939
Photograph showing a young boy on a swing in Geraldine May Harmsworth Park. The park is empty following the evacuation of thousands of children in the first few weeks following the outbreak of war

Cinematographer adjusts his camera, September 1939
A cinematographer is shown adjusting his camera as cinemas play an increasingly important role in keeping the country informed of war news in September 1939. Date: 1939

Bomb crater in Warsaw street, September 1939
Large bomb crater in a Warsaw street next to a house that appears structurally intact, despite losing its windows in the blast which came as a result of German siege

Lola Jensen, American actress
Lola Jensen (1919-2001), American actress. 1939

Dorothy White, American actress
Dorothy White (1911-2008), American actress. 1939

Betty Benson, actress. 1939

Outbreak of WWII men of Royal Artillery eating 1939
Men of a battalion of the Royal Artillery have a meal beside of the guns, during training. Date: 1939

Lord and Lady Louis Mountbatten with their daughters
Lord Louis Mountbatten with his wife, Lady Edwina Ashley and his daughters Patricia and Pamela pictured in The Tatler. 1939

Seversky SEV-S2 NX70Y (msn 43). Alexander de Seversky modified a P-35 for the National Air Races. Powered by a 950hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp Sc

Photograph of Ancient Briton PH, Bow, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Aveling-Barford Road Roller GMK 939
Aveling-Barford Road Roller, regn. GMK 939, number 621, Lady Helen. Built in 1939 by Aveling-Barford in Grantham, powered by a 4 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Notes concerning Borley Rectory. The Marianne messages at Borley Rectory; tracings enclosed Date: 1929-circa 1939

Croydon Airport - Junkers Ju52-3m D-AHAL
Junkers Ju52/3m D-AHAL Otto Bernert (msn 5034), of Deutsche LuftHansa (DLH) on approach to land at Croydon Airport. First registered in October 1934

Croydon Airport - de Havilland DH. 89a Dragon Rapide G-AEXO
de Havilland DH.89a Dragon Rapide G-AEXO (msn 6368) of North Eastern Airways Ltd. approaching to land at Croydon Airport. G-AEXO was first registered on 19.05.37

Young Man dries himself off with a towel at Taormina, Sicily, Italy. Date: 1939

Italian Propaganda postcard - Invasion of Albania by Italian Tank Regiment (this card is celebrating the brave tank drivers) 7-12 April 1939

Hillen Station, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Hillen Station on the Western Maryland Railroad, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, with locomotive and coal truck, and a Sears Roebuck warehouse in the background on the right. Date: 1939

A torpedo fired from HMS Afridi - British Destroyer
A torpedo fired from HMS Afridi - Britains Biggest Destroyer (at this time). Date: circa 1939

Junkers Ju-88A-1
Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-88A-1 Parked Weraing 1/Kg 30 Badges and Marking Date: 1939

Boulton Paul Defiant Mk 1 / I
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk 1 of the RAF Parked Without Machine-Gun Installed in the Gun-Turret, One of the First Production-Batch of 87 Aircraft Delivered to the Raf Date: 1939

Arlington, Virginia, USA - National Cemetery Map Date: 1939

50th Anniversary celebration of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France built in 1889 and the original suggested design by Maurice Koechlin from 1884 cinquantenaire

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