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1939 Collection (#53)

Background image1939 Collection: Tower Bridge 1939

Tower Bridge 1939
The famous Tower Bridge, a bascule bridge, London, was designed by Horace Jones, who died in 1887, before it was completed. Sir John Wolfe- Barry completed it in 1894. Date: built 1886 - 1894

Background image1939 Collection: ELM TREES

ELM TREES
Elm trees. Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: The Tower of Terror

The Tower of Terror, Lizard Point, Cornwall, England. Date: January 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Lower Slaughter

Lower Slaughter
The tranquil village of Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire, England. Date: January 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Shardlows Park

Shardlows Park
Cattle grazing in Shardlows Park, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Aldenham Reservoir

Aldenham Reservoir
A reservoir full of water, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: St. Jamess Park London

St. Jamess Park London
A quiet and delightful corner of St. Jamess Park, central London, out of sight, but within sound of the roar of traffic. Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Silver Birch Bark

Silver Birch Bark
The bark of a Silver Birch tree. Date: February 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Cloudy Skies

Cloudy Skies
Cloudy skies. Date: February 1939

Background image1939 Collection: England / Rye 1939

England / Rye 1939
This beautiful half-timbered building in Mermaid Lane, Rye, Sussex, England, is the Old Hospital. A true gem of Old England which has slumbered throughout the centuries. Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: London Trolley Bus

London Trolley Bus

Background image1939 Collection: Prince of the Carnival - Cologne, Germany

Prince of the Carnival - Cologne, Germany
Prince of the Carnival - The Rhine Wine Feast held in Cologne, Germany - February 1939. Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Poster, Clean and Fit and Happy Too

Poster, Clean and Fit and Happy Too! Showing people in different countries attending to personal hygiene. Issued by the (British) Health and Cleanliness Council. 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Marshal Philippe Petain, French army officer and diplomat

Marshal Philippe Petain, French army officer and diplomat
Marshal Philippe Petain (1856-1951), French army officer, seen here while serving as ambassador to Burgos, Spain, before the start of the Second World War. Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Rhino, Kilimanjaro

Rhino, Kilimanjaro

Background image1939 Collection: Water Carriers at Meru

Water Carriers at Meru
Three water carriers at Meru. 6 July 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Speedometer Registered 18 M. P. H

Speedometer Registered 18 M. P. H
View from inside a jeep of a rhino running. Inscription reads: Speedometer Registered 18 M.P.H. 1 August 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Family of Oryx, Namanga

Family of Oryx, Namanga. Inscription reads: Pa, Ma and Young Oryx at home. 1 August 1939

Background image1939 Collection: East Java - Indonesia - Selecta

East Java - Indonesia - Selecta, Batu Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Naughty Boy Eats Jam

Naughty Boy Eats Jam
A naughty boy eats straight from the jam pot, despite having promised not to. Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Charlotte Despard

Charlotte Despard
CHARLOTTE DESPARD, founder & president of the Womens Freedon League Date: 1844 - 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Ship in George V Dock

Ship in George V Dock
A large ship moored in Londons busy Docklands, King George V dock, North Woolwich, before the World War Two Blitz and the Docklands development. Date: February 1939

Background image1939 Collection: RETURN OF SATAN

RETURN OF SATAN (Robert Moore Williams) Fighting desperately against the super-brain... Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Secret of the Pyramid

Secret of the Pyramid
SECRET OF THE PYRAMID (Robert Moore Williams) The hero battles with the monstrous Zorlings in the interior of the Great Pyramid Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: LOUIS WAIN / 1860-1939

LOUIS WAIN / 1860-1939
LOUIS WAIN English artist and caricaturist, especially of cats and dogs Date: 1860 - 1939

Background image1939 Collection: SECRET OF BURIED CITY

SECRET OF BURIED CITY
SECRET OF THE BURIED CITY (John Russell Fearn) The Earth is destroyed to make way for a better civilisation Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Knife-Thrower & Camera

Knife-Thrower & Camera
A knife-thrower is photographed in action by an intrepid photographer Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Italians in Albania / 1939

Italians in Albania / 1939
Invading Italians are welcomed by the populace Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Mettray : Workshop

Mettray : Workshop
METTRAY (near Tours) Open agricultural and industrial colony for juvenile offenders, 1839-1939 : BOYS IN A WORKSHOP LEARN USEFUL TRADES Date: circa 1850

Background image1939 Collection: Mettray : Horticulture

Mettray : Horticulture
METTRAY (near Tours) Open agricultural and industrial colony for juvenile offenders, 1839-1939 : BOYS LEARNING HORTICULTURE Date: circa 1850

Background image1939 Collection: Creating a clone to solve a love triangle

Creating a clone to solve a love triangle
Creating a clone of the girl that two men are in love with - illustration to The Four-sided Triangle by William F Temple. Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Showgirl in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair

Showgirl in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair
One of the showgirls in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair at Casa Manana, New York, 1939 (7th Ave at 50th Street) Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Showgirls in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair

Showgirls in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair
Some of the showgirls in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair at Casa Manana, New York, 1939 (7th Ave at 50th Street) Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Performers in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair

Performers in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair
Some of the performers in Billy Roses show Lets Play Fair at Casa Manana, New York, 1939 (7th Ave at 50th Street) Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Billy Rose show Lets Play Fair at Casa Manana

Billy Rose show Lets Play Fair at Casa Manana
Programme cover for the Billy Rose cabaret show Lets Play Fair at Casa Manana, New York, 1939 (7th Ave at 50th Street) Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: La Revue du Bal Tabarin at the London Casino

La Revue du Bal Tabarin at the London Casino
Programme cover for La Revue du Bal Tabarin at the London Casino, London, 1939, produced by Clifford Fischer Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Illustration for cover of Gaietes de Montmartre, 1939

Illustration for cover of Gaietes de Montmartre, 1939
Programme cover for Gaietes de Montmartre, staged at the Prince of Wales Theatre (described as Londons Folies Bergere), London, 1939. Art work probably by Louis Curti. Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Programme cover for Gaietes de Montmartre, 1939

Programme cover for Gaietes de Montmartre, 1939
Programme cover for Gaietes de Montmartre, staged at the Prince of Wales Theatre (described as Londons Folies Bergere), London, 1939. Art work by Louis Curti. Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Fairey Battle

Fairey Battle, first flying testbed powered by a Sabre Series I engine Date: 1939

Background image1939 Collection: Britannia and Eve front cover

Britannia and Eve front cover
Front cover illustration featuring a blonde woman applying make up while looking in a compact mirror

Background image1939 Collection: Alice Marble, 1939 Wimbledon champion

Alice Marble, 1939 Wimbledon champion
Alice Marble (1913-1990), American tennis player, who was the first woman to win both the US Open and Wimbledon singles titles in the same year, as well as the ladies doubles and mixed doubles

Background image1939 Collection: Air Travel with Cooks

Air Travel with Cooks
Cover illustration for Air Travel with Cooks, for the 1939 Summer Season, showing an aeroplane and a globe

Background image1939 Collection: Summer Holidays Abroad with Cooks

Summer Holidays Abroad with Cooks
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays Abroad with Cooks, showing an alpine spa scene with mountains, a swimming pool, and a young woman in Austrian traditional dress

Background image1939 Collection: The Humorist Summer Number 1939

The Humorist Summer Number 1939
Bright and jolly front cover design for The Humorist magazine Summer Number by William Heath Robinson featuring a number of bathers paddling and playing about in the sea

Background image1939 Collection: New York World Fair 1939

New York World Fair 1939, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Building

Background image1939 Collection: Japanese Pavilion, World Fair 1939

Japanese Pavilion, World Fair 1939
Japanese Pavilion at the New York World Fair 1939 showing the diplomatic room

Background image1939 Collection: Group of policemen, Battersea, London

Group of policemen, Battersea, London
A group of policemen pose for their photograph at Battersea in south west London. They are all in uniform, some wearing helmets, others (the Special Constables) in peaked caps

Background image1939 Collection: Dog inside gas-proof kennel

Dog inside gas-proof kennel
A dog inside a gas-proof kennel, part of an A.R.P. scheme for domestic animals at the outbreak of World War Two



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