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Cartoon, The interrupted conference, WW1Cartoon, The interrupted conference. A group of people look at a map, and a man says what Napoleon would have done. However, the conference has to be suspended
Cartoon, Cost of food and drink, WW1Cartoon illustrating the cost of food and drink during the First World War. Various tradesmen comment on the cost of their produce. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Replacing the maid, WW1Cartoon, Replacing the maid. A middle class couple are forced to do the household chores themselves during a period of wartime austerity
Cartoon, Good sense, WW1Cartoon, Good sense. An extravagant wife explains to her soldier husband why she had to buy such expensive clothes, and travel home by taxi. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Golden eggs, WW1Cartoon, Golden eggs, a comment on the cost of eggs during the First World War. A cockerel says his wife has become very snooty since the value of her eggs went up to nine sous each! Date: 1916
Cartoon, Soldier returning from leave, WW1Cartoon, a French soldier returning from leave tells his colleague what it was like. At every point someone pointed to the Keep Quiet notice, although what he had said was entirely innocent
Cartoon, Elegance, WW1Cartoon, Elegance, showing a plump, middle aged German woman sitting in a chair wearing a fur-trimmed green coat. She looks at a picture of a slim Parisian model wearing the same coat
Cartoon, He was phoning from the tobacco shop, WW1Cartoon, He was phoning from the tobacco shop. A supposedly deaf and dumb man is caught on the telephone, arrested as a spy and escorted through the street, much to the delight of the children
Cartoon, Theres a German in the next bed, WW1Cartoon, Theres a German in the next bed. A French soldier needs to ask the nurse for the chamber pot, but doesn t want the German to hear him in case its sensitive information
Cartoon, The false shepherd, WW1Cartoon, The false shepherd, showing a man posing as a shepherd, with a sheepdog and a flock of sheep, making notes on local aircraft activities. Date: 1915
Cartoon, The best evidence, WW1Cartoon, The best evidence, showing a French couple challenging a German man (living in France but near the German border)
Cartoon, At Deauville, WW1Cartoon, At Deauville, showing four fashionable French women gossiping about war rumours. Date: 1915
WW2 poster, steelworkers in actionWW2 poster (before lettering added), showing steelworkers in action in a factory. Date: circa 1940
WW2 poster, request for salvageWW2 poster by Fougasse, Please put out all your paper, metal, bones, rags and rubber for salvage, as they can help make tanks, munitions, tyres and planes. Date: circa 1940
WW2 poster, Official scrap iron dumps, bring victory nearer. The Ministry of Supply requesting old iron such as ploughshares, railings, fenders and fire irons for converting into munitions
WW2 poster, Bristles are scarce, Brushes are preciousWW2 Ministry of Supply poster, Bristles are scarce, Brushes are precious. Encouraging people to take care of resources. Date: early 1940s
WW2 poster, In a raid, keep your gas mask always with youWW2 Civil Defence poster, In a raid, keep your gas mask always with you. Date: early 1940s
WW2 poster, Follow your trade in the fighting forcesWW2 recruitment poster, Follow your trade in the fighting forces -- listing the different trades in the Navy, Army and Air Force. Date: early 1940s
Cartoon, A sophisticated man, WW1Cartoon, A sophisticated man. A French soldier about to depart on leave asks an African colleague to let him have some of his lice, so that he can show them to his friends and family in Belleville
WW2 poster, teacher and pupils on allotmentWW2 poster (For Freedom series before lettering is added), showing a teacher and her pupils on allotment with rhubarb leaves
WW2 poster, And please don t throw FOOD away eitherSecond world war poster by Fougasse, encouraging people not to waste clothing or food. A sailor on board ship throws his trousers to the winds
WW2 poster, Amphibians, British and Allied, showing a range of amphibian tanks. Date: 1945
Cartoon, Older soldiers round the campfire, WW1Cartoon, a group of old and middle aged French soldiers sit round the campfire near Verdun as the snow falls. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Encounter, WW1Cartoon, Encounter. A young soldier meets his uncle who seems younger than when he last saw him. The uncle replies that he was in the territorial army
Cartoon, Between two attacks, WW1Cartoon, Between two attacks. French soldiers in a trench relax, eat, drink and play cards in a quiet moment on the Western Front. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Childhood memories, WW1Cartoon, Childhood memories. An old soldier says he feels young again, invigorated by the fresh air of the Western Front. Another man says its more to do with the lice. Date: 1916
Cartoon, French soldiers in quarters, WW1Cartoon, French soldiers in quarters, standing in the street with their musical instruments (three drums and one violin). Three children watching them think that its better to play the drum
Cartoon, The Ultimate Precaution, WW1Cartoon, The Ultimate Precaution, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria in front of a crowd of troops during the First World War
Cartoon, Do not sell the bears skin, WW1Cartoon, Do not sell the bears skin, showing a large white bear (representing Bulgaria) with blood dripping from its claws, towering above its Central Powers colleagues from Germany
Cartoon, His Last Card... Its a Knave, WW1Cartoon, His Last Card... Its a Knave, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II with bloodstained hands, playing his last card of the war
Cartoon, There will be a party, WW1Cartoon, There will be a party! A woman prepares for the Christmas festivities, with a picture of her absent soldier husband at the centre of the fireplace display. Date: 1915
Cartoon, Christmas preparations, WW1Cartoon, Christmas preparations on the Western Front. French soldiers gather everything together for their Christmas feast, including a bird, some cheese, and some bottles of wine. Date: 1915
Cartoon, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria as a bird, WW1Cartoon, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria depicted as a bird pinned by his wings to a wooden fence. Date: 1915
Cartoon, the Christmas parcel, WW1Cartoon, the Christmas parcel. A woman writes a note to go with her Christmas parcel to her husband, away fighting at the Front
Cartoon, the French aviator as hero, WW1Cartoon, the French aviator as hero -- everyone admires him! Date: 1915
Cartoon, Stoicism, WW1Cartoon, Stoicism -- a French aviator impresses two fashionable women with his toughness during a bombardment. Date: 1915
Cartoon, French aviator in a bar, WW1Cartoon, a French aviator with two admiring women in a bar. Oh, he has some little wings! Yes, just like Cupid! Date: 1915
Cartoon, Insomnia, WW1Cartoon, Insomnia. A woman sits up in bed, thinking about how she appreciates her husband much more because hes home on leave from the army. Date: 1915
Cartoon, soldiers returning from leave, WW1Cartoon, a group of French soldiers returning from leave, back to the Western Front, chatting happily as they walk along. Date: 1915
Cartoon, The soldier back from leave, WW1Cartoon, The soldier back from leave. His colleague asks him if he told his wife all about their battles. He replies that he didn t have chance, she was talking all the time! Date: 1915
Winston Churchill with female munitions workers, 1918Winston Churchill, when he was Minister of Munitions, is escorted through the yards by female munitions workers at Georgetowns filling works near Glasgow on a visit on 9th October 1918. Date: 1918
Cartoon, Ordinance, WW1Cartoon, Ordinance. A soldier doing a stack of washing up says his wife is working in a munitions factory making shells. Their roles appear to have reversed! Date: 1915
Cartoon, German communique, WW1Cartoon, German communique, a satirical comment on a German claim that their squadron has sunk a Russian torpedo boat with the loss of 15, 000 lives
Cartoon, Logic, WW1Cartoon, Logic. Two French women out for an autumn walk gossip about another woman who is working in a factory, making shells as part of the war effort. Date: 1915
Cartoon, French wartime scenes, WW1Cartoon, French wartime scenes, showing French people more or less going about their normal business, satirically contradicting an exaggerated German communique about the effect of the German
Soldiers and others at Creil station, northern France, WW1Soldiers and others at Creil station, northern France, during the early stages of the First World War. One of the men (centre) is an Algerian Spahi. Date: 1914
Graduation Parade, Turner Field, Albany, Georgia, USAGraduation Parade, US Army Air Corps Advanced Flying School, Turner Field, Albany, Georgia, USA. Date: 1941
Old Arsenal Building, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, the birthplace of General Douglas MacArthur. The inset photograph is of the General on his 62nd birthday
