1945 Collection (page 22)

Knitting pattern 1945
A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a step in slip. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing

Dried eggs and bacon for breakfast 1945
Eggs and bacon for breakfast. What is the favourite British breakfast? Why, eggs and bacon, of course! Well, now that the allowance of dried eggs is two packets every four weeks for every grown-up

Dried egg recipes 1945
Dried egg recipes: Scrambled omelet eggs, curried eggs, rissoles, meat vegetable cakes, cabbage rissoles and Spanish bread. Date: 1945

Advert for Paddock by Joyce California shoes 1945
Spring pink slip on shoes. 1945

Advert for Dolcis shoes 1945
Kumf-ees are here... Flexibility, comfort and good looks are teh main features of these smart wedge heel shoes, obtainable from Dolcis. 1945

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pocket skirts 1945
Come the dawn. The great day will dawn when there will be once more unlimited supplies of unrestricted styles in Gor-ray skirts. Till then and afterwards a Gor-ray is always smart for work or play

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1945
Something new in salad. Salad making gives full scope to your powers of invention. For almost all vegetables are at home in the salad bowl, and you can try them in almost endless combinations

Europe to America in 45 minutes by G. H. Davis
Not a Wellsian fantasy, but an actual project in preparation by Germany: Europe to America in 45 minutes. Drawings of a long-range rocket designed in Germany during the Second World War

British aeroplanes for private ownership by G. H. Davis
Aircraft for the owner-pilot: British aeroplanes designed and built solely for private ownership. Showing 1945 examples of the family aeroplane of the future -- sturdy, reliable, and easy to fly

Chinese troops in Peking
Chinese troops on the streets of Peking (Beijing) Date: 1945

British midget submarine attack by G. H. Davis
One of the Second World Wars most daring exploits: the British midget submarine (XE3) attack which gained VCs for Lieutenant Ian Fraser RNR and Leading Seaman James Magennis

Landing aircraft in fog by G. H. Davis
The dot and dash radio beam system of landing aircraft in fog: a method which prevented many accidents during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Funeral of Roosevelt
Royal mourners at St. Pauls for the funeral of President Roosevelt. Date: 1945

Sleepy-Time by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy in his pyjamas is tired and ready for bed. Date: 1945

Sheet music cover, Money is the Root of All Evil (Take It Away, Take It Away, Take It Away), with words and music by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer, as performed in the revue High Time

Illustration, Jersey in Jail, praying for deliverance
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, showing people praying for deliverance with a cross on the wall behind them. Date: 1940-1945

Illustration, Jersey in Jail, farming
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, showing people farming -- Within a year, very few were still working on the land. Date: 1940-1945

Illustration, Jersey in Jail, man and two women
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, showing a thin man whose trousers are too big for him, chatting with two women -- Very few have any superfluous fat of their own. Date: 1940-1945

Illustration, Jersey in Jail, freedom
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, showing people celebrating their freedom at the end of the war. Date: 1940-1945

Illustration, Jersey in Jail, squadrons overhead
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, with people excited to see British squadrons flying overhead, giving them hopes of liberation. Date: 1940-1945

Street scene in Berlin, Germany, at the end of the Second World War, with soldiers and children. A sign reads: This Axis has been laid from El Alamein to Berlin via Africa, Italy, France, Belgium

Car with suitcases on roof rack - Germany post-war
A car with several suitcases packed together on the roof rack. Note the wood gas generator power supply system - Germany, 1945 - essential due to the severe petrol shortage at the end of WW2

Temporary homes of Britain 1945
Government-approved homes, many houses were destroyed during the Second World War, so prefabricated houses (prefabs) were built, for homeless familes, these were erected quickly and cheaply

Sporting and Dramatic News VE Day
Front cover from Sport & Country showing the contrast between war time London and victory in 1945. Date: 01/05/1945

Pluto Pipe-Lines across the Channel by G. H. Davis
Series of illustrations showing the workings of the Pluto ( Pipe Line Under The Ocean ) pipes across the English Channel which pumped millions of gallons of petrol from Great Britain to France during

Malraux Photo
ANDRE MALRAUX French statesman and art critic, photographed in 1945. Date: 1901 - 1976

Andre Tardieu Photo
ANDRE TARDIEU French journalist, photographed in 1919. Date: 1876 - 1945

Maurice Donnay Photo
MAURICE DONNAY French playwright who concerned himself with social questions and spiritual philosophy, in 1908. Date: 1859-1945

Chas. Canning Winmill
CHARLES CANNING WINMILL architect who specialised in fire stations but also designed the splendid premises of the Mary Evans Picture Library. Date: 1865 - 1945

Charles Williams
CHARLES WILLIAMS writer and scholar, author of novels of the supernatural such as War in heaven and The greater trumps. Date: 1886 - 1945

Alex. Ilyich Siloti
ALEXANDER ILYICH SILOTI Russian musician Date: 1863 - 1945

William Rothenstein
SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN artist Date: 1872 - 1945

Pietro Mascagni Piano
PIETRO MASCAGNI Italian musician, composer of Cavalleria rusticana, L amico Fritz and many other operas, at the piano keyboard. Date: 1863 - 1945

Pietro Mascagni Organ
PIETRO MASCAGNI Italian musician, composer of Cavalleria rusticana, L amico Fritz and many other operas, at the organ keyboard. Date: 1863 - 1945

Pietro Mascagni Conducts
PIETRO MASCAGNI Italian musician, composer of Cavalleria rusticana, L amico Fritz and many other operas, depicted wielding his conductors baton. Date: 1863 - 1945

Pietro Mascagni
PIETRO MASCAGNI Italian musician, composer of Cavalleria rusticana, L amico Fritz and many other operas. Date: 1863 - 1945

Cosmo Gordon Lang
COSMO GORDON LANG, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth Archbishop of Canterbury from 1928 until 1942. Here getting into a car, carrying a bouquet of flowers. Date: 1864 - 1945

Lloyd George on Platform
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Welsh statesman in action Date: 1863 - 1945

Lloyd George and Megan
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Welsh statesman with his daughter Megan Date: 1863 - 1945

Lloyd George Aged 16
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Welsh statesman at age 16 Date: 1863 - 1945

Lloyd George Circa 1890
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Welsh statesman at the time he entered parliament as a liberal MP, 1890 Date: 1863 - 1945

Robert Hutchings Goddard, 1882-1945

Sir Roy Fedden, RAeS President 1938-1940 and 1944-1945 r?
Sir Roy Fedden, RAeS President 1938-1940 and 1944-1945 replies to the toast given by HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Honorary President, Royal Aeronautical Society

Sir Frederick Handley Page, RAeS President 1945-1947, sp?
Sir Frederick Handley Page, RAeS President 1945-1947, speaking at the Royal Aeronautical Society?s 80th anniversary dinner at Guildhall, London, on 11 January 1946

Wilbur Wright Dinner held in the Library of the Royal Ae?
Wilbur Wright Dinner held in the Library of the Royal Aeronautical Society at No.4 Hamilton Place, London, in 1945

Conscripts fail to impress their sergeant
WW2 - " I can see that you ve done this drill before - once." Conscripts fail to impress their sergeant with their drilling... Date: 1945

Christmas Postcard from the 512 Field Survey Company, M.E.F. (Middle Eastern Force) - serving The Middle East. The badges/flags of the regions/areas covered by (and in alliance with) the Co

United for Peace - Worlds Peace Conference, San Francisco, USA (formally United Nations Conference on International Organization) - April 25th - June 26th, 1945

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