Effort Collection (page 2)

Women Window Cleaners
A group of newly trained Georginas set off for their first job, carrying their ladders and buckets. Date: 1940s

Villagers Gathered Around the Wireless
Villagers in Charlwood, Sussex, gathered around the wireless radio in a local pub. 1940

WW2 greetings card, Bus Conductor
WW2 greetings card, A Girl Bus Conductor, by Ethel Gabain, official war picture from the National Gallery. Date: circa 1942

Horatio Bottomley, 1915
The man of the hour: Horatio Bottomley(1860 - 1933) journalist, financier, politician and swindler. Pictured here in 1915, being praised by The Bystander magazine for his services to recruitment

RAF workshops WWII
A man working on a lathe in an RAF aircraft workshop during World War II

Mobile Canteens
A row of mobile canteens in Brighton. Note that one of the vans has Y.M.C.A. printed on it. 1940

Thessaloniki, Greece - Street Porter Date: circa 1916

Advert for the recruitment of men for the RAF 1941
Fly with the RAF. Volunteer now! Heres the chance you ve been waiting for - to fly with the R.A.F be a pilot (age 18 - 30), Air Observer (18 - 32) or wireless operator/air gunner (18 - 32)

Actresses on National Service, 1939
Cast members of Tony Draws a Horse at the Comedy Theatre in London pictured in their other war roles. Miss Kay Astor (centre) is a nurse

US War effort postcard - 1941 - Keep em Flying
Keep em Flying Propaganda postcard from 1941 (after the USA had entered the War following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour), encouraging productivity to aid the War effort

Comic postcard, Plump woman and thin man in a rowing boat Date: 20th century

WW2 poster, Lend a Hand, War Savings Date: early 1940s

WW2 recruitment poster, Thousands of women needed now in the ATS, WaF, vital to the offensive. Full information at the nearest recruiting centre or your employment exchange. Date: circa 1940

Norah Blaney working on a dust-cart in WWII
Actress, singer and variety star, Norah Blaney (Mrs Basil Hughes), driving on a dust-cart and collecting refuse for Basildon Council as part of the war effort during the Second World War. Date: 1940

YWCA Poster, Back our girls over there, WW1
YWCA Poster, design by Clarence F Underwood, Back our girls over there, United War Work Campaign, First World War. 1918

British recruitment poster, Are You in this? WW1
British recruitment poster, design by Robert Baden-Powell, Are You in this? First World War. 1915

WW2 - Hall Barn, near Beaconsfield, which was re-purposed during wartime to the production of hospital supplies under its chatelaine the Honourable Mrs E F Lawson

What a War! - Suits me, I dunno as I ll ever go back to Railings! - humorous comment
What a War! - " Suits me, I dunno as I ll ever go back to Railings!" - humorous comment on the wartime appropriation of railings for use as raw material in the war effort. Date: circa 1941

Balaclava and sleeping cap knitting patterns, WW1
Patterns from a plain helmet or balaclava cap (top) and a sleeping cap taken from a Great War era Baldwins knitting booklet with instructions for knitting various comforts for soldiers at the front

Roll out the barrel, cartoon gardener rolling lawn, with music playing from a neighbour's house, as if in mockery of the man's efforts

Buy War Bonds and Stamps, WW2 envelope
Buy War Bonds and Stamps - WW2 American postal cover envelope Date: 1945

Wartime Robertson Rubber Advertisement
A wartime advertisement for Robertson Rubber Co. Ltd, promoting the use of elastic hosiery to fight varicose veins, which must not impede the war effort. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - The Iris Sets Out For Dunkirk
An illustration for a WW2 children's short story, We Will Return, written by R. Ernest Bailey. The image shows some British wartime crewmembers of a vessel named Iris

Elizabeth In Wartime
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Elizabeth In Wartime, written by Florence Kilpatrick. The image portrays Elizabeth, who has dropped her domestic work to help with the war effort

WW2 Scouts And Guides
This illustration portrays a British WW2 boy scout and girl guide, these young people helped Britain in the war effort performing roles including hospital assistance, making ration bags

WW2, Elizabeth Anne
This illustration depicts a girl named Elizabeth Anne, providing a delicious pastry for the boy policeman, who is helping with the war effort. Date: circa 1940s

WW2, Hard Work
An illustration which shows a little boy helping out with the war effort, by working in the garden at home, unfortunately, a large rock has crashed on his foot! Date: circa 1940s

Recruitment poster, Nursing is Vital War Work, WW2
Recruitment poster, Nursing is Vital War Work, Second World War Date: circa 1941

Africa. Lower Congo woman - W. Meyer
History of Africa. 19th century. Lower Congo woman. Engraving by W. Meyer. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Punch and Judy with elves, Dorothy M Wheeler
Christmas Command Performance! illustration of elves watching Punch and Judy show, surprising the drummer and the dog. Dorothy M Wheeler, illustrator, (1891-1966)

Titania, Queen of The Fairies, Ethel Gabain
Titania - Queen of The Fairies, colour illustration. With description, Miss Dorothy Hyson was the Titania in the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Old Vic

Great-grandmama sees the Baker call for orders,s Spurrier
Great-grandmama sees the Baker call for orders, illustration by Steven Spurrier, artist (1878-1961). Showing woman and girl in street scene, with baker speaking with housekeeper from below stairs

Great-grandpapa wets his whistle, Steven Spurrier
Great-grandpapa wets his whistle, illustration by Steven Spurrier, artist (1878-1961). Showing a uniformed man at the bar of a Victorian pub, with landlord, barmaid and cat

Great-grandmama chooses the Christmas Sirloin,s Spurrier
Great-grandmama chooses the Christmas Sirloin, illustration by Steven Spurrier, artist (1878-1961). Showing woman and girl ordering at Victorian butcher's counter

Ordering Christmas Dainties, Steven Spurrier
Ordering Christmas Dainties, illustration by Steven Spurrier, artist (1878-1961). Showing a woman and girl ordering at the counter of a Victorian tea and grocery shop

Advertisement, McVitie and Price, Christmas Greetings
Advertisement, McVitie and Price, Biscuit Manufacturers, Christmas Greetings'. Illustrations showing service men and women, plane, and ship

Illustration, Speeding on penny-farthings
Colour illustration, Speeding'. showing man and woman on penny-farthings. From a page captioned, A pleasure of The Era of Peace: Speeding'. From the coloured lithographs Velocipedes by Ch

Illustration, A Day at the Races
Colour illustration, A Day at the Races showing men and women with carriage and picnic hamper. From the coloured lithographs Les Cocottes Aux Bains De Mer

Illustration, Glamour Girls by the Seaside
Colour illustration, Glamour Girls by the Seaside, showing women sea bathing. From a page captioned, Pleasures of The Era of Peace'

Illustration, Great-Grandpapa's Night Club
Colour illustration, Great-Grandpapa's Night Club'. showing men and women dancing. From a page captioned, Pleasures of The Era of Peace: Penny-farthing and Polka'

Illustration, Wedding Party on Wheels
Colour illustration, The Wedding Party on Wheels, showing men, women, and children of a wedding party on bicycles in a park

Ballet schools in a country house
Photographs of ballet dancers, rehearsing and in poses, in country house settings, including Muriel Harding and Julia Falls. Captioned, Coryphees in a country house: rusticating ballet schools'

Purl but not Plain
Illustration, Purl but not Plain of young woman in front of fireplace with knitting and black cat. From the painting, Two Minutes Silence, by Dorothy Webster Hawksley (1884?)

The Duke and Duchess of Kent, children, domestic portrait
The Duke and Duchess of Kent with their children, domestic portrait captioned Home on Leave'. With description Their Royal Highnesses The Duke And Duchess Of Kent were able, last week

Lady Marguerite Strickland, with Alsation dog, Saxon
Lady Marguerite Strickland, in uniform, with her Alsation dog, Saxon. Captioned, Saxon and Anglo-Saxon on the Alert'. Lady Strickland in the uniform

Advert statement, butter rationing, Crawford's Shortbread
Advertisement and statement on butter rationing from Crawford's Shortbread. Explaining that the best table butter must be kept for the family larder

Caricature of football crowd, with gas masks
Caricature of football crowd, taking out and wearing gas masks. Captioned, The football enthusiast who forgot himself'. From an article, Motley Notes, by Alan Kemp. Date: 1939

Service Bocker outfit, Debenham & Freebody
The Service Bocker, underwear and shirt, Debenham & Freebody, fashion illustration of woman in outfit. Captioned, A clever utility garment'

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