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Images Dated 29th July 2019: The ARP Wardens Suit, September 1939

The ARP Wardens Suit, September 1939
Female ARP warden modelling " the latest" wartime suit with a helmet. From October 1939, ARP uniforms featuring bluette overalls were issued however until then an ARP warden would wear

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Bus conductor collecting fares from queuers, September 1939

Bus conductor collecting fares from queuers, September 1939
London bus conductor collecting fares from passengers as they queue in the street in order to maximise efficiency. The reduction of bus services largely due to spirit rationing led to heavy queueing

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Queueing due to reduced bus services, September 1939

Queueing due to reduced bus services, September 1939
Heavy queues in London due to reduced bus services to save fuel in times of spirit rationing, particularly in the mornings as people made their way to work

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Baby lying down with gas mask on, September 1939

Baby lying down with gas mask on, September 1939
Baby lying in their specialised baby gas mask as someone operates the pumping valve in the background. The image was drawn after a special demonstration of the respirator

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Female ambulance staff training volunteers, September 1939

Female ambulance staff training volunteers, September 1939
An " ambulance girl" in full uniform explains the operation of the gas mask to two female volunteers in the newly formed All-India Ambulance unit

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Women queueing for Auxiliary Air Force posts, September 1939

Women queueing for Auxiliary Air Force posts, September 1939
Women in London queueing for posts in the Womens Auxiliary Air Force, a few weeks after the outbreak of war. The WaF was founded by the King in June 1939

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Sandbags protecting statue of the Black Prince, Sept 1939

Sandbags protecting statue of the Black Prince, Sept 1939
As one of the many precautionary measures taken to protect Canterbury Cathedral from bombing, the statue and grave of the Black Prince was surrounded by neatly piled sandbags. Date: 1939

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Civilians crowding around a gas-detector table, Sept 1939

Civilians crowding around a gas-detector table, Sept 1939
Four people inspecting a new gas-detector table, set up to indicate a gas attack shortly after the outbreak of war. The table was covered with a paint that changed colour in the presence of mustard

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Men painting warning signs for unexploded bombs, Sept 1939

Men painting warning signs for unexploded bombs, Sept 1939
ARP volunteers painting wooden boards with; " keep clear unexploded bomb" to be used as a warning to civilians when a bomb fails to explode. Date: 1939

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Burying the stalls of Canterbury Cathedral Nave, Sept 1939

Burying the stalls of Canterbury Cathedral Nave, Sept 1939
Men burying the stalls of the nave in Canterbury Cathedral in order to protect them from air raid damage. The Sphere describes how a train was used to transport the tons of earth to the Cathedral for

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Huge blinds used to camouflage a factory, Sept 1939

Huge blinds used to camouflage a factory, Sept 1939
Huge dark blinds used to camouflage an entire factory on an A-road just outside of London. Blackout regulations were imposed two days before the outbreak of war to make the factory less visible to

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Temporary emergency bridge in Belgium, Sept 1939

Temporary emergency bridge in Belgium, Sept 1939
Temporary emergency bridge constructed in Belgium in case of a German invasion. The bridge is supported by five barges which function as pontoons

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Canterbury Cathedral Crypt supports, September 1939

Canterbury Cathedral Crypt supports, September 1939
Photograph of the 843-year-old crypt of Canterbury Cathedral in which the apex of the vaulting has been supported with a series of wooden beams as a precaution against potential air raid damage

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Anti-tank barrier on the Belgian frontier, Sept 1939

Anti-tank barrier on the Belgian frontier, Sept 1939
Photograph of a steel wall built on the border between Germany and Belgium as an anti-tank barrier. The Sphere describes its design as of " somewhat unique character"

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Interceptor aircraft pilots waiting to go up 1939

Interceptor aircraft pilots waiting to go up 1939
Interceptor aircraft pilots sitting on their parachutes as they wait for the order to fly, a few weeks after the outbreak of war

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Volunteer mine-sweeper trainees lowering weight, Sept 1939

Volunteer mine-sweeper trainees lowering weight, Sept 1939
Volunteer mine-sweeper trainees lowering a weight over the side of a boat to keep their paravane at the correct depth. Volunteers, most commonly fishermen

Images Dated 29th July 2019: British soldiers smiling as they leave for France, Sept 1939

British soldiers smiling as they leave for France, Sept 1939
British soldiers photographed smiling as they leave their home for the Western Front, a few weeks into the Second World War

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Volunteer mine-sweepers in training, Sept 1939

Volunteer mine-sweepers in training, Sept 1939
A scheme to train fisherman as volunteer mine-sweepers began in 1938 and was used to allow the navy to concentrate elswhere

Images Dated 29th July 2019: British soldiers marching in full uniforms, September 1939

British soldiers marching in full uniforms, September 1939
British soldiers marching in full uniform to their point of embarkment for the Western Front, a few weeks after the outbreak of war

Images Dated 29th July 2019: German soldiers rounding up Polish civilians, Sept 1939

German soldiers rounding up Polish civilians, Sept 1939
German soldiers " mopping up" at Gdynia, Poland, with the examination of all civilians left behind in the port city

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Machine painting road lines, September 1939

Machine painting road lines, September 1939
Three men using a " new gadget" to mechanically paint broken white lines down the centre of a London road. These white lines were introduced shortly after the outbreak of war to prevent

Women with high-profile war connections, September 1939
Series of women, closely associated with high-ranking men, photographed in uniforms shortly after the outbreak of war, September 1939

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Actors revising script before show opening, September 1939

Actors revising script before show opening, September 1939
Actors revising the script of " Design for Living" by Noel Coward before the shows opening at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Women painting kerbside for blackouts, September 1939

Women painting kerbside for blackouts, September 1939
Women of the Voluntary Ambulance Service painting the kerbside between their headquarters and the first-aid post to allow them to find their way in a blackout. Date: 1939

Images Dated 29th July 2019: First voluntary ambulance service 1939

First voluntary ambulance service 1939
The first voluntary ambulance service, " All India", photographed soon after its formation in London by Indian doctors and medical students. The volunteers wear helmets and carry gas masks

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Frances Day entetaining troops, September 1939

Frances Day entetaining troops, September 1939
Frances Day photographed dancing as she entertains British troops based just outside London. The actress used her talent to boost the moral of soldiers after the Hippodrome theatre closed

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Bruce Bairnsfather drawing 1939

Bruce Bairnsfather drawing 1939
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1887 - 1959), British cartoonist and illustrator, photographed as he works on a drawing of Old Bill

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Man and woman in reflective clothing, September 1939

Man and woman in reflective clothing, September 1939
Man and woman in reflective clothing, suitable for wear in a blackout, The Sphere describes this as " a humorous effort towards a safe night-walking garb" but wearing white or high-vis was

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Londons first female railway porter, April 1915

Londons first female railway porter, April 1915
Londons first female railway porter photographed as she carries milk churn at Marylebone Station. Date: 1915

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Underground passage to the House of Commons 1908

Underground passage to the House of Commons 1908
The underground passage from Westminster Station to the House of Commons, a section of which was privatised for MPs, usually used in bad weather but increasingly as a way of avoiding suffragettes

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Advert for Ocdens Guinea Gold Cigarettes 1897

Advert for Ocdens Guinea Gold Cigarettes 1897
Advertisement for Ocdens Guinea Gold Cigarettes, featuring a woman smoking on a bicycle. This brand often used politicians, sportsmen, celebreties in advertisements. Date: 1897

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Lady Myee Carrington

Lady Myee Carrington
Lady Judith Sydney Myee Wynn-Carrington who married Walter Egerton George Lucian Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Bury, to become the Viscountess Bury earlier that month. Date: 1909

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Women recording votes for the General Election 1955

Women recording votes for the General Election 1955
Women recording the General Election votes, 26 May 1955, in Brixton town hall, London. The 1955 General Election, often described as one of the dullest of the post-war period

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Self-defense guidance for females 1908

Self-defense guidance for females 1908
A demonstration of the " gamp" as a useful weapon for female self-defense against hooligans in accordance with changes to the manufacture of umberella sticks

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Voice audition for female role in a musical 1908

Voice audition for female role in a musical 1908
Illustration of a voice-trial for a female role in a musical comedy, with Stanley Wade and Merlin Morgan shown judging the auditions for Mr George Edwardes theatre companies

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Life class at the Royal Female School of Art 1868

Life class at the Royal Female School of Art 1868
Life class at the Royal Female School of Art in Queen Square. The Royal Female School of Art was founded in 1848 in London and trained women in fine art. Date: 1868

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Childrens Happy Evenings 1890

Childrens Happy Evenings 1890
Children playing and being entertained by women as part of the " childrens happy evenings" initiative, designed to improve attendance in London Board schools by offering evening

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Mrs Davies, the lady sharpshooter 1900

Mrs Davies, the lady sharpshooter 1900
Female rifleman, Mrs Davies, in a trench during the seige of Mafeking (now Mahikeng) in the Boer war. The image was published two days after the end of the seige

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Tilt-yard at Westminster

Tilt-yard at Westminster, London, where jousting took place in courtyard. circa 16th century

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Vintage in Medoc: Vineyards of Chateau Lafitte 1871

Vintage in Medoc: Vineyards of Chateau Lafitte 1871
Vineyards of Chateau Lafitte. 1871

Images Dated 29th July 2019: alone with …

alone with …
Fan Yang

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Icelandic Highland: Amidst A Thunderstorm

Icelandic Highland: Amidst A Thunderstorm
Michael Zheng

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Sans Regrets

Sans Regrets
Bruno Flour

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Silver city

Silver city
Ahmed Thabet

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Tat's 4 Life

Tat's 4 Life
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Images Dated 29th July 2019: Smoke get's in your Eyes

Smoke get's in your Eyes
gNo

Images Dated 29th July 2019: Morning in the country

Morning in the country
Vadim Fedotov (Vadius)

Phantasmal
Jacky Parker

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