Occupation Collection (page 18)

Bellboy in silhouette
A bellboy in uniform carrying a small parcel, pictured in silhouette. Date: 1926

London street vendors in silhouette
Two London street vendors, one of whom seems to be selling some kind of toy. Date: 1926

Three scenes in German occupied Vise, Belgium, WW1
Three scenes in German occupied Vise, Belgium, at the start of the First World War. Top left: a damaged house, with German soldiers in the street

German infantry in Brussels, WW1
German infantry making their way into Brussels at the start of the First World War. Date: 1914

German artillery in Brussels, WW1
German artillery making their way into Brussels at the start of the First World War. Date: 1914

German weapons found in Essen 1945
Essen in Germany, was a target for bombing due to its industrial centre. In April 1945 Essen was occupied by allied troops

American occupation of Iceland by G. H. Davis
The USA in European waters: American occupation of Iceland during the Second World War. A detailed relief map of Iceland, its fjords and mountains, showing distances from America

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

Velestinlis Rhigas
VELESTINLIS RHIGAS - Greek writer & patriot, opposed the Turkish occupation leading to imprisonment and strangulation, his body being thrown into the Danube. Date: 1757? - 1798

China - Manchuria, during Japanese occupation - local Chinese people (dock workers?) eating and drinking at the harbour. Date: circa 1910

Taiwan (Formosa) - Essential house repairs taking place
Siraya People, Taiwan (Formosa) - Essential house repairs taking place (during the period of the Japanese occupation of Formosa following the First Sino-Japanese War). Date: circa 1910s

Taiwan (Formosa) - Suspension Bridge at Kappanzan - postcard produced during the period of Japanese occupation following the First Sino-Japanese War. Date: circa 1909

Russo-Japanese War - Howitzers disguised by Wooden Screens
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Howitzers disguised by Wooden Camouflaged Screens. Date: 1905

Russo-Japanese War - The Capture of Port Arthur - Jan 1905
Russo-Japanese War - The Japanese Capture of Port Arthur - January 1905. Date: 1905

Russo-Japanese War - 3rd Army Division at Battle of Shaho
Japanese Commander and his staff of the Third Army at the Battle of Shaho (Saka no kaisen) - the second large-scale land battle of the Russo-Japanese War fought along a 37-mile front centred at

Russo-Japanese War - Captured Wagons, Office and Train
Russo-Japanese War - Captured Russian baggage wagons, The Head Office of the Military Railways at Dairen (now Dalian, formerly Dalny)

Thessaloniki, Greece - St Dimitrius Church with Minaret
Thessaloniki, Greece - The Church of Saint Demetrius, or Hagios Demetrios with Minaret, whilst functioning as a Mosque under Turkish rule (from 14931912). Date: circa 1910

The Fireman of a Gentlemans Club
Character portrait of the Fireman of a Gentlemans Club - whos role was to stoke and feed all of the open fires throughout the establishment. Date: 1892

Syria - Aleppo - under occupation by the Turks. Date: circa 1910s

Focke-Wulf Fw190A-5 abandoned prior to the occupation of Monte Corvino aerodrome near Naples by an advance party from the RAF. 11 September 1944

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