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WW2 birthday card, dog cartoonWW2 birthday card (inside), cartoon by Richardson, a dog inside its kennel with sandbags piled up all around. Date: circa 1942
WW2 birthday card, air raid shelterWW2 birthday card with an air raid shelter (ARP, Civil Defence). Date: circa 1942
WW2 Christmas card, air raid shelter sceneWW2 Christmas card, scene of celebration in an air raid shelter (ARP, Civil Defence). Date: circa 1942
Nos Loisirs magazine cover - summer holiday 1923Front cover of Nos Loisirs magazines showing children paddling at the seaside and a fashionably dressed mama on the beach watching the fun
European Bison - a shelter and feeding place inside a corral (Bison bonasus L.). Bialowieza Nature Park - Belorussia
Darkling Beetle - emerges from day shelter in sand where he buries itself to escape heat of the day (Sympiezocnemis gigantea). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - March
Forest dormouse, adult, climbs out of its shelter (a tree-hollow) (Dryomys nitedula). in deciduous forests of South Ural Mountains, nocturnal; South Russia, summer
Steppe / Horsfields Tortoise - burrows for shelter in the soil - for the night (Agrionemys horsfieldii ). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. Testudo - April
Steppe Tortoise - emerges from an overnight shelter under bushes (Agrionemys horsfieldii). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. Horsfields Tortoise - Testudo - April
Hut built by scouts, Gilbert Islands, PacificA hut built by scouts on Scout Island, Gilbert Islands, Pacific. Date: 1977
French officers in an underground shelter, WW1French officers dining in an elaborately constructed underground shelter on the Western Front, somewhere in Northern France in the winter of 1915/16
British troops in church billets in Flanders, WW1Just back from the trenches, British troops settle down in church billets during a service after a stretch of work in the first line on the Western Front
Dear -------- at present we are staying at a farmWhile being surrounded by died cattle and a derelict barn, two soldiers decided to rest and write a letter home
A bomb shelter built in London, WW1Children posed by the doorway of a bomb shelter built by a man (a City merchant according to The Graphic) to provide protection for his family during air raids in 1917
Blitz in City of London - Threadneedle Street, WW2Blitz in City of London - rubble alongside the Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, following a bombing raid on 18 September 1940. Date: 1940
Blitz in London -- public shelter, Fieldgate Street, WW2Blitz in London -- men clearing up after a direct hit on a public shelter in Fieldgate Street, East London, on 5 September 1940. Date: 1940
Church Army Recreation Huts advertisement, 1918Advertisement in The Tatler appealing for funds to provide more Church Army Recreation Huts. The Church Army providing hundreds of huts
Shorter, full skirts of 1915, WW1 fashion worn by EveEve, the fictional gossip columnist of The Tatler magazine pictured under a parasol or umbrella with an army and navy officer
Kingston scouts building shelter, JamaicaBoys of No.1 Scout Troop, Kingston, Jamaica, building a shelter from palm fronds
Female taxi drivers in cab shelter, WW1 by Annie FishHumorous impression of lady taxi drivers drinking tea in a cab shelter and charming the cabmen official. The Taxi Drivers Union objected to women taxi cab drivers during the First World War
So Obviously! by B BairnsfatherA cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, in which a young soldier questions Old Bill on the origin of the mysterious hole in the wall. Cynical Old Bill responds in the manner he is accustomed to. Date: 1915
There goes our Blinking Parapet again by B BairnsfatherIn this cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, a mortar strike obliterates a hefty part of the trench living area, while the cynical soldiers sit by, looking fairly apathetic to the whole experience
What to do in the case of air or sea raids, WW1What to do in the case of further air or sea raids during the First World War. Showing cross sections of buildings, and photographs of air raid damage to buildings in Kings Lynn
British soldier in dugout, Western Front, WW1A British soldier looking out from his dugout, made partly of corrugated iron, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
1937 Coronation - Abbey guests stranded in rain after ceremoPeers and peeresses taking shelter during the height of the downpour which occurred at the most inconvenient possible moment after having held off during the Coronation ceremony of King George VI
Concrete balloon houses by G. H. DavisConcrete balloon houses: an ingenious system of construction from America. Date: 1942
Geishas in park, Kyoto, JapanGeishas in a park, Kyoto, Japan. Date: circa 1890s
Row of Nissen huts at a rest camp, Western Front, WW1A row of Nissen huts at a rest camp on the Western Front during World War One. The semi-cylindrical Nissen hut was invented by Major Peter Norman Nissen in 1916. Date: circa 1916
British soldiers sheltering in shell hole, Western Front, WWBritish soldiers sheltering in a shell hole on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Packs turned into a shelter, Western Front, WW1Packs belonging to members of a battalion piled up to form a shelter on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British soldiers sheltering under pontoons, WW1British soldiers sheltering from the sun under pontoons on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
A shower during a tennis match, 1932Ladies in a doubles final at the Cumberland Club Tournament, take shelter during a rain shower in 1932. Date: 1932
Protection of the home from air raids by G. H. DavisCountering the air raid menace: the protection of the home during the Second World War. Refuges from bombs in every home: types of private shelters. Date: 1940
Under Cover by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a red coat gets under a raincoat to shelter from the rain. Date: 1936
Nursery Rhymes -- accident, children in rainNursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- an accident on a country road involving a pedestrian and a horse-drawn cart. Below -- a girl and boy shelter under a tree during a shower of rain
Advert for Gamages garden furniture 1926A wide range of garden furniture including wicker and cane tables and chairs, couch hammock, folding cane lounges, bathing tents and gaden shelters. Date: 1926
Men sleeping rough on the embankment, London, 1910Men who have not been able to get into a night shelter are sleeping rough on a bench on the embankment in London. A flashlight reveals their sleeping forms bent at awkward angles in an effort to find
WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Serbian refugees within The Church of Saint George (The Rotunda). Date: circa 1916
A Cosy Diner - Workmen have lunch amid the air raidsKeep Calm and Carry On. A quite fantastic photograph showing two workmen engaged in repairing air raid damage in the London area continue with their private luncheon although the sirens have sounded
Sir John Anderson - Secretary of State for Home DepartmentJohn Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley (1882-1958) - British civil servant and politician who is best known for his service in the Cabinet during World War II
Lord and Lady Londonderry watch the flying from their car as they shelter from the rain at the 1939 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes
The Wellington Tree CupboardThis tree was made from an elm tree that sheltered the Duke of Wellington during the Battle of Waterloo, in Belgium
SPAIN. Ulldecona. Ermites Shelter Shelter ISPAIN. Ulldecona. Ermites Shelter.. Shelter I of Ermites. Deer hunting. Naturalistic Levantine painting. Mesolithic art. Cave
SPAIN. Montblanc. Mas d en Gran Shelter. Shepherding scene. Mesolithic art. Cave
SPAIN. ALICANTE. Marina Alta. Pla de Petracos. Shelter VII. Levantine macroschematic art (7000 BC.). Neolithic art. Cave
SPAIN. Montblanc. Mas d en Ramon d en BesselterSPAIN. Montblanc. Mas d en Ramon d en Bess elter. Zoomorphic figures in Levantine naturalistic style. Mesolithic art. Cave
SPAIN. Ulldecona. Ermites Shelter Ermites ShelterSPAIN. Ulldecona. Ermites Shelter.. Ermites Shelter VIII. Archer. Naturalistic levantine painting. Mesolithic art. Cave
Brick making hand shaping - Rangoon - then at tables under a thatched sun shelter, teams of three shape and press it into metal moulds, some children aged 12 (but look more like 8)
