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The New Top-Flat Rescue Apparatus in ActionApparatus for rescuing people from high buildings that have been damaged from heavy bombing. Date: 1941
From Bedroom to Shelter in OneKind warden sets the machine in motion to allow people to sleep through a air-raid. Swinging from bedroom to living room to shelter without waking. Date: 1941
British soldiers had landed in Italy by parachute, here is an illustration by William Heath Robinson showing how they returned! Date: 1941
Advert for Burberry women's equipment WWIIDuring the Second World War Burberry supplied the British Army with a range of military clothing and accessories. Advertisement for a range of Auxiliary Service equipment for women Date: 1941
Jesse Jackson, Keith Vaz, Diane Abbott and Bernie GrantJesse Jackson (Jesse Louis Jackson Sr, b 1941), American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Seen here at a press conference table alongside Keith Vaz (Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz)
Jesse Jackson, American civil rights activistJesse Jackson (Jesse Louis Jackson Sr, b 1941), American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Seen here speaking at a press conference. Date: circa 1980s
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Soviet politicianVyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (1890-1986), Soviet politician and diplomat, serving twice as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and once as Premier (1930-1941). Date: circa 1940s
Jesse Jackson with Linda BellosJesse Jackson (Jesse Louis Jackson Sr, b 1941), American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Seen here at a press conference with Linda Bellos (b 1950)
Tom Mann, trade unionist and public speakerHead and shoulders portrait photograph of Tom Mann (1856-1941), British trade unionist and popular public speaker. This photograph was presented to Nellie Rathbone. Date: early 20th century
Cape Reinga lighthouse, North Island, New ZealandView of the lighthouse at Cape Reinga, at the far northern end of the North Island, New Zealand. The lighthouse was built in 1941
GRINDELL MATTHEWS - British inventor, almost certainly a charlatan though some of his inventions seemed to work : best known for his death ray of 1924, never demonstrated. Date: 1880 - 1941
BIRTH CERTIFICATE 1914A 1941 copy of a birth certificate from 1914. Alan Sanderson went missing presumed dead when his ship was sunk in World War Two. Date: 1941
Grumman F3F-2 N20RW - 0972 This aircraft crashed into a mountain at Wailuki, Maui, Hawaii on 24 June 1941, whilst flying with VMF-211
Avro 652 Anson I N4877 - G-AMDA of the Skyfame museum at Staverton Airport N4877 was built at the Avro factory at Newton Heath, Manchester and was taken on charge by the Royal Air Force on Nov 17
WW2 - Black-out - Couple driving, with only their dipped headlight beams. Date: circa 1941
Monitoring radio stations for news to rush to editors Date: 1941
Broadcasting soon after an air raid, WW2Broadcasting soon after an air raid, with bombed buildings in the background, during WW2 Date: 1941
BBC staff take turns firewatching on roof, WW2BBC staff take turns firewatching on the roof during WW2 Date: 1941
Cover design, BBC at War booklet by Antonia White, WW2Cover design, BBC at War booklet by Antonia White Date: 1941
Slingsby T. 59D Kestrel 19 CZRSlingsby T.59D Kestrel 19 CZR (msn 1842, BGA 1941, civil reg G-DCZR), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Are you evacuating the townThe Caption is Gosh Mister! Are you evacuating the whole town? It is estimated that over 200, 000 were evacuated from the towns to the countryside between 1939 and the end of 1941
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - When am I goin to see you againOn the back of the card is a plaintive message to David.. Do you still miss us my darling? I will be delighted to have a little card from you
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Now this economy is hereThe Caption is Now this economy is here - we ll have to darn the darns Ole dear. They have been darning since 1941 so they probably really are down to the darns
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Heres another blue-pencil P. CThe Caption refers to..another blue pencil postcard. In WW2 Bue Pencil referred to the Censor who crossed out in indelible blue any text that he thought might be of use to the enemy
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I m doin me knitThe Caption reads I m doing my knit - a play on the wartime need to do your bit. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1941
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Every nice boy loves a sailorThe Caption reads Every nice boy loves a sailor - a take on the popular song. This lass has pictures of soldiers and airforce men on the wall behind her. Busy girl
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Sun is OutThe verse on the card contains the lines Coupon trouble grows - shes naught to dry - but pegs. Clothes rationing began in June 1941 and did not end until 1949
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - England expectsThe Caption reads - England Expects presumably evoking the Nelsonian flag signal to his fleet. It was everymans war. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1941
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wats doingThe Caption reads W.A.Ts Doing? Women were called up from early in 1941 and this little lass may well be in the Womens Auxiliary Territorial Service. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1941
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Johnny get your gunThe Caption is Johnny get your gun! Mabel Lucie is perhaps unwittingly relating this card to the anti-war novel Johnny got his gun published in 1938 in which a soldier loses all his limbs in
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Happy BirthdayThe ration book is clearly drawn, and cancelled coupons can be glimpsed. Petrol was the first to be rationed after the war began and eventually practically all commodities were
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - SwellClothes wee rationed from June 1941 wth a ration book supposedly sufficient for one new outfit a year. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945
Vintage photograph WW II - sinking HMS Barham in 1941Vintage photograph World War II - sinking of HMS Barham in 1941 in the Mediterranean Sea - hit by German U boat, take after magazine explosion. 859 men lost
Photograph of United Service PH, Woolwich, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1931
Photograph of Trafalgar PH, Merton, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934
Photograph of Star of the East PH, Hackney, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub
Photograph of Railway Tavern, New Cross (Temp), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub
Photograph of Railway Tavern, New Cross, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934
Photograph of Railway Tavern, Hackney (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub
Photograph of Queen Adelaide PH, Uxbridge, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub
Photograph of Plough PH, Sutton (Temp), Surrey. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub
Photograph of Plough PH, Dulwich, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934
Photograph of Old Manor House PH, Deptford (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub
Photograph of Masons Arms, Borough, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1930
Photograph of Marine Hotel, Silvertown, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub
Photograph of London Tavern, Millwall, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub
Photograph of Little Driver PH, Bow, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub
Photograph of Jolly Gardeners PH, Putney, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub