Aftermath Gallery

Peace, Perfect Peace by Heath Robinson

Peace, Perfect Peace by Heath Robinson. Being the Morning after the Night Before. The aftermath of energetic peace celebrations to mark the end of the First World War, Heath Robinson imagines a street strewn with fallen flags and banners, somebody comatose in a letter box and a couple fast asleep on an upturned car, with umbrellas up to shelter from the drizzle, warm under a Union Jack flag. Ever a police officer has stopped for a doze on a convenient windowsill. Date: 1919

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Northern Ireland - construction of a roadblock etc

One of twelve photographs showing the construction of a roadblock, checkpoints, patrol and the aftermath of an explosion, Northern Ireland, 1970s. From a collection of photographs assembled for use in Col Robin McNish?s ?Iron Division - The History of the 3rd Division?, depicting the 3rd Division, 1918-1977. After the Suez Crisis of 1956 showed the need for more rapid mobilisation, the 3rd Division pioneered the concept of air portability in the late 1950s and 1960s. Associated with Northern Ireland (1969-2007). Date: circa 1860

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

How Paris Dresses for Peace - Fashion in 1919

Page from The Sketch reporting on various fashions sighted in Paris in the peace year of 1919 demonstrating the beginnings of 1920s style. The French actress Gaby Deslys is seen top centre wearing spotted shoes to match her dress, and the dress top right, so widely worn by the early 1920s is described as, freakish but fashionable. The shapeless silhouette is not so easy to achieve as it looks. The tubular style would soon become synonymous with the next decade. Date: 1919

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans