Nineteen Forties Collection (page 16)

St Pauls and the Aftermath of the Battle of Britain, September 1940 (b / w photo)
1763710 St Pauls and the Aftermath of the Battle of Britain, September 1940 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England)

6th World Scout Jamboree, August 1947 in Moisson, France (b / w photo)
1730160 6th World Scout Jamboree, August 1947 in Moisson, France (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: 6th World Scout Jamboree, august 1947 in Moisson, France)

British Troops of the 8th Punjab Regiment, leaving for Indochina, May 1946 (b / w photo)
1730158 British Troops of the 8th Punjab Regiment, leaving for Indochina, May 1946 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Last british troops leaving Indochina)

6th World Scout Jamboree in Moisson, France, August 1947 (b / w photo)
1730178 6th World Scout Jamboree in Moisson, France, August 1947 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: 6th World Scout Jamboree, august 1947 in Moisson)

6th World Scout Jamboree in a Girl Guides Association Vehicle, Moisson, France, August 1947 (b / w photo)
1730156 6th World Scout Jamboree in a Girl Guides Association Vehicle, Moisson, France, August 1947 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: 6th World Scout Jamboree)

French boyscout c. 1947 (b / w photo)
1730176 French boyscout c. 1947 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: Scout de France : eclaireur marin c. 1947 French boyscout c. 1947)

People of Paris, Vichy Poster (litho)
1730091 People of Paris, Vichy Poster (litho) by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: German occupation: poster for the people of Paris asking the people not to try anything)

Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Duke of Kiev, 1942 (tempera on cardboard)
FIA5331303 Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Duke of Kiev, 1942 (tempera on cardboard) by Roerich, Nicholas (1874-1947); State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: Yaroslav the Wise)

Fontana Dam, power to win, 1945 (poster)
1977298 Fontana Dam, power to win, 1945 (poster) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: WW2: Fontana Dam, Power to Win, Dam built by the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1945)

In the potato field, 1942 (Watercolour)
7261331 In the potato field, 1942 (Watercolour) by Hennell, Thomas Barclay (1903-45); 28.5x46 cm; Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent, UK; (add.info.: In the potato field; Watercolour; Hennell)

French writer Colette (Sidonie Gabrielle Colette) 1941 (litho)
1731178 French writer Colette (Sidonie Gabrielle Colette) 1941 (litho) by Moreau, Luc Albert (1882-1948); (add.info.: French writer Colette (Sidonie Gabrielle Colette)

Range of Mont Blanc: The Summit Ridge of Mont Blanc (b / w photo)
7157760 Range of Mont Blanc: The Summit Ridge of Mont Blanc (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Summit Ridge of Mont Blanc)

Pennine Alps: A Gendarme on the Zinal Rothhorn (b / w photo)
7157755 Pennine Alps: A Gendarme on the Zinal Rothhorn (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Gendarme on the Zinal Rothhorn)

Pennine Alps: Below the Col de Tournanche (b / w photo)
7157751 Pennine Alps: Below the Col de Tournanche (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: Below the Col de Tournanche)

Pennine Alps: The Matternhorn and the Riffelhorn (b / w photo)
7157744 Pennine Alps: The Matternhorn and the Riffelhorn (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Matternhorn and the Riffelhorn)

Pennine Alps: Frozen Stream (b / w photo)
7157741 Pennine Alps: Frozen Stream (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frozen Stream)

Bernese Oberland: Bern (b / w photo)
7157731 Bernese Oberland: Bern (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bern. Illustration for My Alpine Album by Franks Smythe (Adam and Charles Black)

Eastern Alps: In the Windach Tal (b / w photo)
7157720 Eastern Alps: In the Windach Tal (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: In the Windach Tal)

Eastern Alps: The Reichen Range from the Upper End of the Wildgerlos Tal (b / w photo)
7157717 Eastern Alps: The Reichen Range from the Upper End of the Wildgerlos Tal (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info)

Eastern Alps: Afternoon on the Roseg Glacier (b / w photo)
7157712 Eastern Alps: Afternoon on the Roseg Glacier (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: Afternoon on the Roseg Glacier)

Parable of the wedding dress. Annecy. France
7136494 Parable of the wedding dress. Annecy. France. by Bellot, Dom Paul (1876-1944); © Pascal Deloche/Godong

Saint Joseph des Fins church. Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve. Stained glass window. Annecy. France
7136489 Saint Joseph des Fins church. Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve. Stained glass window. Annecy. France. by Bellot, Dom Paul (1876-1944); © Pascal Deloche/Godong

Chaos (litho)
7150301 Chaos (litho) by Barrett, Oswald Charles (BATT) (1892-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chaos. Illustration from How Should We Rebuild London)

Pleasures (litho)
7150300 Pleasures (litho) by Barrett, Oswald Charles (BATT) (1892-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pleasures. Illustration from How Should We Rebuild London)

Soldiers at the Base of a Japanese War Memorial, Battle of Okinawa, 12th April 1945 (b / w photo)
1720215 Soldiers at the Base of a Japanese War Memorial, Battle of Okinawa, 12th April 1945 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Allied troops entering Germany, 17th April 1945 (b / w photo)
1721315 Allied troops entering Germany, 17th April 1945 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Allied troops entering in Germany : on april 17)

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, Psalm cvii (b / w photo)
6002104 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, Psalm cvii (b/w photo) by Burdekin, Harold (1899-1944); Private Collection; (add.info)

Prunus branch, 1945
7202756 Prunus branch, 1945 by Yu Shaosong (1882-1949); 129, 7 x 30, 7 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Prunus branch)

African-American Auxiliaries, Ruth Wade and Lucille Mayo, repairing trucks in Fort Des Moines
1720221 African-American Auxiliaries, Ruth Wade and Lucille Mayo, repairing trucks in Fort Des Moines, 8th December 1942 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Range of Mont Blanc: The Shadow of Mont Blanc at Sunrise (b / w photo)
7157758 Range of Mont Blanc: The Shadow of Mont Blanc at Sunrise (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Shadow of Mont Blanc at Sunrise)

Pennine Alps: The Allalinhorn and the Rimpfischhorn from the Zinal Rothhorn (b / w photo)
7157756 Pennine Alps: The Allalinhorn and the Rimpfischhorn from the Zinal Rothhorn (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pennine Alps: The Ober-Gabelhorn from the Col de Tournanche (b / w photo)
7157752 Pennine Alps: The Ober-Gabelhorn from the Col de Tournanche (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ober-Gabelhorn from the Col de Tournanche)

Pennine Alps: The Ice-fall of the Grenz Glacier (b / w photo)
7157747 Pennine Alps: The Ice-fall of the Grenz Glacier (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ice-fall of the Grenz Glacier)

Pennine Alps: Monte Rosa at Sunrise from the Solvay Hut on the Matterhorn (b / w photo)
7157745 Pennine Alps: Monte Rosa at Sunrise from the Solvay Hut on the Matterhorn (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pennine Alps: Winter Evening, Zermatt (b / w photo)
7157740 Pennine Alps: Winter Evening, Zermatt (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter Evening, Zermatt)

Bernese Oberland: Kandersteg (b / w photo)
7157734 Bernese Oberland: Kandersteg (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kandersteg)

Bernese Oberland: The Eiger from above Murren (b / w photo)
7157732 Bernese Oberland: The Eiger from above Murren (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Eiger from above Murren)

Central Alps: Near Elm (b / w photo)
7157729 Central Alps: Near Elm (b/w photo) by Smythe, Francis Sydney (1900-49); Private Collection; (add.info.: Near Elm. Illustration for My Alpine Album by Franks Smythe (Adam and Charles Black)

Vision (litho)
7150306 Vision (litho) by Barrett, Oswald Charles (BATT) (1892-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vision. Illustration from How Should We Rebuild London)

Ends (litho)
7150298 Ends (litho) by Barrett, Oswald Charles (BATT) (1892-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ends. Illustration from How Should We Rebuild London)

Expectation (litho)
7150297 Expectation (litho) by Barrett, Oswald Charles (BATT) (1892-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Expectation. Illustration from the title page of How Should We Rebuild London)

Purpose (litho)
7150294 Purpose (litho) by Barrett, Oswald Charles (BATT) (1892-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: PurposeIllustration from How Should We Rebuild London)

Saint Joseph des Fins church. Stained glass window. Jesus Christ. Annecy. France
7136487 Saint Joseph des Fins church. Stained glass window. Jesus Christ. Annecy. France. by Bellot, Dom Paul (1876-1944); © Pascal Deloche/Godong

all the fishing fleet of slender spars Range at their moorings, veer with tide about, V Sackville-West (b / w photo)
6002106... all the fishing fleet of slender spars Range at their moorings, veer with tide about, V Sackville-West (b/w photo) by Burdekin

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Step back in time to the nineteen forties, a decade filled with adventure and excitement. Join Toby Twirl on his thrilling escapades in the beloved children's story series, "Toby Twirl Adventures. " Set in 1949, these enchanting tales captivated young readers across the UK. In Rochdale, Lancashire, history was made as the first Co-operative shop opened its doors in 1844. This revolutionary concept would shape future retail practices for years to come. Meanwhile, John Bull darts magazines became a popular pastime at pubs throughout the UK during the 1940s. Travel to Enfield Town in London and witness Kings Square (Market Place) bustling with life. The iconic Kings Head Public House stands proudly amidst the vibrant atmosphere of this lively area. Amidst wartime challenges, British Army Captain Chris Goddard and Cpl Gary Fisher diligently check out their equipment during World War II. Their dedication exemplifies the bravery and resilience of those who served their country during this tumultuous era. The sound of church bells ringing echoed through towns across Britain as depicted by John Bull magazines from 1947. These publications also celebrated our furry friends with heartwarming stories about dogs that warmed hearts nationwide. Across the Atlantic Ocean, Americans embraced fashion trends such as tartan suntans and stylish swimwear during beach outings under sunny skies. Swim suits and swimming costumes adorned beaches as people sought respite from daily life against picturesque coastal backdrops. Back home in Lambeth Walk, residents found solace amidst chaos by purchasing their very own Spitfire aircraft – a symbol of hope and strength during challenging times. Meanwhile, an unexpected swarm of bees settled at Victoria Street's bomb site – nature's reminder that beauty can emerge even from destruction. Royal Blue soared above adversity as one of England's prized racing pigeons – not only delivering messages but also becoming an emblematic figure representing resilience amid war-torn skies.