1939 Collection (#50)

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1939
A photograph showing two ladies taking tea dressed in stylish 1930s day dresses. 1939

Modes et Travaux 1939
Woman in striped grey skirt and grey jacket Serge Ivanov Date: 1939

Advert for Harrods gifts for the H. M forces 1939
Gifts fo H.M forces. Sevice cardigan and pullovers, khaki shirts, upper boots, tan cape leather gloves, suede leather cardigan, socks, balaclava helmet scarf, proofed poplin under jacket. Date: 1939

Ration of the British field forces 1939
A guild to show British field forces diet, and the amount allowed per man, per day of food, drink and tobacco. Date: 1939

World War Two Polish infantry
Poland as a military power: cavalry, tanks and infantry. Poland prepares - the Polish infantry manoeuvers their unit across open ground. Date: 1939

Advert for Dolcis shoes 1939
Stepping sunwards. For gay feet to flash over sunsplahed beaches, new Dolcis sandals, rediant with glowing colour or brilliant contrasts

Advert fo Revelation suitcases 1939
Expanding suitcases. Confidence in having the best - confidence in knowing that your suitcase will always adjust itself to whatever you wish to pack - confidence too

LCC-LFB Dennis open pump escape at a fire station
Readying for the outbreak of WW2, a regular London pump-escape pictured with the wartime fire appliances which would greatly outnumber the pre-1938 London appliance fleet

Lambeth HQ Control Room

London Fire Brigade Headquarters control room
LFB Lambeth HQ Control Room

Newly constructed Lambeth HQ
Lambeth HQ after construction of Underground Control Room

Armed Guard at entrance to Lambeth HQ Control Room

London Fire Brigade Headquarters telephone switchboard

AFS volunteers undergoing hose drill, WW2
The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) was created in 1938 to supplement the regular London Fire Brigade. Some 21, 000 volunteer firefighters would be recruited

LCC-LFB-AFS training -- tying a knot
The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) was created in 1938 to supplement the regular London Fire Brigade. Some 21, 000 volunteer firefighters would be recruited

LCC-LFB AFS volunteer measured for uniform, WW2
A volunteer for the newly formed AFS being kitted out with his uniform. The Service was created in 1938 to supplement the regular firefighters on the home front, to tackle fires from bombing raids

Firewoman of the AFS, Jean Savory, WW2
Miss Jean Savory (1920-2000), firewoman, one of the first volunteers to join the AFS on the outbreak of WW2. She was attached to Red Cross Street fire station in the City of London

London firefighters drilling at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction and drill in the drill yard of Brigade Headquarters at Lambeth (also a fire station)

Massey Shaw fireboat at Blackfriars river fire station
The Massey Shaw fireboat, launched in 1935, moored alongside her Blackfriars river station, located on the Victoria Embankment, City of London

Fire boat SS Sambre at Enderbys Wharf, Greenwich
The London Fire Service fire boat, the SS Sambre, at Enderbys Wharf, Greenwich, SE London

Stocks of fire brigade hose fittings, LFB HQ workshops
An assortment of pump collector heads, hose adapters and suction hoses on the floor of the London Fire Brigade workshops at Lambeth

LCC-LFB taxi converted for fire brigade use, WW2
Aerial view of a taxi converted for World War II fire brigade use by Auxiliary firefighters in London, showing the two ladders it carried on its roof

LCC-LFB emergency tender at Lambeth fire station
Crew of an emergency tender demonstrating the range of equipment it carries including breathing apparatus, hot cutting equipment and a smoke extraction unit

Map of the LCC-LFB area
Map showing 30 incidents of note in the LCC-LFB area

LFB firefighters working on a roof at a warehouse fire
London firefighters working with hose lines on a warehouse roof at the scene of a fire, Carran Wharf in Upper Thames Street. City of London

LFB adapted London taxi pulling a trailer pump, WW2
An adapted London taxi cab at LFB HQ, Lambeth, utilised as an AFS fire appliance with trailer pump, widely used in London during the blitz

London Fire Brigade canteen van used as publicity vehicle
Seen here at Brigade headquarters, Lambeth, the canteen van has been converted into a publicity vehicle during a recruitment drive for much needed auxiliary firefighters

London Fire Brigade band at Brigade HQ - Lambeth
Group photograph of the LCC-London Fire Brigade band with the Deputy Chief Officer, Major Frank Whitford Jackson, sitting in the centre of the front row

The Witness Who Would Rather Not Say by H. M. Bateman
A glamorous woman in the witness stand at a court hearing, keeps her own counsel, much to the delight of the judge and others present. See picture number 10636972 for the partner to this image

The Witness Who Spoke Up by H. M. Bateman
Humorous cartoon by H. M. Bateman depicting a rather vociferous witness in the stand at a court hearing, shattering the ear drums of the judge and others around him

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Pomo Indian basket, California. Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International

Half a century of American art The Art Institute of Chicago - Nov. 16, 1939 to Jan. 7, 1940. Poster for art exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. Date 1939

International exhibition of water colors The Art Institute of Chicago - March 23 - May 14 1939. Poster for exhibit of watercolors at the Art Institute of Chicago

Elmhurst flag day, June 18, 1939, Du Page County centennial. Poster showing American flag. Date 1939

Princess Elizabeth on her birthday, 1939
Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, pictured here in 1939 on her 13th birthday, petting an adoring corgi. Date: 1939

British Contraband Control at Work, 1939
A big ocean liner heaves to as the boarding officers clamber up the side for an examination during the early weeks of World War II. Date: 1939

Courting wartime couple, 1939
Back view of a couple in a London Park during the early weeks of World War Two. A soldier rests his knapsack, helmet and jacket while he enjoys a quiet moment with his sweetheart. 1939

War Correspondents fly to France, 1939
British and American war correspondents prepare to fly to France in the early weeks of World War II. All wear officers uniform but without the usual distinguishing marks of rank

The Old Ford, Weston Turville
View of the Old Ford, Weston Turville near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire by Alexander Jamieson (1873 - 1937). Date: 1939

Saar miners, 1939
A group of typical miners of the Saar district, the mining areas of which were completely evacuated by the German authorities during the early weeks of World War II as the French Army advanced into

Sea Ranger Girls, 1939
Sea Ranger girls, part of the River Emergency Service during World War Two, seen putting their flag waving signals into action. Date: 1939

Grand Admiral Raeder, 1939
Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 6 November 1960) German naval leader in Germany before and during World War II. Raeder attained the highest possible naval rankthat of Groߡdmiral

A Farm in Sussex by E. T. Holding
View of a farm in rural Sussex. Date: 1939

Chief Censor, C. V. Usborne, 1939
Vice-Admiral C. V. Usborne who was in charge of the government department censoring press activities in Britain during World War II

An old inn yard at Newark by Percy Home
An old inn yard at Newark, famous for its ancient hostelries, one of which dates back to the tiime of King Edward III and another to that of Henry IV. Date: 1939

Sea Scouts on emergency training
Sea Scouts getting under way for emergency training on RSS Discovery. 5 March 1939

Making a shell, 1939
A munitions worker performing of the many operations that go to the making of a shell. The projectiles he is working on are still noseless - without the pointed cap which will be fitted later

British Army lands in France, 1939
British Army landing in France after crossing the Channel aboard steamers accompanied by destroyers to protect against enemy submarines

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