Makeshift Collection

WW2 - Chef cooking in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London
WW2 - His restaurant and kitchen destroyed by German bombing, a Chef continues to cook al fresco in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London. Date: circa 1941

Sub-station with taxis and crews, WW2
A typical London Fire Brigade sub-station watch and their equipment. Taxis were used as makeshift fire engines which towed trailer pumps

Fame Visits the Heroic Unknown Dead
Fame hovers over a makeshift grave on the former Western Front choosing an unknown soldier to be buried in Westminster Abbey in the tomb of the unknown warrior

A Concert behind the Lines by Fortunino Matania
Somewhere in France - a concert behind the lines. A concert troupe or divisional entertainment company often made up of a mix of professional and amateur actors

Advertisement for Babbitts Best Soap, c. 1880 (colour litho)
HGL396881 Advertisement for Babbitts Best Soap, c.1880 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Hagley Museum & Library, Wilmington, Delaware, USA; eHagley Museum and Library; American

Pitmen encamped - evicted coal miner and his dwelling
A miner on strike sits despondently outside his makeshift home, his crutch and dog at his side. Due to lengthy strike action resulting from a wage dispute

Out of wrong side of bed / W H Robinson
Post War Britain: Health and happiness at home. Simple precaution to prevent getting out of bed on the wrong side in the morning - a makeshift wall

Cover design, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, by Bret Harte, illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Showing three children playing on a makeshift sailing boat constructed with a chair

The Padre and his old church
A British Artillery chaplain during the Somme advance of 1918 surveys the ruins of a Nissen hut which once served as a makeshift church in 1916

A stable on the Western Front, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub
STC403980 A stable on the Western Front, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (colour litho) by Bone

A kitchen in the field, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400446 A kitchen in the field, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

Austrian soldier in a trench on the eastern front, Russia, 1915 (photo)
699200 Austrian soldier in a trench on the eastern front, Russia, 1915 (photo); (add.info.: Austrian soldier in a trench on the eastern front)

Russian Poles in war zone, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian Poles in war zone, between c1914 and c1915. Russian Polish women standing next to shelter during World War I.

Shelters behind German Lines, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Shelters behind German Lines, 1916 (date created or published later). German soldiers, vehicles and shelters during World War I.

Belgian Refugees, at Bergen-op-zoom, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgian Refugees, at Bergen-op-zoom, between c1914 and c1915. Belgian refugees and the Bergen Op Zoom refugee camp in the Netherlands during World War I.

The Kew Photoheliograph and Temporary Observatory at Rivabellosa, near Miranda del Ebro, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Kew Photoheliograph and Temporary Observatory at Rivabellosa, near Miranda del Ebro, [Spain], 1860. The Kew photoheliograph consists of a tube having the form of a truncated pyramid

Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. In the interview which Baron Rodich had, a fortnight ago, at Ragusa [Dubrovnik], with the principal insurgent leaders

Italian Offensive of the Isonzo; Decking is laid over the boats, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Italian Offensive of the Isonzo; Decking is laid over the boats, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

L'offensive Francaise d'avril-mai 1917; Dans le bois de Roucy (Aisne): la toilette du... 1917
L'offensive Francaise d'avril-mai 1917; Dans le bois de Roucy (Aisne): la toilette du soldat, le 15 avril, veille de la l'ataille [?], 1917

Hut and tepee, probably St. Clair Flats, Mich. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Hut and tepee, probably St. Clair Flats, Mich. between 1900 and 1920

Bridge at Rascon, between 1880 and 1897. Creator: William H. Jackson
Bridge at Rascon, between 1880 and 1897

Forest landscape with lean-to, 1650-1692. Creator: Roelant Roghman
Forest landscape with lean-to, 1650-1692

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Les entr'actes de la bataille.-- "Manon" au Theatre du Front, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les entr'actes de la bataille.-- "Manon" au Theatre du Front. 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

National Emergency, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. National Emergency, between 1910 and 1920
National Emergency, between 1910 and 1920. USA. Food-growing during the First World War. National Emergency Food Garden Commission - vegetable garden, with building flying the US flag

Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. African American man with wagon pulled by goats

Boy Scouts Training Demonstration, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Boy Scouts Training Demonstration, 1912
Boy Scouts Training Demonstration, 1912. [Improvised stretcher made from two poles and clothing]

The Camp, at Slobodzie, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Camp, at Slobodzie, 1854. Crimean War, soldiers camped near the River Danube. The camp...assumes every day a more permanent and military appearance

An emergency hospital in 1814, during the French campaign, c1814. Creator: Pierre-Roch Vigneron
An emergency hospital in 1814, during the French campaign, c1814

Camps of migrant pea workers, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camps of migrant pea workers. California

One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of three families camped behind a billboard on U.S. 99. Kern County, California

Mexican migratory citrus worker's family, near Strathmore, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Strathmore, California. Mexican migratory citrus worker's family. Camped here

Date picker's home, Coachella Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Date picker's home. Coachella Valley, California

The home of a family in Oklahoma County, Elm Grove, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The home of a family in Oklahoma County. Elm Grove, Oklahoma

Home on "Scratch Hill, " outside Atoka, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home on "Scratch Hill, " outside Atoka, Oklahoma. "I was offered twenty dollars for that house. I pay six dollars rent a year, and have some chickens and a garden"

Migrant agricultural workers home, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant agricultural workers home. California. [Makeshift shelter built behind an advertising hoarding: Cyanogas - The Real Hopper Control']

Migratory field worker's home on the edge of a pea field, Imperial Valley, California, 1937
Migratory field worker's home on the edge of a pea field. The family lived here through the winter. Imperial Valley, California

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. Bakersfield, California

Oklahomans encamped on a river bottom near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahomans encamped on a river bottom near Holtville, California

Tent housing a family, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tent housing a family of four who will be returned to Oklahoma by the Relief Administration. Imperial County, California

Cotton laborer's house, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton laborer's house. Louisiana. [Cardboard box: Duble Heder Ice Cream Cones']

Assembly of God in tent by the roadside, Cache County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Assembly of God in tent by the roadside, Cache County, Oklahoma. Twenty- nine attend this church. Eighteen families of displaced laborers and tenants encamp in this group along the highway

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers, Bakersfield, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California

Family camped on U.S. Highway 63, Cache County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family camped on U.S. Highway 63. Cache County, Oklahoma

Farm woman beside her barn door, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm woman beside her barn door. Tulare County, California. No more horseshoes!

Wounded on sledges of skis lashed together: how the Russian Army can do Ambulance work on the snow
STC312503 Wounded on sledges of skis lashed together: how the Russian Army can do Ambulance work on the snow, from The Illustrated War News (litho) by Russian School (20th century)

Aerial view of a huge refugee camp with makeshift houses near Myanmar border, Kutupalong Rohingya camp near Ukhia town, Bangladesh

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"Unyielding Resilience: Makeshift Solutions in Times of Turmoil" In the midst of the chaos and destruction of World War II, a chef fearlessly cooks amidst the rubble-strewn streets of Blitz-ravaged London. The spirit of survival prevails as makeshift kitchens become symbols of resilience. Amidst the deafening sounds at a sub-station during WW2, taxis and their crews stand ready to transport people through treacherous times. Makeshift solutions keep society moving forward even in the face of adversity. "Fame Visits the Heroic Unknown Dead, " an awe-inspiring tribute capturing the essence memorials honoring fallen heroes who sacrificed everything for their countries. Their names may be unknown, but their bravery lives on forever. Behind enemy lines, Fortunino Matania orchestrates a concert that uplifts spirits and provides solace to soldiers seeking respite from war's horrors. A makeshift stage becomes a sanctuary where music transcends boundaries. Sometimes life throws unexpected challenges our way - like waking up on the wrong side of bed. W. H Robinson's whimsical illustration reminds us that even on those days, we can find creative ways to make do with what we have. "The Queen of Pirate Isle" graces its cover design with captivating imagery depicting resourcefulness amidst adventure-filled escapades. Makeshift solutions become tools for exploration and triumph over adversity. The Padre finds solace in his old church amid wartime turmoil - an emblematic symbol reminding us that faith can provide comfort even when faced with dire circumstances. In this sacred space, hope is found amidst ruins. Makeshift graves silently bear witness to unimaginable loss in Stettin during WW1 - poignant reminders that humanity perseveres despite overwhelming tragedy. Even in death, love endures through these improvised resting places. A Fellah's humble hut stands against the backdrop of Dead Sea's desolation in Holy Land - showcasing human ingenuity and adaptability in the harshest of environments.