Second World War Collection (#10)

Fruit Bottling, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Fruit Bottling, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Refugee French Scouts in Camp in England, 1941, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Refugee French Scouts in Camp in England, 1941, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Fruit Picking in War Time, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Fruit Picking in War Time, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese relocation, California. Members of the Shibuya family are pictured at home before evacuation. The father and the mother were born in Japan and came to this country in 1904

Cottages by the Village Pond, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Cottages by the Village Pond, 1943. British rural scene with ducks. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Scouts Scaling a Wall, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Scouts Scaling a Wall, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Sea Scouts Learning to Read the Compass, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Sea Scouts Learning to Read the Compass, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese relocation, California. Memorial Day services at Manzanar, California, a War Relocation Authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry will spend the duration

Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese relocation, California. Ester Naite, an office worker from Los Angeles, is shown operating an electric iron in her quarters at Manzanar, California

Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese relocation, California. Maye Noma, behind the plate, and Tomi Nagao, at bat, in a practice game between members of the Chick-a-dee softball team

Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese relocation, California. A view of the quarters at Manzanar, California, a War Relocation Authority Center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry will spend the duration

Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese relocation, California. Newcomers at Santa Anita Park Assembly Center in Arcadia, California, receive vaccination against smallpox and typhoid fever. Under direction of Dr

Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese relocation, California. Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry at an assembly center in Salinas, California, prior to a War Relocation Authority center

Japanese relocation, California, 1942. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese relocation, California. All baggage is inspected before newcomers enter the Santa Anita Park Assembly Center at Arcadia, California, for evacuees of Japanese ancestry

Farm Security Administration camp, Klamath Falls, Oregon, 1941. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration camp. Klamath Falls, Oregon

Wolf Cubs, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Wolf Cubs, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Women's Institute Market Stall, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Women's Institute Market Stall, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

A Mobile Canning Van Given By the U.S.A. 1943. Creator: Unknown
A Mobile Canning Van Given By the U.S.A. 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

A King's Scout Taking to Boy Scouts from Gibraltar, London 1941, 1944. Creator: Unknown
A King's Scout Taking to Boy Scouts from Gibraltar, London 1941, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Practice in Morse Signalling, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Practice in Morse Signalling, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Evacuated Children with their Teacher, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Evacuated Children with their Teacher, 1943. Scene from the Second World War: British evacuees in the countryside. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Sewage disposal plant at the Aqua Fria Farm security administration camp, Maricopa County, AZ
Maricopa County, AZ. Sewage disposal plant at the Aqua Fria Farm security administration camp for migrant workers

Children Leaving London for the Country, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Children Leaving London for the Country, 1943. British evacuees escape bombs during the Second World War. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

School Dinner for Evacuated Children, 1943. Creator: Unknown
School Dinner for Evacuated Children, 1943. Scene from the Second World War: British evacuees are fed. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Preparing Fruit for Jam-Making, September 1941, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Preparing Fruit for Jam-Making, September 1941, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

An International Rover Camp in Sweden, 1935, 1944. Creator: Unknown
An International Rover Camp in Sweden, 1935, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

A Canning Demonstration at a Women's Institute Meeting, 1943. Creator: Unknown
A Canning Demonstration at a Women's Institute Meeting, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Scouts Making a Shelter, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Scouts Making a Shelter, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Spindle-Spinning Wool Gathered from the Hedges, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Spindle-Spinning Wool Gathered from the Hedges, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Our Youngest Line of Defence, 1944. Creator: Bernard Partridge
Our Youngest Line of Defence, 1944. An elderly Britannia takes the arm of a boy scout. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Scouts Practising Pioneering, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Scouts Practising Pioneering, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Their Majesties, The King and Queen, with the Princesses Inspecting Boys Who Have Become Scouts Des Creator: Unknown
Their Majesties, The King and Queen, with the Princesses Inspecting Boys Who Have Become Scouts Despite Physical Handicaps, 1944

Baden-Powell with some Rhodesian Scouts, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Baden-Powell with some Rhodesian Scouts, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Sea Scouts Serving at a Mobile Canteen, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Sea Scouts Serving at a Mobile Canteen, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Kim's Game, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Kim's Game, 1944. Scouts playing a game in which a selection of objects must be memorised. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Akron, Ohio, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Akron, Ohio

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. Side view of a glass furnace melting the carefully compounded batch required for the production of Fiberglas thermal insulation being installed in

First aid kit, 1943-1945. Creator: Davis Emergency Equipment Co. Inc
A U.S. Army-issued first aid kit from World War II labeled [For Gas Casualties Only]. The green painted metal box has four latches on each side so, that when open

Scammel being loaded with Anderson Air Raid Shelter, West London, 1939
Westbourne Park Yard in April 1939 is the focus of this interesting pre-war image. Parts of Anderson shelters are being unloaded from a line of wagons onto a 3 ton Scammell tractor by a Ransome

CM29 5536 Chevrolet 1 ton dump truck
Chevrolet 1 ton dump truck, D-Day Commemoration, 75th Anniversary of the Normandy landings, Second world war, Military vehicles, Goodwood Revival 2019, September 2019, automobiles, cars

Victory in Europe (VE Day), thanksgiving service, Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1945
Victory in Europe - on the day of the announcement by HM Government of the cessation of hostilities in Europe a simple service of thanksgiving will take place at the city war memorial From an

Victory in Europe (VE Day) - united service of thanksgiving, Sheffield City Hall, 1945
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: y13733

Thanksgiving for Victory in Europe (VE Day), Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1945
From an original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: y13732

Ministry of Information, Herbert Morrison MP will speak in Sheffield City Hall, 1944
From an original at Sheffield Libraries; y13727

RAF on the target : exhibition, Sheffield Central library reading room, 1940s
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: y13722

Ww2-Liberation-Paris
Photo prise en aot 1944 de soldats amricains admirant la Tour Eiffel aprs la libration de Paris durant la seconde guerre mondiale

Jackaments Bridge Halt, Gloucestershire, c. 1940s
A view of Jackaments Bridge Halt near RAF Kemble on the boarder between Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The small wooden platform opened in July 1939 and closed in September 1948

St Andrews Plymouth nbr_leica_v_23_03
St Andrews Church, Catherine Street, Plymouth. Interior view of the south aisle of St Andrews Church, showing bomb damage

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"Remembering the Second World War: A Time of Courage and Sacrifice" Winston Churchill, the indomitable leader, inspires hope with his iconic V for Victory sign in 1942. The brave Royal Engineers bomb disposal team fearlessly works to protect lives amidst the chaos of war in March 1941. The Commando Memorial stands as a solemn tribute to the valiant soldiers who fought during World War II. The Renown, Ark Royal, and Sheffield sail together, symbols of strength and unity during these turbulent times (c1939-1941). The Iwo Jima War Memorial immortalizes the unwavering spirit and sacrifice of American troops in their fight against tyranny. The Westland Lysander aircraft takes flight in 1941, an unsung hero that played a vital role behind enemy lines (Creator: Unknown). North Sheffield bears witness to bombing targets as it endures relentless attacks during wartime (c. 1940). Eric Ravilious captures a unique perspective on runway life in 1941 - a testament to resilience amid constant danger (Creator: Eric Ravilious). General Bernard Law Montgomery leads the mighty Eighth Army with determination and strategic brilliance in 1942 (Artists: Sir John Alexander Hammerton, Unknown). During Anti-Gossip Week in August 1940, Sheffield Information Committee fights rumors that could undermine morale on the home front. Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill meet at the historic Teheran conference in 1943 - united against fascism but divided by ideology (b/w photo). The gallant pilots of RAF's 137 Squadron soar through skies filled with uncertainty but never falter in their mission (1943).