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Ian fair Blue eyes. October 23, 1947.

The Royal Wedding H.R.H. Princess Alexandra -- Daughter of H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent and the late Duke of Kent, who is likely to be a bridesmaid at the wedding of H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. August 14, 1947. (Photo by Hay Wrightosn, Harris's Picture Agency)

1930s 1940s WOMAN LOOKING AT CAMERA ARMS FULL WITH CHRISTMAS SHOPPING PACKAGES & WREATH COMPOSITE WITH STREET SCENE

Steel And Metal Factory, Ishapore (near Calcutta). Parts for hurricane lanterns being manufactured in the factory.
Products ranging from paper clips to road rollers are being made in India's Ordnance factories. From used cartridge cases they turn out brass tumblers and cycle bells in thousands. Lakhs of hurricane lanterns are fashioned by tools which made deadly weapons. Special steel which went into the making of munitions is now spared to make toy motor car springs. Tools for sewing machines, sections for electric switches, textile machinery components, Jute mill parts, locomotives and marine engine parts, machine tools, furniture and axles for carts are some of the articles manufactured for civilian consumers and Indian industries. February 1, 1947.

Surprise - John, proud wearer of father's badge, pause in his game of football to wonder why the black-faced parson should cover himself with straw and slip from doorway to doorway. December 16, 1944.

Bands - British Military. July 5, 1949.

Shrine Of Learning - In the Quiet of an Old Muslim Shrine, a teacher gives lessons on the Koran to young Muslim girls.
This picture was taken at Ahmedabad, Capital of Gujarat. It is one of the shrines of the old Modul Emperors, now used primarily as religious schools.
Both teacher and pupil have to sit on the ground with their books on special racks. September 01, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

Air Ministry Search Revels Pin-up Girl - Leading-aircrafts woman Poggy Burkett at her Enfield home. A large and sudden increase has occurred in the mail of Leading-air crafts woman Peggy Burkett of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, 21-year-old pay accounts clerk at the Royal Air Force establishment, Uxbridge, Middlesex, who was photographed in connexion with an Air Ministry search for a suitable recruiting poster model. She has had many letters of admiration, especially from the North Country, and has been requested by the ship's company of 'Enfield' , a Fleet Auxiliary coaster, to become their pin-up girl. September 16, 1946.

Night Freighter Series: Loading of freight into aircraft at Essendon. April 17, 1950. (Photo by TAA Photograph).

Gunner Terence Smith; "I've done an awful lot of whitewashing." August 08, 1955.

Daman -- Many Damanites, like this woman, fish for a living. Virtually blockaded, Daman still has enough food. Heavy rains have made vegetables plentiful. September 24, 1954. (Photo by United Press).

Steel And Metal Factory, Ishapore (near Calcutta). Parts for hurricane lanterns being manufactured in the factory.
Products ranging from paper clips to road rollers are being made in India's Ordnance factories. From used cartridge cases they turn out brass tumblers and cycle bells in thousands. Lakhs of hurricane lanterns are fashioned by tools which made deadly weapons. Special steel which went into the making of munitions is now spared to make toy motor car springs. Tools for sewing machines, sections for electric switches, textile machinery components, Jute mill parts, locomotives and marine engine parts, machine tools, furniture and axles for carts are some of the articles manufactured for civilian consumers and Indian industries. February 1, 1947.

Gunner Terence Smith; "I've done an awful lot of whitewashing." August 08, 1955.

Cardinal Guevara Archbishop of Lima -- Juan Gualberto Guevara, created Cardinal in 1946; he was born in Vitor in 1882. February 24, 1954. (Photo by Camera Press).

Cardinal Guevara Archbishop of Lima -- Juan Gualberto Guevara, created Cardinal in 1946; he was born in Vitor in 1882. February 24, 1954. (Photo by Camera Press).

Mount Luke, wife of young Randwick Horse Trainer. September 25, 1935.

Lance Bombdardier Kenneth Morgan "You sit around till an officer comes. Then you get a duster. August 08, 1955. (Photo by Daily Herald).

Free French sailor Liverpool camp Corporal M. Le Ber of Tahiti. May 08, 1941. (Photo by Hood).

Combined Fleet Goes Through Pre-Navy Day Exercises -- Aircraft and heavy cruisers ***** recent maneuvers held in the Pacific ***** California coast by the combined fleet ***** States Navy, in preparation for Navy ***** be observed on October 27th. November 15, 1939. (Photo by Wide World Photo).

Trans-Australia Airlines, 339 Swanston St. Melbourne. August 11, 1950.

Battle School: The end of a 60-feet climb. August 29, 1942. (Photo by Paul Popper).

Battle School: The end of a 60-feet climb. August 29, 1942. (Photo by Paul Popper).

The W.A.A.F. Poster Girl - Miss Elizabeth Harvey photographed in W.A.A.F. uniform wearing hat. The W.A.A.F. Poster Girl is Elizabeth Harvey, who lives at ***** Latmore Avenue, Claygate, Surrey. She was chosen a week ago from six semi-finalists at a meeting which took place at the Air Ministry Whitehall, where the judges were Mr. William Dring, A.R.A., Air Chief Commandant Lady Welsh, Director of W.A.A.F., and Air Chief Marshal Sir Phillip Joubert de la Perte, K.C.B., C.I.C., D.S.O. Miss Harvey, who is tall and slim, is at present working for the Control Commission at Lubbeoke, Germany, was born in 1923 and was educated at St. Stephons College, Folkestone and Hillside Covont College, Farnborough, Kent. October 1, 1946. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Modern Florence Nightingales On The Anzio Front - Sister M. Mair of 12, Glenburn Street, Glasgow. Eight British Sisters and one American Nurse are working side by side with Army Medical Order lies as the 2nd., U.K., Mobile Casualty Clearing Station on the Anzio front. The Sisters are not only stout workers but are as stout hearted as any soldier. The Germans have dive-bombed and machine gunned the station on a number of occasions, but undaunted, they still carry on with their good work. June 4, 1944. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Surprise - John, proud wearer of father's badge, pause in his game of football to wonder why the black-faced parson should cover himself with straw and slip from doorway to doorway. December 16, 1944.

Taught by British Captains -- Pilots of Hitler's Luftwaffe are being called back into service for the rebirth of West Germany's international airline.
These men, veterans of German campaigns in Russia and the Flyers who hunted Allied ships in the Atlantic, are to fly Germany's new Super Constellations on world-wide routes.
In Hamburg, training for the first stages of Germany's come back into the skies after ten years is practically completed.
Principal trainers of the German air crews are nine British captains lent by British European Airways to coach their wartime enemies in post-war commercial airline operations. March 24, 1955.

Daman -- Many Damanites, like this woman, fish for a living. Virtually blockaded, Daman still has enough food. Heavy rains have made vegetables plentiful. September 24, 1954. (Photo by United Press).

Philemon Arnold Follis. May 22, 1943.

New A.R.P. Uniforms - One of the uniforms for women auxiliary motor drivers consisting of a blue gabardine waterproof coat. A.F.S. Buttons, armlet, peaked cap and rubber boots. August 2, 1938. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.)

The W.A.A.F. Poster Girl - Miss Elizabeth Harvey photographed in W.A.A.F. uniform wearing hat. The W.A.A.F. Poster Girl is Elizabeth Harvey, who lives at ***** Latmore Avenue, Claygate, Surrey. She was chosen a week ago from six semi-finalists at a meeting which took place at the Air Ministry Whitehall, where the judges were Mr. William Dring, A.R.A., Air Chief Commandant Lady Welsh, Director of W.A.A.F., and Air Chief Marshal Sir Phillip Joubert de la Perte, K.C.B., C.I.C., D.S.O. Miss Harvey, who is tall and slim, is at present working for the Control Commission at Lubbeoke, Germany, was born in 1923 and was educated at St. Stephons College, Folkestone and Hillside Covont College, Farnborough, Kent. October 1, 1946. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Eastern - Dancing. May 21, 1955. (Photo by United Press Photo).

Eastern - Dancing. May 21, 1955. (Photo by United Press Photo).

"Not Forgotten" Garden Party At Buckingham Palace -- Wounded Soldiers, sailors, airmen and W.A.A.F's, on the lawn at Buckingham Palace. Servicemen and women, some wounded in this last Great War and some during the present war, were entertained at the Eighty-Eighth "Not Forgotten" Association Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, London. The party included members of the Women's, Auxiliary Air Force, soldiers, sailors and airmen. August 13, 1943.

Gunner Roy Baughan; "Just a waste of time." August 08, 1955.

Bands - British Military. July 5, 1949.

"Shangri-La" Valley Rescue. One of the Filipino paratroops who were drooped into "Shangri-La" Valley to prepare a runway for the rescue gliders waving to one of the supply planes which flew over the valley dally. On the right is Sgt. Kenneth Decker, one of the two male survivors of the service plane which crashed on May 13, 1945. December 21, 1949. (Photo by Netherlands Indies Government Information Service).

Considering The Soldiers Comfort.. -- How a soldier is dressed for tests in the Arctic chamber. September 7, 1951.

Weaving is a specialty of women in the village. Products of their looms are sold in larger villages 25 miles away through the Lush Jungles. July 8, 1955. (Photo by United Press).

One of the French Matelots from one of the French ships of war in the harbour. June 12, 1940.

Ballerinas of The Future finishing their ***** the British maitre de ballet, Mr. Edouard ***** Conservatorium, East Melbourne, today, Moe than ***** dancing academies in Melbourne are completion. May 20, 1937.

Lance Bombdardier Kenneth Morgan "You sit around till an officer comes. Then you get a duster. August 08, 1955. (Photo by Daily Herald).

Ballerinas of The Future finishing their ***** the British maitre de ballet, Mr. Edouard ***** Conservatorium, East Melbourne, today, Moe than ***** dancing academies in Melbourne are completion. May 20, 1937.

"Shangri-La" Valley Rescue. One of the Filipino paratroops who were drooped into "Shangri-La" Valley to prepare a runway for the rescue gliders waving to one of the supply planes which flew over the valley dally. On the right is Sgt. Kenneth Decker, one of the two male survivors of the service plane which crashed on May 13, 1945. December 21, 1949. (Photo by Netherlands Indies Government Information Service).

Shrine Of Learning - In the Quiet of an Old Muslim Shrine, a teacher gives lessons on the Koran to young Muslim girls.
This picture was taken at Ahmedabad, Capital of Gujarat. It is one of the shrines of the old Modul Emperors, now used primarily as religious schools.
Both teacher and pupil have to sit on the ground with their books on special racks. September 01, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

Gunner Roy Baughan; "Just a waste of time." August 08, 1955.

Gunner Kenneth Richardson; "Real training negligible.... mostly fatigues." August 08, 1955.

Weaving is a specialty of women in the village. Products of their looms are sold in larger villages 25 miles away through the Lush Jungles. July 8, 1955. (Photo by United Press).

Air Ministry Search Revels Pin-up Girl - Leading-aircrafts woman Poggy Burkett at her Enfield home. A large and sudden increase has occurred in the mail of Leading-air crafts woman Peggy Burkett of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, 21-year-old pay accounts clerk at the Royal Air Force establishment, Uxbridge, Middlesex, who was photographed in connexion with an Air Ministry search for a suitable recruiting poster model. She has had many letters of admiration, especially from the North Country, and has been requested by the ship's company of 'Enfield' , a Fleet Auxiliary coaster, to become their pin-up girl. September 16, 1946.

One of the French Matelots from one of the French ships of war in the harbour. June 12, 1940.

Combined Fleet Goes Through Pre-Navy Day Exercises -- Aircraft and heavy cruisers ***** recent maneuvers held in the Pacific ***** California coast by the combined fleet ***** States Navy, in preparation for Navy ***** be observed on October 27th. November 15, 1939. (Photo by Wide World Photo).

Philemon Arnold Follis. May 22, 1943.

New A.R.P. Uniforms - One of the uniforms for women auxiliary motor drivers consisting of a blue gabardine waterproof coat. A.F.S. Buttons, armlet, peaked cap and rubber boots. August 2, 1938. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.)

Marcus Kassiepo, an influential figure among the coastal villages of Western New Guinea. March 27, 1950.

Marcus Kassiepo, an influential figure among the coastal villages of Western New Guinea. March 27, 1950.

Mount Luke, wife of young Randwick Horse Trainer. September 25, 1935.

Considering The Soldiers Comfort.. -- How a soldier is dressed for tests in the Arctic chamber. September 7, 1951.

Modern Florence Nightingales On The Anzio Front - Sister M. Mair of 12, Glenburn Street, Glasgow. Eight British Sisters and one American Nurse are working side by side with Army Medical Order lies as the 2nd., U.K., Mobile Casualty Clearing Station on the Anzio front. The Sisters are not only stout workers but are as stout hearted as any soldier. The Germans have dive-bombed and machine gunned the station on a number of occasions, but undaunted, they still carry on with their good work. June 4, 1944. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Free French sailor Liverpool camp Corporal M. Le Ber of Tahiti. May 08, 1941. (Photo by Hood).

Night Freighter Series: Loading of freight into aircraft at Essendon. April 17, 1950. (Photo by TAA Photograph).

Trans-Australia Airlines, 339 Swanston St. Melbourne. August 11, 1950.

"Not Forgotten" Garden Party At Buckingham Palace -- Wounded Soldiers, sailors, airmen and W.A.A.F's, on the lawn at Buckingham Palace. Servicemen and women, some wounded in this last Great War and some during the present war, were entertained at the Eighty-Eighth "Not Forgotten" Association Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, London. The party included members of the Women's, Auxiliary Air Force, soldiers, sailors and airmen. August 13, 1943.

Taught by British Captains -- Pilots of Hitler's Luftwaffe are being called back into service for the rebirth of West Germany's international airline.
These men, veterans of German campaigns in Russia and the Flyers who hunted Allied ships in the Atlantic, are to fly Germany's new Super Constellations on world-wide routes.
In Hamburg, training for the first stages of Germany's come back into the skies after ten years is practically completed.
Principal trainers of the German air crews are nine British captains lent by British European Airways to coach their wartime enemies in post-war commercial airline operations. March 24, 1955.

Gunner Kenneth Richardson; "Real training negligible.... mostly fatigues." August 08, 1955.

1960s BUG-EYED SURPRISED WOMAN BURIED IN COINS MONEY SYMBOLIC

1960S Bug-Eyed Surprised Woman Buried In Coins Money Symbolic

1960S Four Businessmen On The Starting Line

1920S Woman In Coat & Hat Back From Shopping Showing New Purchases To Two Friends

1930S Man In Suit Seated With Book In Lap & Pipe In Hand With Pensive Look With Grim Reaper Ghosted In Background

1940S 1950S Couple Standing Outside Looking At Stone Suburban House

1950S Pair Of Women Sitting On Living Room Sofa Talking One Wearing Suit With Hat & Gloves

Illustration Two Black Cats On Fence Under Moon Fighting

1890S Engraving Of Alexander Graham Bell Making First Long Distance Telephone Call From New York To Chicago In 1892

1940s MAN HEAD ON DESK HOLDING STOCK TICKER TAPE WITH NEWSPAPER STOCK PAGE BEHIND HIM

1920s PRISON MUG SHOT OF CHICAGO GANGSTER SCARFACE AL CAPONE

1940s WOMAN BANK TELLER BEHIND CAGE SERVING MALE CUSTOMER

1870s 1880s MONTAGE OF COVERED WAGONS CROSSING THE AMERICAN PLAINS

1920s 1930s THE CAPITOL BUILDING AND OLD CAR TRAFFIC IN WINTER WASHINGTON DC USA

1960s AFRICAN AMERICAN POLICE OFFICER MAKING CALL AT POLICE BOX TELEPHONE NIGHT STICK TUCKED UNDER HIS ARM

1950s HAPPY LITTLE GIRL TALKING INTO TOY TELEPHONE

1920s GIRL IN TOY PEDAL CAR WITH DOG SITTING ON RUNNING BOARD GIRL LOOKING TO SIDE HEAD UP

1930s SIX ENGROSSED INVESTORS AND STOCK BROKERS READING PAPER TICKER TAPE INVENTED IN 1867 BY EDWARD CALAHAN NEW YORK CITY USA

1950s SMILING HOUSEWIFE AT STOVE GIVING HAPPY HUSBAND TASTE OF HER COOKING

1940s FAMILY FATHER MOTHER DAUGHTER SON TOGETHER IN LIVING ROOM WITH TOY ERECTOR SET

1950s AUSTIN CAR DRIVING UP THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS WITH HOLLYWOOD SIGN IN DISTANCE LOS ANGELES CA USA

1920s CHINESE LAUNDRY MAN LOOKING AT CAMERA IRONING CLOTHES ON BOARD

1960s LINE OF 1920s MODEL T AND 1930s MODEL A FORD AUTOMOBILES ON GRAVEL ROAD IN SOUTHWEST USA

1950s 1960s MULTIPLE EXPOSURE WOMAN WITH A HEADACHE TAKING MEDICINE AND SMILING WITH EXPRESSION OF RELIEF FROM PAIN

CARY GRANT and DORIS DAY in THAT TOUCH OF MINK (1962), directed by DELBERT MANN.

1930s COUPLE STANDING BY TRAIN WORRIED MAN WITH GOLF CLUBS WOMAN WITH TENNIS RACQUET CONDUCTOR ASKING FOR MISPLACED TICKET

1930s HOODED MEMBERS OF KKK KU KLUX KLAN STANDING IN FRONT OF BURNING CROSS

1930s AFRICAN AMERICAN SHARECROPPING TENANT FARM FAMILY OUTSIDE THEIR HOME WITH MULE DRAW WAGON OF PICKED COTTON MISSISSIPPI USA

1950s 1960s FUN OR DANGEROUSLY FOOLISH FATHER THROWING TODDLER DAUGHTER HIGH INTO THE AIR AND WAITING TO CATCH HER COMING DOWN

1940s AFRICAN AMERICAN BOY STANDING WATCHING GIRL WEAVING BASKET AT STAND WITH SEVERAL BASKETS FOR SALE SOUTH CAROLINA USA

1930s 1940s 1950s TWO MEN LUMBERJACKS WORKING TOGETHER USING COMPRESSED AIR PNEUMATIC CHAIN SAW TO CUT AND FELL A LARGE TREE

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1930s 1940s PORTRAIT OF RED CROSS NURSE LOOKING UP WITH UNITED STATES FLAG BEHIND HER

1930s 1940s PORTRAIT OF WORLD WAR 2 RED CROSS NURSE LOOKING UP WITH UNITED STATES FLAG BEHIND HER

1930s SMILING AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN RED CAP PORTER CARRYING LUGGAGE IN TRAIN STATION

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