Forties Collection (page 94)

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- Lady Arabella, mistaken for Betsy, is put into a cradle in the herdsmans cottage. Date: 1940

Group of soldiers in a jeep
A group of soldiers in a jeep, driving across a field near Okehampton, Devon. Date: 1940s

Three soldiers lying on the grass by their jeep
Three soldiers in relaxed mood, lying on the grass by their jeep near Okehampton, Devon. Date: 1940s

Three British soldiers outside Cypher Office, WW2
Three British soldiers outside a railway carriage being used as a Cypher Office during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Sailors of the Admiral Graf Spee, WW2
Sailors of the Admiral Graf Spee, looking happy and relaxed. Their ship was sunk in December 1939. Date: circa 1940

Advert for Muse fragrance 1948
Advertisement for Muse perfume by Coty featuring a beautiful woman sitting on an elegant seat wearing a ballgown while a would-be suitor stands behind her. Date: 1948

Men in a timber workshop
Men at work in a timber workshop. A pile of newly made crutches can be seen in the foreground. Date: circa 1940s

Man in a timber workshop
Man at a workbench in a timber workshop. A pile of newly made crutches can be seen in the foreground. Date: circa 1940s

Road with overhead structure
A road with a large overhead structure. Date: circa 1940s

Advert for Dolcis shoes 1947
Distinctively Dolis. High heels slingback womens shoes. Date: 1947

Advert for J. Roussel underwear 1948
A blonde bombshell model wearing the Roussel suspender belt garment, with bullet padding bra. 1948

Advert Hey-day by Joyce shoes 1946
Orange slip-on shoes Date: 1946

Advert for Riley shoes 1948
Enjoy the footglove look. Three eyelet black suede high fashion bootee and two bar buckle, tweed lined, suede and calf bootee. Date: 1948

Colour harmonies by Wolsey
Advertisement for Wolsey clothing showing a man helping a woman on with her overcoat. Date: 1947

Advert for Wolsey underwear 1947
Advertisement for Wolsey slimsets underwear showing a very elegant woman in her bedroom showing the foundation garments off to their best advantage. Date: 1947

WW2 - Bomb Damage in London - Coats and Hats left on hooks
WW2 - " Wheres George?" - Bomb Damage in London - Coats and Hats left on hooks while the floor has disappeared. Date: 1940

Kyustendil, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria
Kyustendil - a town in the far west of Bulgaria, and the capital of the Kyustendil Province. To the left is the Fatih Mehmet Mosque (15th century). Date: circa 1940

WW2 - British Serviceman arm-in-arm with his ATS Girl
WW2 - W.A.T.S. the use of worrying? - A British soldier and his ladyfriend, who is part of the Auxiliary Territorial Service for Women (ATS). Date: circa 1940

WW2 - American Patriotic Postcard - Woman holding Flag
WW2 - American Patriotic Postcard - Woman holding Stars and Stripes Flag, with the caption: These Colors will not run ! She is likely standing on the shore of Lake Michigan. Date: circa 1942

Clothing - Air Raid Victims - Queen Elizabeth & Lady Reading
Inspecting a clothes distribution scheme for Air Raid victims (which have arrived in Britain from New Zealand) - a visit by Queen Elizabeth & Eva Violet Isaacs (neaMond), Marchioness of Reading

Tower of the Sun - 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition, - held on an artificial island Treasure Island, in the San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Date: 1940

WW2 - Home front - British housewives queue to buy eggs
October, 1940 - British housewives queue to buy eggs, both domestically sourced and supplied from the Dominions - in this case, Canada. Date: 1940

WW2 - Land Army Girls having a sack race
WW2 - Home front - Land Army Girls having a sack race during some time off. Date: August 1942

American Red Cross Clubmobile - UK - WW2
Voluntary K.P! WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile (USAF) - Somewhere in Great Britain. American Red Cross Canteen vans staffed by American Girls bring hot coffee

Church Street - Steyning, Sussex, England Date: 1943

WW2 - Russian Propaganda - Repelling Germans in the Baltic
WW2 - New Years greetings to the Baltic - a Soviet propaganda postcard from 1942 showing a Russian soldier finishing off an Invading German in the Baltic

Havana, Cuba - Statue of General Maximo Gomez (1836-1905) - a war hero from the Dominican Republic who fought tirelessly for Cuban independence in both the 1868

Havana, Cuba - The Police Headquarters Date: 1947

Havana, Cuba - The Waterfront Date: 1947

Havana, Cuba - A panoramic view of the city from the sea Date: 1947

Havana, Cuba - The Castle Date: 1947

Havana, Cuba - The Presidents Palace Date: 1947

Havana, Cuba - The tiny Guard House Date: 1947

Havana, Cuba - The Old Fort opposite the harbour Date: 1947

Havana, Cuba - The former Slave Market Date: 1947

First Flight between Liege and Paris on Sabena Airlines
First Flight between Liege, Belgium and Paris, France on Sabena Airlines. Date: 1947

WW2 - Propaganda - parachuting safely back to his girl
WW2 - Propaganda - the benefits of being a member of the Italian Airforce! Relief on the girls face as her man parachutes safely from his stricken plane to join her back on the ground

Courthouse, Hotel District, Georgia St, Vancouver, Canada
Courthouse, Hotel District, Georgia Street, Vancouver, Canada. Date: circa 1940

Belly Cold - Chinese man causes linguistic confusion
Chinese man causes linguistic confusion... " Belly cold today, miss!" " Well - why don t you tuck your shirt in?" Date: circa 1940

Corset Department, Crowley-Milner Department Store, Detroit, Michigan, USA Date: circa 1940s

Wales - Llyn Crafnant - a lake in a beautiful valley in North Wales where the northern edge of the Gwydir Forest meets the lower slopes of the Carneddau mountains and the ridge of Cefn Cyfarwydd

London Life - Artists display their work for sale, Hampstead. Date: circa 1940

Keep Fit - Running for the Train
Keep Fit - Take a walk every morning! Three portly city gent having to scramble to make their morning train into the city. Date: 1943

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Inside Information
" This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm." - Winston Churchill, The Prime Minister. Inside Information - a little girl out shopping for fish is slightly disappointed to

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Theres a Good Time Coming
" We have to gian the victory - that is our task." - Winston Churchill, The Prime Minister Theres a Good Time Coming - a little girl sees a future without rationing

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Trying it on
Trying it on! A sailor boy (home on leave) proposes to his girl sweetheart and presents her with a diamond ring! Date: circa 1942

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Home Grown
" Every pound you lend today will hasten victory on its way." A little girl and boy proudly water their window box vegetable patch - doing their bit to dig for victory during WW2

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Well, I m Blowed
Well, I m Blowed! A young girl taking her puppy out for a walk, loses her hat to a sudden gust of wind! Date: circa 1942

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