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WW2 poster, We shall not flag, Winston Churchill speechWW2 poster, We shall not flag, we shall not fail. Winston Churchill speech, 4 June 1940. Date: 1940
Wartime poster, save bread, serve potatoesWartime poster encouraging people to save bread (and you save lives), serve potatoes (and you serve the country). Depicting a loaf of bread inside a lifebelt. 1940s
Womens Institute activities during the First World War, making jam and wicker baskets to help with the war effort. 1915
OLYMPICS / 1948 / 10, 000 METEmil Zatopek (Czech) sets the 10, 000 metre record
WW2 poster, To Victory -- With Our Help! Pilots profile with Hawker Hurricanes. Printed by Massey-Harris for distribution in England. Date: circa 1942
German propaganda poster, WW1German propaganda poster, encouraging women to work in the Home Army during the First World War, for example by working in munitions factories to make grenades for soldiers to use. Date: 1914-1918
Womens Land Army in action, 1939Land Girls following a tractor drawn potato digger, gathering produce before it can be affected by frost. Date: 1939
Instruction booklet, Knitting for the RAF, WW2Cover design, instruction booklet, Knitting for the RAF, World War Two, price one shilling. circa 1940
Douglas Bader - Flying Ace of WW2Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (1910-1982) - Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War. A postcard produced for the (Royal)
Blitz in London -- St Bride Street, Farringdon Street, WW2Blitz in London -- St Bride Street and Farringdon Street, with firefighters at work in a smoky atmosphere and pedestrians walking by
Italian recruitment poster, Second World War, featuring two soldiers asking the viewer what they are doing for the war effort. 1940s
Poster: Dig For Victory NowPoster encouraging people to Dig For Victory Now, and enjoy your own vegetables all the year round. 1940s
King George VI - Thanking British ChildrenA certificate from King George VI to the children of Great Britain on 8th June, 1946 - issued as a momento for sharing in the hardships and ultimate triumph during World War Two
WW1 poster, Enlist in the Navy, All Together - Allied sailors of six nationalities. Date: 1917
WW2 poster, Per Ardua Ad Astra, Winston Churchill speechWW2 poster, Per Ardua Ad Astra. Never in the field of human conflict have so many owed so much to so few. Winston Churchill speech, 20 August 1940. Date: 1940
Coal mining by G. H. DavisCoal mine working and outcrop production: how coal, so vital to every form of war industry, can be won from opencast veins at shallow depths. Date: 1944
Women of Britain - World War Two posterWorld War Two poster encouraging the women of Britain to answer the call and go and work in the munitions factories
Female munitions workers. By Fortunio MataniaAs it became clear there would be no decisive swift victory for either side in World War I, the constant demand for munitions increased
HMS Habbakuk with HMS Indefatigable, 1946Illustration showing the top secret design for HMS Habbakuk (centre), a giant aircraft-carrier built of ice and wood pulp, which was proposed as a secret weapon in the Second World War
Air Raid Drills at the Windmill TheatreAt the Windmill Theatre, London, the showgirls are given a crash course in fire-fighting and first aid. 1940
Throwing the hammer, Braemar Highland GamesAlexander Mackenzie throwing the hammer at the 1911 Highland Games at Braemar, Scotland. 1911
Patons knitting wools advertisement, WW1 comfortsAdvertisement for Patons Alloa knitting wools during the First World War featuring a Red Cross nurse busy knitting and the words, Every Woman Can Help. Date: c.1915
WW2 - Recycling cans to aid war effort in East Ham, LondonWW2 - Recycling tin cans to aid the war effort in East Ham, London - April, 1940. Date: 1940
Turn out more Scrap Metal - Turn out More Tanks posterWorld War II poster encouraging civilians on the home front to donate more scrap metal which can be turned into tanks to help the war effort
Heath Robinson Bedroom 4 of 4Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Bedroom. A bedroom, which is a typically Heath Robinson design, with a system of pulleys
OLYMPICS / 1948 / 400 METREArthur Wint (Jamaica) sets the 400 metre record
WW2 poster, Wings for Victory, Lets Go, National Savings. Date: circa 1944
War Bonds Poster WwiWorld War One poster encouraging the public to do their bit by buying National war bonds to help fund the war effort
WW2 poster, A tous les francais, General de GaulleWW2 poster, A tous les francais (To all French people), from General de Gaulle, based in Liverpool during the Second World War. France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war
Poster, ARP Looks To You, Womens Voluntary Services, WW2. 1940s
WW2 poster, Teamwork -- Thanks Pal! Printed by DeHavilland of Canada Ltd for distribution in England. Date: circa 1942
The NeedleWorker, WW1 knitting with Jessie Pope poemPage from The Needle Worker from March 1915, advising readers on knitting for men and boys and featuring, The Knitting Song, a poem by Jessie Pope
Map, Britain -- Spearhead of Attack, WW2. Date: 1940s
Member of the Womens Land Army, WW2A member of the Womens Land Army (land girl) during the Second World War, standing by a garden gate. Date: 1942
British Army recruitment posterRecruitment poster for the British Army. A smiling man in uniform asks: Have you a relation or friend serving?
The new coffee tavern at BradfordInterior and exterior views of the new coffee tavern in Bradford, inaugurated by W. E Forster, M.P in 1879. The Coffee Tavern movement was a Victorian effort to get people out of pubs
Tanks / War Bonds PosterWorld War One poster featuring a tank, encouraging the public to buy war bonds to help fund the war effort
YMCA Poster, Lend Your Strength, WW1YMCA Poster, design by Adrian Gil-Spear, Lend Your Strength to the Red Triangle, Help the Y Help the Fighters Fight, United War Work Campaign, 11 to 18 November, First World War. circa 1918
Lady Sarah Wilson, WW1Lady Sarah Wilson (1865 - 1929), formerly Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill, youngest child of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
WW1 poster, Join the Navy, the Service for Fighting Men. Date: circa 1917
Athletics. Race. Early twentieth century. Engraving
Lizzie the munition war-worker in Sheffield, WW1Unofficially connected with Mr. Lloyd Georges department! The elephant munition-worker at Sheffield. Lizzie, a circus elephant was a familiar but incongruous sight on the cobbled streets of Sheffield
WW1 recruitment poster with silhouetteWorld War One recruitment poster with silhouette -- Loyal Talk Won t Beat Kaiser, Krupp, Kultur, Trained Men Will! Enlist Now! Showing a determined soldier with a bayoneted rifle. 1914-1918
Poster: Salvage Saves Shipping. Encouraging people to recycle materials rather than throw them away, to help with the War Effort. circa 1940s
Wartime poster, More Ships -- come on! War Savings are Warships. Encouraging people to save money and help the war effort. Featuring a British bulldog wearing an HMS Victory naval cap. 1940s
Wartime poster, Britain Expects that you too, this day, will do your duty. Suggesting that civilians as well as soldiers have a role to play in the war effort. 1940s
The Latest Spelling Test by William Heath RobinsonA desperate effort to instil good luck into a five-franc plaque before returning to the Casino. Illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944)
Women Window CleanersA group of newly trained Georginas set off for their first job, carrying their ladders and buckets. Date: 1940s