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1940s Collection (page 15)

Background image1940s Collection: North Market Street, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, USA

North Market Street, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1942

Background image1940s Collection: Googie Withers in film, It Always Rains on Sunday

Googie Withers in film, It Always Rains on Sunday
Googie Withers in the film, It Always Rains on Sunday. 1947

Background image1940s Collection: Advert, Rolls-Royce, Vickers Vimy biplane

Advert, Rolls-Royce, Vickers Vimy biplane
Advert for Rolls-Royce, 25th anniversary of a Vickers Vimy biplane with Rolls-Royce engines, first direct Atlantic crossing by air, June 1919. 1944

Background image1940s Collection: Postcard booklet, The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Postcard booklet, The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, USA -- under six flags. 1942

Background image1940s Collection: Blitz in London -- Redriff Estate, Rotherhithe, WW2

Blitz in London -- Redriff Estate, Rotherhithe, WW2
Blitz in London -- scene of destruction on the Redriff Estate, Rotherhithe, SE London, during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: Poster, Winter Sports in France

Poster, Winter Sports in France, by French National Railways -- Jura, Alps, Vosges, Pyrenees, Auvergne. Designed by Vecoux. 1947

Background image1940s Collection: Julia Farron - Ballet Dancer in Mlle. Theodore - Scene 1

Julia Farron - Ballet Dancer in Mlle. Theodore - Scene 1
Julia Farron (1922-2019) - Ballet Dancer performing as Mademoiselle Theodore in The Prospect Before Us, scene 1, a one-act comic ballet in seven scenes

Background image1940s Collection: de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito NF-13

de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito NF-13
Pilot and Crew Wearing Life-Jackets Walking with a Royal Air Force RAF de Havilland Dh-98 Mosquito Nf-13 Wearing D-Day Invasion-Stripes Behind Date: 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito PR-1

de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito PR-1
1 Pru Royal Air Force RAF de Havilland Dh-98 Mosquito Pr-1 Flying over Bomb Damaged Fields Date: 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: WW2 Fighter Air Ace Red Tobin of 71 Eagle Squadron Sitti?

WW2 Fighter Air Ace Red Tobin of 71 Eagle Squadron Sitti?
WW2 Fighter Air Ace Red Tobin of 71 Eagle Squadron Sitting in the Cockpit. Tobin Was Killed in Action 7th September 1941 Date: 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: Bills Gay Nineties, New York, USA

Bills Gay Nineties, New York, USA
Bills Gay Nineties, 57 East 54th Street, New York, USA -- a retro-style cafe and bar looking back to the good old 1890s. Date: circa 1940

Background image1940s Collection: HMS Venus, Scapa Flow, WW2

HMS Venus, Scapa Flow, WW2. 1943

Background image1940s Collection: D-Day, HMS Ramillies, WW2

D-Day, HMS Ramillies, WW2
D-Day, HMS Ramillies, June 1944. 1944

Background image1940s Collection: New York, USA - St Patricks Cathedral

New York, USA - St Patricks Cathedral, 5th Avenue and 50th Street, built in the Neo-Gothic style. circa 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: Music cover, Our Love Affair, Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland

Music cover, Our Love Affair, Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland
Music cover, Our Love Affair, words and music by Arthur Freed and Roger Edens, from the MGM film Strike Up The Band, starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. 1940

Background image1940s Collection: Dog with Daily Telegraph newspaper on a greetings card

Dog with Daily Telegraph newspaper on a greetings card
Dog with a Daily Telegraph newspaper dated 5 September 1949 in its mouth, part of a greetings card. Date: 1949

Background image1940s Collection: Happy Families - Mrs Jack Tar

Happy Families - Mrs Jack Tar. circa 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: View of Regent Street, London, with heavy traffic

View of Regent Street, London, with heavy traffic outside Liberty & Co. Date: circa late 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: Elizabeth Arden Soaps advertisement, 1940

Elizabeth Arden Soaps advertisement, 1940
Advertisement for Elizabeth Arden Soaps. A little luxury a woman earned after a hard day during the Second World War. The advertisement reads

Background image1940s Collection: Cover design, Over 120 Ways of Using Bread

Cover design, Over 120 Ways of Using Bread for tasty and delightful dishes. Showing a woman in her kitchen, enjoying some of the results of her baking. Date: circa 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: The Harbour, Bridlington, Yorkshire

The Harbour, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England. Showing steamboat Date: 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: RMS (Royal Mail Ship) Queen Elizabeth

RMS (Royal Mail Ship) Queen Elizabeth, . 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: WW2 Valentines Day card, You are my target

WW2 Valentines Day card, You are my target
WW2 Valentines Day card (inside), You are my target for today. Date: circa 1942

Background image1940s Collection: WW2 greetings card, Bus Conductor

WW2 greetings card, Bus Conductor
WW2 greetings card, A Girl Bus Conductor, by Ethel Gabain, official war picture from the National Gallery. Date: circa 1942

Background image1940s Collection: WW2 Christmas card, Escort

WW2 Christmas card, Escort! A Chelsea Pensioner looks in admiration at an RAF airman with an elegant woman on each arm. Date: 1941

Background image1940s Collection: WW2 Christmas card, A False Alarm

WW2 Christmas card, A False Alarm -- a dog in AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) uniform. Date: 1941

Background image1940s Collection: HMS Delhi, British cruiser, Alexandria, WW2

HMS Delhi, British cruiser, Alexandria, WW2
HMS Delhi (D47), British Danae class cruiser, seen here at anchor in Alexandria, as Admiral Cunninghams flagship. Date: 1940

Background image1940s Collection: WW2 Poster -- Quick! Your binoculars

WW2 Poster -- Quick! Your binoculars
Quick! Your binoculars. Supply poster, lithograph. Put your binoculars on Active Service Now! Date: 1940

Background image1940s Collection: Salvage operation in Victoria Park Road, East London, WW2

Salvage operation in Victoria Park Road, East London, WW2
Salvage operation in Victoria Park Road, East London, following a flying bomb explosion, 19 June 1944. Date: 1944

Background image1940s Collection: Blitz in London -- burnt-out incendiary device, WW2

Blitz in London -- burnt-out incendiary device, WW2
Blitz in London -- incendiary device which burnt itself out on an asphalt roof. Date: 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: WW2 poster, The Fairey Fulmer

WW2 poster, The Fairey Fulmer, the Navys fastest fighter. Date: 1940

Background image1940s Collection: Taff, a puppy, by Muriel Dawson

Taff, a puppy, by Muriel Dawson
Taff, a puppy (age 3 months), by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: Two boys saluting

Two boys saluting, probably during the Second World War. The one on the right is wearing a tin helmet and a gas mask. The one on the left is wearing a Royal Artillery peaked cap

Background image1940s Collection: Aveu fragrance advert

Aveu fragrance advert
Advertisement for Aveu perfume by Roger and Gallet depicting a couple in glamorous evening dress dancing intimately together. Date: 1948

Background image1940s Collection: Quayside - Port of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Quayside - Port of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Date: circa late 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: Playing croquet

Playing croquet
Four men playing croquet Date: c. 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: Royal Exchange 1940S

Royal Exchange 1940S
The third building of its kind erected on the same site, the Royal Exchange (1842-44), was built by Sir William Tite at the junction of Cornhill and Threadneedle Street. Date: late 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: Vaudeville Theatre on the Strand, London

Vaudeville Theatre on the Strand, London presenting The Chiltern Hundreds. Almost next door is Romanos restaurant, prominent in Londons night-life at the turn of the century. Date: 1947

Background image1940s Collection: Princess Elizabeth broadcasting to the Empire

Princess Elizabeth broadcasting to the Empire
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) at a BBC microphone making her 21st birthday broadcast to the Empire during the Royal Tour of South Africa on 21st April 1947. Date: 1947

Background image1940s Collection: Cabinet Makers in Shoreditch

Cabinet Makers in Shoreditch
A man guides a piece of wood through a large saw at a cabinet makers in Shoreditch, London. 1940s

Background image1940s Collection: Daily lives in London during the Blitz

Daily lives in London during the Blitz
Four images relating to air-raided London in October 1940. Top left shows cast members at the Windmill Theatre which was the only theatre to remain open; the cast slept in the theatre on mattresses

Background image1940s Collection: Guildford Cathedral

Guildford Cathedral
The partially built Guildford Cathedral, Surrey, England, photographed during World War Two when the war suspended building works. Started in 1936, finally completed 1961

Background image1940s Collection: Lner Express Locomotive

Lner Express Locomotive
The huge L.N.E.R. locomotive engine 2-8-2 No. 2001, leaving Waverley Street Station, Edinburgh, Scotland, one of the first of this type built for an express service

Background image1940s Collection: Coxwold Church 1940S

Coxwold Church 1940S
St. Michaels Church, Coxwold, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, dates from the 15th century. The 18th century novelist Laurence Sterne also preached here for many years

Background image1940s Collection: England / Wells

England / Wells
The Vicars Close, adjacent to the famous Wells Cathedral, Somerset, was originally built to house the clergy. Claims to be the oldest complete street of its kind in Europe

Background image1940s Collection: CYCLIST, 1940

CYCLIST, 1940
A young man cycling at the Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey, North Wales

Background image1940s Collection: Cool and Collected by David Wright

Cool and Collected by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background image1940s Collection: Signal Room 1940S

Signal Room 1940S
A signal box at Surbiton for the Southern Railway



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