Forties Collection (page 9)

USS West Virginia and USS Tennessee Damaged in the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour, December 1941 (photo)
1700714 USS West Virginia and USS Tennessee Damaged in the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour, December 1941 (photo) by American Photographer

Popular Misconceptions, Life in the Secret Service (litho)
7168513 Popular Misconceptions, Life in the Secret Service (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: Popular Misconceptions, Life in the Secret Service)

A fight in the forties at Fleusss Arch (engraving)
5210936 A fight in the forties at Fleusss Arch (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A fight in the forties at Fleusss Arch)

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)

Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club Orchestra (b / w photo)
1077525 Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club Orchestra (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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)

Queue for tickets for the Arsenal v Moscow Dynamo friendly match at White Hart Lane 1945

Llandudno beach 1947

An artist painting the harbour in Tenby, Pembrokeshire 1947

Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1945

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)

Portrait of Dmitry Shostakovitch (1906-75) 1947 (oil on canvas)
BAL246969 Portrait of Dmitry Shostakovitch (1906-75) 1947 (oil on canvas) by Willyams, Pyotr Vladimirovich (1902-47); 100x124 cm; Glinka Museum of Music Culture, Moscow, Russia

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)

Burning City, Stalingrad, 1942
7083572 Burning City, Stalingrad, 1942 by Wiener, Karl (1901-49); Private Collection; Austrian, out of copyright

Notes of a Long Sea Voyage (engraving)
1046601 Notes of a Long Sea Voyage (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: Notes of a Long Sea Voyage)

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

Saint Joseph of the Fins Church, 1937-1941, Annecy
7090196 Saint Joseph of the Fins Church, 1937-1941, Annecy by Bellot, Dom Paul (1876-1944); (add.info.: Church of Saint Joseph des Fins, architect Dom Bellot, engineer Hennebique, 1937-1941, Annecy)

Hudson Light Bomber in Flight, 1942 (w / c)
3870756 Hudson Light Bomber in Flight, 1942 (w/c) by Bradshaw, Stanley Orton (1903-1950); Photo © Derek Bayes. All rights reserved 2022

Gulliver is handled like a doll by a girl whom he names Glumdalclich, 1940 (illustration)
7144560 Gulliver is handled like a doll by a girl whom he names Glumdalclich, 1940 (illustration) by Timar, Emeric (1898-1950); (add.info)

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"Forties: A Decade of Resilience and Transformation" Step back in time to the forties, a remarkable era that witnessed significant milestones and defining moments. From the sleek Vincent Rapide HRD Series C black motorcycle roaring through the streets of 1949, to the birth of The Co-operative shop in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1844 - these were times that shaped our history. In the skies above, B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 303rd Bomber Group soared with unwavering determination during World War II. Firefighters stood valiantly by during the Blitz, their courage shining bright amidst London's darkest hours. Ambulances rushed through Ladywell, Lewisham as they bravely navigated war-torn streets while Plymouth's St Andrews Parish Church stood tall amid devastating bombings. Women joined forces as part of AFS training in Highgate, London - breaking barriers and proving their strength on all fronts. Balham High Road became a symbol of resilience as it rose from destruction caused by relentless bombings. And who could forget Vera Lynn's timeless voice echoing hope and unity throughout 1947? Amidst this chaos emerged triumphs like never before - witness the grand launch of HMS Eagle aircraft carrier marking a new chapter for naval power. Meanwhile, Allard K1 Supercharged Roadster showcased innovation and style on four wheels. Through it all, turntable ladders operated tirelessly during London's Blitz - a testament to human perseverance against adversity. The forties encapsulated an era where bravery met transformation; where communities united against unimaginable odds; where heroes emerged from every corner. Let us remember this extraordinary decade that shaped our world forever.