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105,231 1940 Stock Photos and High-res Pictures

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1920s italian family portrait - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1920s italian family portrait

Two soldiers from the 2nd Royal Ulster Rifles, 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, British Expeditionary Force walk down the bomb damaged...

World War Two: Europe 1940

wedding in 1941.black and white. - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Wedding in 1941.Black And White.

British soldiers on leave, queuing outside Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane ground, London, before a match between Arsenal and Chelsea, 23rd March...

Servicemen At White Hart Lane

vintage snapshot of a couple in brooklyn - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Vintage Snapshot of a Couple in Brooklyn

General cityscape view of the City of London, St Paul's Cathedral and the smoke from burning buildings following the German Luftwaffe blitz on the...

World War Two: Home Front 1940, The Blitz.

1920s italian family portrait - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1920s italian family portrait

The Battle Of Britain 1940, Operations: Two Dornier 17 bombers over West Ham, London, 7th September 1940.

German Bombers Over London

1920s italian indoor woman portrait - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1920s italian indoor woman portrait

Wrecked Humber car on Pall Mall, London after an air raid during the London Blitz, 15th October 1940.

young woman in fur,1936.black and white - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Young Woman in Fur,1936.Black And White

Members of the Home Guard and local workers examine the wreckage of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 of the German Luftwaffe, which was shot down in flames...

Messerschmitt 109 Shot Down

1920s italian family portrait - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1920s italian family portrait

Milkman delivering milk in a street, devastated in a German bombing raid, in the Holborn area of London, 9th October 1940. Firemen are dampening down...

Delivery After Raid

1920s italian family portrait - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1920s italian family portrait

The British Army In The UK: Evacuation From Dunkirk, May - June 1940, Destroyers filled with evacuated British troops berthing at Dover, 31 May 1940.

The British Army In The UK: Evacuation From Dunkirk, May - June 1940

1930s. florence tuscany italy young woman portrait in the home meadow - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1930s. Florence Tuscany Italy young woman portrait in the home meadow

Indy Indianapolis 500 car race winner Wilbur Shaw driving his Boyle Special Maserati 8CTF.

1940 Indianapolis 500

rural landscape - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Rural Landscape

Readers choosing books which are still intact among the charred timbers of the Holland House library, London, 23rd October 1940.

mother and daughter picking flowers - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Mother and daughter picking flowers

Wrecked German aircraft piled in heaps during the Battle of Britain. 8th Aug 1940.

Wrecked German aircraft piled in heaps during the Battle of Britain

old photo in morocco - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Old photo in Morocco

View east down the Thames towards smoke rising from fires in Surrey docks, following the first German air raid of the London Blitz, 7th September...

First Raid Of The Blitz

1920s italian family portrait - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1920s italian family portrait

The Battle Of Britain In 1940 : Hit German Heinkel Plane.

The Battle Of Britain In 1940 : Hit German Heinkel Plane

image taken in the 40s, pensive young woman in studio pose looking away - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Image taken in the 40s, pensive young woman in studio pose looking away

Crowds of people watch soldiers of the 1st Battalion Toronto Scottish Regiment of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division marching past Big Ben at...

World War Two: Canadian Army 1940

young woman in fur,1940.black and white. - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Young Woman in Fur,1940.Black And White.

Miss Ena Squire-Brown, an international dancer famed for her 'Dove Dance', leaves her recently bombed home for St. George's Church in Forest Hill, to...

Leaving For Church

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1920s young woman portrait at the beach, italy. - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1920s young woman portrait at the beach, Italy.

And police searching a house in North West London that was wrecked by a German bomb. Circa 1940.

ARP and police search a house in North West London that was wrecked by a German bomb

young woman sitting by the sea,1940.black and white. - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Young Woman Sitting by the Sea,1940.Black And White.

Air raid wardens and spotters on a rooftop use binoculars to scan the sky for sight of incoming German Luftwaffe bombers dropping high explosive and...

London During The Blitz

1930s. florence tuscany italy young mom portrait - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1930s. Florence Tuscany Italy young mom portrait

Gas-driven taxis in a street in Birmingham. The gas bags on the roofs of the taxis last about 15 to 20 miles without a refill.

Gas-Driven Taxis

fun with the banjo player in the bar!!! - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Fun with the banjo player in the bar!!!

Two Air Raid Wardens tending to a baby in a suitcase at an air raid shelter in London during the Blitz, October 1940. Original Publication: Picture...

Baby In A Suitcase

not known at this address - envelope - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Not known at this address - envelope

Cossack returns to Leith on 17 February 1940, after rescuing the British prisoners held in Graf Spee's supply ship Altmark.

HMS Cossack returns to Leith

vintage family snapshot - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Vintage Family Snapshot

An Irish family sitting down to a meal at home.

1920s italian soldier portrait - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1920s italian soldier portrait

Members of the crew play a game of baseball with kit left on an ex United States Navy destroyer on convoy duty with the Royal Navy in the Atlantic...

Royal Navy Crew On Atlantic Convoy Duty

battle of britain. - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Battle of Britain.

Wartime view from Admiralty Arch of Trafalgar Square during The Blitz on London in World War II in October 1940. Visible high up in the sky are...

London During The Blitz

rainy street - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Two Royal Navy British Power Boat Company 60ft Motor Torpedo Boats from the 1st MTB Flotilla armed with two quadruple top-mounted pan magazine Lewis...

World War Two: War at Sea 1940

military running in sepia tones - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Military running in sepia tones

British tanks in the streets of London waiting for the German attacks, United Kingdom, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVII, No...

British tanks in streets of London

1920s italian soldier portrait - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1920s italian soldier portrait

Female Air Transport Auxiliary pilots beside an Airspeed Oxford twin-engine monoplane at the ATA base during World War Two, at RAF Hatfield,...

World War II - Air Transport Auxiliary

two ww2 change of address cards from the netherlands - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Two WW2 change of address cards from The Netherlands

British cricketer and actor C Aubrey Smith, wearing an overcoat and a cap, smokes a pipe as his wife, Isabella Smith, holds him by the arm as they...

C. Aubrey Smith, British Cricketer & Actor

1930s. alassio liguria italy. young woman posing on the coastline - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1930s. Alassio Liguria Italy. Young woman posing on the coastline

Crowds look on as officers and sailors from the Royal Navy Cruisers HMS Exeter and HMS Ajax parade on Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall, London on...

World War Two: Home Front 1940

roundabout - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Royal Air Force catering instructors demonstrate how to butcher the various cuts of the meat ration to a classroom of catering NCO cooks with the aid...

World War Two: Home Front 1940

santo cristo de la fe in nuestra señora del carmen y san luis obispo church, madrid, spain - 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Santo Cristo de la Fe in Nuestra Señora del Carmen y San Luis Obispo Church, Madrid, Spain

Member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force at work repairing damaged anti aircraft defence barrage balloons using a Singer Sewing machine, circa March...

World War Two: Women's Auxiliary Air Force 1940

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