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RMB8PA6A–World War One British poster featuring a Union Jack and the message “It’s Our Flag – Fight for it, Work for it'.
RMERGH3M–Women packing steel helmets during World War 1, Easter 1916. Packing helmets to be shipped to Western Front.
RMCWC0W5–Women working in Welding Department, Lincoln Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan during World War I.
RFCCA7RM–1917 General Dubois wounded heroes Douaumont moral car vehicle officer walking stick crutch injured injury bandaged foot
RM2M7G8BP–WW1 Belgian soldier at 'The Front' sharing his mail/ letter with his military colleagues from his 'Godmother' letter. Propaganda image from fortified trenches at The Front World War 1
RM2HXG3CC–Original WW1 era portrait of girl guide leader or possibly a home front volunteer in uniform with whistle, shoulder cord - possibly she was a member of the women's voluntary patrols. (These Women’s Patrols were suggested by The Headmistresses' Association and the Federation of University Women. The War Office gave permission for these patrols to take place outside military camps to stop local woman from becoming too friendly with the soldiers and also to keep a check on morality in cinemas). Studio of Mora Ltd. Western Road and London Rd, Brighton, U.K. more research needed.
RM2JHG721–'Back to Blighty': series of 6 cartoons showing the experiences of a First World War British soldier on leave & his disconnect from civilian life when he returns home. Panel 1: 'First class accommodation' (soldier walking through shattered landscape on Western Front). Panel 2: 'Just missed it' (disappearing train). Panel 3: 'The girl he left behind' (girl with civilian lover). Panel 4: 'Can't eat this stuff' (unable to eat food). Panel 5: 'What's the matter with the damned bed?' (unable to sleep). Panel 6: 'Glad to get back, boys!' (back at the trenches). The postcard was sent in 1918
RM2HNARYM–Original WW1 popular greetings card, here a Spanish version - of female British munitions worker with older male colleague, translation is 'youth and old age in a munitions (or shell filling) factory'. The factory was a British munitions factory based at Chilwell, Beeston, Nottingham, England, U.K. It was National Shell Filling Factory, no. 6 and manufactured high explosive shells. During the Great War it filled 19 million shells. Photographed by Horace Nicholls (Home Front Official Photographer) circa 21 August 1917.
RM2M98K56–When the War is Over, Maggie -- a British soldier on the Western Front writes a letter home to his love. (1 of 3)
RM2RC4E47–Original WW1 era postcard of group of cheerful district nurses with bicycles, wearing Queen's Institute of District Nurses (QNI) badges on hats - working on the home front, circa 1915, U.K.
RM2HTXE0H–A group of female workers at a shipbuilding yard on the River Clyde in Scotland during the First World War.
RMJ0MHFJ–Poignant vintage historic WW1 1917 postcard, sent from the battle front in Verdun France, by a British soldier letting his girlfriend know that he is alright First World War World War 1
RM2WAH5M9–Vintage World War I poster advising on food conservation with text 'Food - buy it with thought, cook it with care, use less wheat & meat, buy local foods, serve just enough, use what is left, don't waste it.'
RM2JGF23F–'No longer flowers grace the view, The eye no roses sees. My lady sits by the 'tater' patch Amongst the cabbages & peas': cartoon of a woman sitting in her former flower bed amongst potatoes, cabbages and peas. This First World War postcard was sent in 1915 and refers to the increase in people on the home front growing their own fruit and vegetables in response to increasing food prices and food shortages
RMG4M332–A woman paints her railings white in London, to make things easier during the blackout, during the Second World War.
RM2JHG5Y4–'The Lonely Soldier': Series of 4 cartoons showing the experiences of a First World War British soldier. Panel 1: ''A lonely soldier at the Front would like to correspond with a kindred soul', Morning Post' (soldier gives or received letters after placing an advert in the newspaper). Panel 2: 'Poor lonely soldier' (cheerful British soldier with surrendering German soldiers). Panel 3: 'Lonelier than ever' (soldier with hands on his hips being admired by 4 well dressed women). Panel 4: 'The lonely soldier at home' (soldier with wife & 5 children). The postcard was sent in 1918.
RM2K3J71E–Soldiers in trenches during the First World War write letters home. Life in the trenches was summed up by the phrase which later became well-known: “Months of boredom punctuated by moments of extreme terror.”
RMM9PAA1–Frontpage of the Sphere newspaper for January 1, 1916. World War One Soilder returning home to his family for Christmas
RMB8NTXB–Famous World War One British recruiting and propaganda poster entitled “Women of Britain say GO!”.
RMKWCX76–German women window cleaners dressed for work carry their tools in a Berlin street in World War 1. 1914-1918 (BSLOC 2017 2 49)
RMERGHBE–World War 1: 'Tommy' at home in German dug-outs. Offical War Photograph published on postcard. Series III. No.2. Tommy,
RMH4E4RP–With menfolk serving overseas during World War 1, women took over various roles including building navvies.
RM2JGF23G–'For sale motor car £250. Will exchange for 1lb sugar, 1/2 cwt coal & 7lbs potatoes': First World War cartoon showing an early motor car in a 'car exchange', with a sign referring to the high cost of living, in particular the prices of food and fuel
RM2JMGRP9–'A souvenir: Belgian refugees in Sheffield, 1914': First World War photographic postcard with four views of Belgian refugees at Shirle Hill, Sheffield. The photos show (1) a general view of the house with a couple of children standing outside; (2) 'Belgian refugees trimming the shrubs'; (3) 'On the lawn. Belgian refugees & visitors'; and (4) 'Sheffield guests. Belgian refugees at Shirle Hill' (group shot of men, women and children)
RM2J034B4–Original late WW1 era postcard of large group of factory workers, possibly munitions workers as the woman 2nd on left, back row is wearing 'on war service' munitions badge. Photograph by F. Taylor, Wembley, London, U.K. circa 1918.
RMB52A09–New gas chamber for testing gas masks on the roof of the guildhall in Kingston Upon Thames to reassure nervous people that their gas masks work and they are fitted correctly World War II Home Front Gas Masks Air Raid Precautions Children Childhood September 1939 LAFjan05 3rd January 1915 World War One German troops use tear gas for the first time against Russian soldiers
RFHM7N62–Food for France Fund booth at Conneticut State Fair, Hartford, Conn., week of Sept. 3, Housewives' Army, Hartford, Conn. Ca. 1917.
RMKH924G–'The Trail that Leads to Home' - song popular during World War 1. Words by Edward Lockton and Herbert Mackenzie. Page 3 of 3.
RM2AA0TX0–First World War recruitment Poster in which the women of Britain supposedly encouraged their menfolk to enlist into the forces.
RMBTJT95–World War 1 poster showing hardship in France. During World War I, the US Food Administration, lead by Herbert Hoover, helped conserve food for the war and cut civilian consumption of food needed overseas.
RM2AA0N0M–A French postcard illustrating the modes of transport used on the Western Front during World War One.
RM2EPHAJA–Field Marshal Sir John French (1852-1925), was appointed commander in chief of the British Expeditionary Force to France in 1914. But was not mentally or physically up to the strains of high command. In January 1916, French was appointed commander in chief of home forces. He was faced by a severe crisis at Easter 1916, when the Sinn Fein party rose in arms in Ireland and proclaimed a republic. In 1918, French was appointed lordlieutenant of Ireland and his tenure in that unhappy land was highlighted only by an unsuccessful attempt on his life in December 1919. He retired in April 1921.
RMGAG32J–Rudyard Kipling (bottom centre) appeals for recruits; On the left of Kipling is the Mayor of Southport in volunteer uniform. The naval officer (TOP RIGHT) is Surgeon Avarne who went down with the Goliath and swam for four miles before being rescued.
RM2A7TP6F–The howitzer workshop at the Coventry Ordnance Works. The company had been making guns for nine years prior to the war after being set up in 1905 by a consortium of British shipbuilding firms. The workers worked day and night on long shift patterns to create a varied selection of armaments, including guns, gauges, tools and even large naval guns.
RMG68R1H–A Chez Lounge is thrown from a window during Anti-German demonstrations in Chrisp Street, Poplar, London in response to the sinking, on the 7th May of the liner 'RMS Lusitania' by a German submarine.
RMERGHAY–Britain at War: Making Munitions during World War 1. Moving Heavy Gun Tubes by Muirhead Bone: 'This is a corner in the gun shop
RMGA1JY0–Women employed on Government work, felling trees in Kenstoke Woods, near Weston-Super-Mare.
RM2HN6F42–A First World War era picture of a woman munitions factory worker, Miss Edie Gegg aged 24, in Aston, Birmingham, UK in 1917.
RM2WRCAB3–Camouflaged home of marines in France, Photograph shows American soldiers from the Fifth Marines in front of a wooden hut covered with sticks and leaves in Menancourt, France during World War I., 1918 May 21, World War, 1914-1918, Glass negatives, 1 negative: glass
RM2JMGRPD–Members of the Women's Land Army on a farm, bringing in the harvest during the First World War. The uniformed women are tying up sheaves of hay, and a hay stack can be seen in the background. A man in a flat cap is watching. The stamp of the photographer - Frederick Joseph Seaman of Doncaster - can be seen in the bottom right corner.
RMPNJJA4–Illustrated patriotic postcard of a young woman doing National Service in the Women's Land Army (WLA),aimed at recruiting volunteers, illustration by Lawrence Miller, circa 1917, U.K
RM2HWKB41–'Our billet is first-class': 4 First World War soldiers in uniform in a drawing room. One is playing the piano and singing, another is holding a crying baby which he is failing to amuse with a rattle, the third is sweeping up with a broom whilst giving the baby side-eye, and the fourth is relaxing in an armchair, smoking a cigar. The woman of the house is standing in the open doorway with her hands clamped to her ears in an attempt to drown out the noise
RM2KF0T33–Original WW1 studio portrait postcard of German munitions worker (Alma Panza) On the reverse of the postcard is written 'In memory of the first moulder in Zeulenroda' - Zeulenroda, Triebes, Thuringia, Germany. - War year (Kriegsjahr) 1916'.
RMKH924B–'The Trail that Leads to Home' - song popular during World War 1. Words by Edward Lockton and Herbert Mackenzie. Page 1 of 3.
RMERGHCA–World War 1: Croatian 'Devil Division' , 42nd Division of Croatian Home Defense 42. Home Guard Infantry Division. Fought in
RMAW05AP–Soldier Writes Home 1915 postcard from the front from a young Tommy Somewhere In France to his sweetheart in Blighty
RM2A7TN0A–Factory girls packing fuse heads at the Coventry Ordnance Works. The company had been making guns for nine years prior to the war after being set up in 1905 by a consortium of British shipbuilding firms. The workers worked day and night on long shift patterns to create a varied selection of armaments, including guns, gauges, tools and even large naval guns.
RMBE5APG–World War One British recruiting and propaganda poster urging men to join the army and help stop German air raids.
RM2J60649–A British advertising recruitment poster from 1915 shows a photograph following an air raid when 78 women & children were killed and 228 women & children wounded by the German raiders. Poster showing a little girl holding a baby, outside a bomb-damaged building. 1915 Photo by F. Foxton of Scarborough.
RMERGH3B–Munitions Workers during World War 1, April 1916. Women learning to use machinery at Shoreditch Technical Institute, London.
RMDD72K2–World War 1. Russian peasant woman in her battle ruined home on the Eastern Front. She placed her baby in the cradle at right
RM2AA0NNG–A World War One French recruitment poster from 1917 , using the term 'On les aura' or 'we will have them'.
RM2J75GR9–Two soldiers on a dawn raid with rifles and fixed bayonets. Silhouetted against a reddening sky, they climb a hill on the frontline during World War One, 1914-1918.
RF2JN6JCC–Helden von der Front, die Heimat grüsst euch! Seid herzlich willkommen! (Heroes from the front, greetings from home! You are very welcome!) (1915) German World War I era poster by Walter Ditz
RM2JFJ30R–'The Business Tank after Hours. Our Tanks and Gold will win the War': First World War postcard showing a tank in Birmingham streets being used to raise funds for the war. Soldiers are by the tank and a crowd can be seen in the background
RM2KF0T10–Original WW1 studio portrait postcard of German munitions worker (Alma Panza) On the reverse of the postcard is written 'In memory of the first moulder in Zeulenroda' - Zeulenroda, Triebes, Thuringia, Germany. - War year (Kriegsjahr) 1916'.
RMB5MPDY–9 1914 8 0 H1 3 Refugees returning home East Prussia1914 World War One Battles in East Prussia August September 1914 March of th
RM2B7PGHW–WW1 era postcard of group of women land girls, doing war work - building a farm track, circa 1916, U.K.
RMKH924C–'The Trail that Leads to Home' - song popular during World War 1. Words by Edward Lockton and Herbert Mackenzie. Page 2 of 3.
RMM5XYEB–AJAXNETPHOTO. 1914-1918. WW1 EPHEMERA. - A SILK EMBROIDERED LETTER CARD DEPICTING HOLLY LEAVES AND BERRIES WITH THE NOTATION 'A MERRY CHRISTMAS' CONTAINED WITHIN AN EMBOSSED BORDER OF THE TYPE SENT BY SOLDIERS SERVING ON THE WESTERN FRONT TO RELATIVES IN THE U.K.
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RMKWCYMP–German women window cleaners dressed for work carry their tools in a Berlin street in World War 1. 1914-1918 (BSLOC 2017 2 49)
RFRN6MXG–Before the First World War, the Underground Group had developed a reputation for commissioning successful advertising posters. Colourful designs presented London in a new light, encouraging people to take trips to the countryside, theatre or the zoo. As the war dragged on it became inappropriate to promote non-essential leisure travel. Instead, propaganda posters for display at home and abroad were commissioned.Four posters, titled 'London Memories', were sent to troops fighting on the Western Front. The posters were displayed in army billets to raise morale and to remind soldiers of home.
RMT0K6CH–events, Second World War / WWII, Germany, women in war, female auxiliaries of the Wehrmacht at a telephone switch box, 'Deutsche Illustrierte', 21.1.1941, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
RM2HWKAW7–Royal Engineers at Southwell, Nottinghamshire, 1915: photograph of a column of soldiers marching through the town street in full uniform with rifles, several horse drawn carts with drivers are also included. Local men, women & children can be seen watching the event & a girl & boy appearing to be marching with the soldiers
RMT62YY5–1940s PATRIOTIC ANONYMOUS UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN HOME FRONT INDUSTRIAL WORKER USING ELECTRICAL HAND DRILL DURING WORLD WAR II - q43367 CPC001 HARS FEMALES WW2 JOBS HALF-LENGTH LADIES PERSONS INSPIRATION CONFIDENCE B&W GOALS SUCCESS SKILL OCCUPATION SKILLS HOME FRONT STRENGTH VICTORY COURAGE CHOICE KNOWLEDGE LOW ANGLE POWERFUL WORLD WARS LABOR PRIDE WORLD WAR WORLD WAR TWO WORLD WAR II AUTHORITY EMPLOYMENT OCCUPATIONS UNIDENTIFIED USING CONCEPTUAL PATRIOTIC ROSIE THE RIVETER STYLISH WORLD WAR 2 ANONYMOUS EMPLOYEE PRECISION YOUNG ADULT WOMAN BLACK AND WHITE CAUCASIAN ETHNICITY DURING LABORING
RM2J2PP2D–First World War birthday card featuring a portrait of Lord Kitchener, forget-me-not flowers, the Union Jack and the French Tricolore flag. A poem is included: 'Birthday greetings to you. The times have changed, yet still I send The usual Birthday greeting. In war and strife and conflict, friend. Our thoughts are still a-meeting. May peace at least these hours beguile And luck be with you all the while.
RM2BWAJ71–Soldiers home from the trenches interested in the new notice to single men ( Gordons Highlanders ) 1 March
RM2AERDWW–A 'Child 1/2D' bus ticket, a piece of World War II related replica memorabilia from Britain in the 1940s.
RM2J75GW8–Two soldiers on a dawn raid with rifles and fixed bayonets. Silhouetted against a reddening sky, they climb a hill on the frontline during World War One, 1914-1918.
RMDD737F–World War One. On the American home front, African American women weigh wire coils and recording weights. April 16, 1919.
RM2J3R9R4–An early 20th century French advertising recruitment poster from World War One, 1914-1918, showing a French soldier is holding his child, while his wife is nursing the baby. The artist is Auguste Leroux (187-1957)
RM2GNK08G–Original WW1 era postcard of pretty female factory war worker, wearing a tunic and mob cap, possibly munitions worker, circa 1916, unknown location, U.K.
RMKH9238–'If You Were the Only Girl in the World' - song written by Clifford Grey with music by Nat. D. Ayer. 1916. Popular during World War I. Page 1 of 3.
RM2G7RREX–Original WW1 era postcard notice reads Munition Workers Gaines Filling Factory Danger Buildings Woolwich Arsenal, the women wear 'on war service' badges posted 1917, Woolwich, London, U.K.
RMB475B2–events, Second World War / WWII, Germany, potential recyclable collection for Wehrmacht and Volkssturm, collection point, 18.1.1945,
RMM51127–Comic postcard female milkman, dairymaid, showing changing role of women in the WW1 era, volunteering to help the war effort, taking on traditional men's jobs, posted 1918, Welling. U.K.
RMB45F6J–events, Second World War / WWII, Germany, potential recyclable collection for Wehrmacht and Volkssturm, 7. - 28.1.1945, collection point, Berlin,
RM2BADFKT–Original WW1 era studio portrait postcard of group of civilian female munitions workers with manager, one of the girls is wearing an 'On War Service' badge, England, Britain, U.K. Circa 1916, 1917 or 1918
RMDB0CN7–Second World War / WWII, aerial warfare, Germany, Air Raid Precautions, police decree, service obligation to Air Raid Precautions service, Windsheim, 13.1.1942, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RMEA69NR–Belgian peasant and child wearing gas masks in their home near the trenches on the Flanders Front WW1
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