1944 Collection (page 6)

Dahlia Terrace
A childrens short story illustration which shows some earwigs crawling amongst grasses and flowers, observing a sign which advertises Dahlia Terrace. Date: circa 1944

The Frost Fairies
A childrens short story illustration which shows some mythical frost fairies clinging to some thin tree branches. Date: circa 1944

King Bunker Looks Into The Nest
A childrens short story illustration which shows King Bunker finding his lost golf ball in a bird's nest. Date: circa 1944

Chippity Cuckoo
A front cover illustration to Chippity Cuckoo, by E. M. Bell. The image portrays a fairy sewing together a British WW2 Home Guard uniform onto the cuckoo. Date: circa 1944

An Angling Airacobra
An illustration in a WW2 ABC book for children. A is for an angling Airacobra. The image shows the red and yellow fighter plane, produced by Bell, for the United States Army Air Forces. Date: 1944

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortresses flying on a mission
United States Army Air Force - Boeing B-17G Flying Fortresses, of the 323rd Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Wing The Ragged Irregulars, flying on a mission from RAF Bassingbourn

Charles Lightoller archive, three notebooks
Charles Lightoller archive collection of three handwritten note and code books used during WW1, and WW2. The first two are handwritten books of code and marine information

Cover design, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, pulp fiction, September 1944 Date: 1944

Music cover, Going My Way, Bing Crosby
Music cover, Going My Way, words by Johnny Burke, music by Jimmy Van Heusen, sung by Bing Crosby in the Paramount film Going My Way Date: 1944

Music cover, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, Bing Crosby
Music cover, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, words by Johnny Mercer, music by Harold Arlen, sung by Bing Crosby with Betty Hutton in the Paramount film Here Come the Waves Date: 1944

Music cover, You're My Little Pin-Up Girl, Betty Grable
Music cover, You're My Little Pin-Up Girl, words by Mack Gordon, music by James V Monaco, from the Betty Grable 20th Century Fox film Pin-Up Girl Date: 1944

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 46582 (msn 3035), on display at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL. (To US Coast Guard Dec 1943 as 6582; Lend-Lease to Brazil in 1944 as FAB 21)

Music cover, Lady of Spain quickstep
Music cover, Lady of Spain, Spanish 3/4 quickstep, words by Erell Reaves, music by Tolchard Evans Date: 1944

Music cover, The Whiffenpoof Song, sung by Bing Crosby
Music cover, The Whiffenpoof Song (Baa-Baa-Baa!), sung by Bing Crosby. Date: 1944

WW2 poster, August - Gliding, featuring ATC (Air Training Corps) gliders. One of a series of prints commissioned and published by CEMA (Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts)

Bastogne, 1944
A scene in Bastogne during the siege by German forces who had taken advantage of poor weather conditions to cut off American Divisions defending the town

GARNELO ALDA, Jos鮠'The Death of Saint Francis
GARNELO ALDA, Jos頨1866-1944). Death of Saint Francis. 1906. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Valencia. San Pio V Fine Arts Museum

Barry White, record producer and singer-songwriter
Barry Eugene White (1944-2003), American record producer and singer-songwriter. Date: circa 1980s

Chris Patten, British Conservative politician
Chris Patten (Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, Lord Patten, b 1944), British Conservative politician and government minister

Ann Sidney, beauty queen and actress
Ann Sidney (b 1944), winner of the 1964 Miss World contest, representing the UK. She later acted in TV and film. Seen here looking coy with a drink in her hand. Date: circa 1960s

Keith Vaz and Bernie Grant, Labour Party politicians
Keith Vaz (Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz, b 1956) and Bernie Grant (Bernard Alexander Montgomery Grant, 1944-2000), British Labour politicians

Richard Leakey, politician and conservationist
Richard Leakey (Richard Erskine Frere Leakey, b 1944), Kenyan politician, palaeoanthropologist and conservationist. Seen here with an elephant. Date: circa 1980s

Jesse Jackson, Keith Vaz, Diane Abbott and Bernie Grant
Jesse 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)

INVITATION TO FUNERAL
An invitation to Madame Veuve Leon Vincent's funeral. She died at the age of 80. Date: 1944

Production line - penicillin production Imperial Chemical Industries - 4 May 1944. Date: 1944

Lockheed JO-1 1053
United States Navy - Lockheed JO-1 1053 (msn 1227), at NAR in 1937 (Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior). Delivered on 9 August 1937

WW2 poster, Join your savings group, now! Date: circa 1944

WW2 - The Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Saint-James, Normandy, France, near the northeastern edge of Brittany

Brittany American Cemetery, Saint-James, France
WW2 - The Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Saint-James, Normandy, France, near the northeastern edge of Brittany

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Night, Forces
The Caption is Good Night Forces. This is a play on the closing words of BBC Forces Radio which broadcast to the BEF. It began in 1940 and finished in 1944 well before this card was posted

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Refresher Course
The Caption is Refresher Course They are sitting in a Forces Club. These were run by the NaFI and the WVS among others. Maybe the girl works there. A little dog is feeding at a bowl

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - No Basic, we should worry
The Caption is No Basic? We should worry! Basic refers to the basic petrol ration. Petrol was rationed from September 1939 and contiinued until 1950. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1944

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Sew What
The Caption is Sew What? Clothing could only be purchased if one had enough Points to do so and the Points were rationed. A wartime slogan was Make do and Mend

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Boots, Boots, Boots
The Caption is Boots! Boots! Boots! This is a take on Rudyard Kiplings poem Infantry Columns where the boots actually go up and down

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wish I could buy you somefink
The Caption has the little boy saying that he has no money AND cannot buy the girl anything so he wishes her a NO COUPON HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1944

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - We ll be seeing you somehow
The Caption reads We ll be seeing you somehow. Petrol was severly rationed and only certain professions or trades were allowed to have any. Hence cycling became popular

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Oh, I do like a bit of butter
The ironic Caption is Oh! I do like a bit of butter on my bread. The weekly butter ration per person was 2 oz - 56 grams. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1944

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Don t worry, it may not happen
The Caption is Don t worry. It may not happen. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1944

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A thing of duty - no joy whatever
The Caption is A thing of duty is no joy whatever. The concept of Duty was impressed upon the population during the war as one of the planks of morale. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1944

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - You Know what men are
The Caption is You know what men are. In previous wars men generally had the desirable uniforms but in WW2 the ladies had uniforms too and that of the WRENS was particularly attractive

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Five Inches
The public was asked to restrict the depth of water in their baths to 5 inches (13cm) in order to limit the use of power resources

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Dear Darlin Mine
The Caption is Dear Darlin Mine - I m feeling fine! The romantic message on the back emphasises the first three words.Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1944

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - On Leave
This little lass looks as if she is going on holiday - she has an umbrella! Despite the war people still took breaks and this sort of postcard featured regularly in messages back home

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Home Front
The Caption is The Home Front. WW2 was the first war in which all the people back at home were directly involved. Bombing raids brought death and destruction

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Dreamin of thee
The caption is Dreamin of thee. The card was posted on 24 September 1944 just three months after D-Day, and the war has almost another 8 months to run

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Booked
This is a typical Dinah play on words. Dinahs children always have shiny shoes. The boy has a satchel while the girl has a handbag. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1944

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Engaged
The caption is Engaged Dinah, the artist, was very fond of word play. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1944

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Egg
The caption is Good Egg. As the egg has not yet been opened let us hope so. A good egg is of course used to describe a reliable person

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