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Vintage silver gelatin print. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of battlefield debris in the desert at Sidi Rezegh, Libya, during the Second World War.

Battlefield debris, Western Desert

Photographs

1942

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of a young Polish Jewish refugee in Palestine.

Jewish refugee

Photographs

ca. 1942

Fox Photos Ltd. photograph titled 'Air Scouts visit Fleet Air Arm'. Caption on back reads: Air Scouts in camp near a Fleet Air Arm Station were lucky enough to have permission to see the activities in progress there. The Fleet Air Arm Officer who showed them round also added to their excitement as he was none other than Lieut. Laurence Olivier, the film star. Photo shows -- Lieut. Laurence Olivier gives the Air Scouts a lecture from the wing of an Albercore used by the Fleet Air Arm.

Lieut. Laurence Olivier shows Air Scouts Fleet Air Arm Station

Photographs

17 August 1942

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "Village Christening". Photographer's ("K. Hubschmann") stamp and editorial notes on verso. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947), p. 56.

Village Christening

Photographs

19 December 1942

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of the skeleton of a plane in the Westen Desert during the second world war.

Debris in the Western Desert

Photographs

1942

Plaster copy of bowl, part of C16 European alchemist's distilling apparatus, English, 1942

Plaster copy of bowl, part of C16 European alchemi

Laboratory Medicine

1942

Skull, no mandible or facial skeleton, said to be young adult female, from Upper Nile region, inscription Egyptian, 2000 BC-1900

Human Skull

Anatomy & Pathology

2000-1900 BCE

Fishplate profile, working, side, for Sierra Leone Railway flat-bottomed rail, shallow fishplates, Requisition No.4545/4, unnumbered Crown Agents series, by SISC, November 1942

Fishplate profile made for Sierra Leone Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1942

Dry, prepayment gas meter made by Smith Meters Ltd in 1942, capacity 100 cu ft/hr, constructed of grey painted, tin-plated steel with F&P seal, Serial No. 1842239. Meter accepted 6d and 1/- coins.

Dry, prepayment gas meter made by Smith Meters Ltd

Gas Industry

1942

Shallow saucer-like palette of slate, 4 squared lugs on rim, probably Egyptian, 2000BC-800

Palette,slate,shallow saucer shape, 4 squared lugs on rim

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-800

Laboratory variable inductance, serial no.2103/1942, made by H.W. Sullivan Ltd., London

Laboratory variable inductance, serial no.2103/194

Electricity and Magnetism

1942

Gas mask with carrier bag in cardboard box, for civilian use, Britain, 1941, by Siebe Gorman, with anti-dimming outfit cannister

Gas mask

Public Health & Hygiene

1942

Plaster copy of bowl, part of European alchemist's distilling apparatus, English, 1942

Plaster copy of bowl, part of European alchemist's

Laboratory Medicine

1942

Philips Lamps Ltd coiled-coil gas filled ligh bulb, c. 1942

light bulb - lamp, incandescent: gas-filled

Lighting

c. 1942

3 cup anemometer by R.W. Munro Ltd., London, Met. Ref. No. 462/42.

Three cup anemometer

Meteorology

1942

3 cup electrical anemometer, by R.W. Munro Ltd., London, Met. Ref. 1673, MO No. 806/42. 1942.

Three cup electrical anemometer

Meteorology

1942

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of playwright Noel Coward.

Noel Coward

Photographs

ca. 1942

Boxed bottles of Ash's "Zincup" oxyphosphate cement, by the Amalgamated Dental Co., London, dated 20 AUG 1942

Boxed bottles of Ash's "Zincup" oxyphosphate cemen

Dentistry

1942

3 cup sensitive anemometer, marked `Meteor No4' by C F C (C.F. Casella and Co. Ltd), in bakelite case. Marked MO 23/42/48, returned as Us in 1982. Dated 1942

3 cup sensitive anemometer, marked `Meteor No4' by

Meteorology

1942

Photograph showing Ashington Colliery traiing scheme for pit boys, taken by James Jarche, 27 May 1942. Gelatin silver print.

Ashington Colliery training scheme for pit boys

Photographs

1942-05-27

Photograph entitled 'Rivetting a Spitfire tank' taken by James Jarche for Illustrated, 2 December 1942. Gelatin silver print.

Rivetting a Spitfire tank

Photographs

1942-12-02

Self-portrait of photographer Cecil Beaton standing on a sand dune overlooking the ocean. Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Original was taken in the Western Desert during the second world war.

Cecil Beaton self-portrait, WWII

Photographs

1942

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of an Arab legionnaire in the Western Desert during the Second World War.

Arab Legionnaire

Photographs

1942

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of an Arab Legionnaire in the Western Desert during the second world war.

Arab Legionnaire

Photographs

1942

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of battle debris in the Western Desert during the second world war.

Debris in the Western Desert

Photographs

1942

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Battlefield debris in the Western Desert. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton.

Battlefield debris in the Western Desert

Photographs

1942

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of bombed out buildings overlooking the sea following the First Battle of El Alamein during the Second World War.

Bomb damage, Egypt

Photographs

1942

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of battlefield debris left in the Western Desert during the second world war.

Debris in the Western Desert

Photographs

1942

Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of Nurse Ellis putting a cast on a wounded soldier's leg in the operating theatre at the 62nd General Hispital in Torbuk, Lybia, during the Second World War.

Nurse Ellis in the operating theatre

Photographs

1942

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton. Image shows Michael Foot and Frank Owen at a National Council of Civil Liberties meeting on the freedom of the press in Central Hall, Westminster, London, 24th April 1942.

Michael Foot and Frank Owen

Photographs

24 April 1942

Vintage silver gelatin print ‘Pit Heads and Heaps’ by Robert Capa Glamorgan, 18 July 1942. Published in 'Illustrated' photomagazine.

Pit Heads and Heaps, Glamorgan

Photographs

1942-07-18

Photograph entitled 'Birth of a bomber - The Lancaster', taken by Reuben Saidman for Illustrated, March 1942. Gelatin silver print.

Birth of a bomber - The Lancaster

Photographs

1942-03-01

Photograph showing Rolls Royce Merlin engines being made, taken by an unknown photographer for the Daily Herald, 18 February 1942. Gelatin silver print.

Rolls Royce Merlin engines being made

Photographs

1942-02-18

Photograph showing Rolls Royce Merlin engines being made, taken by an unknown photographer for the Daily Herald, 18 February 1942. Gelatin silver print.

Rolls Royce Merlin engines being made

Photographs

1942-02-18

Pencil and crayon drawing. Holborn Viaduct of the Southern Railway seen from the ruins of Snow Hill by R Mathews, April 1942.

Pencil and crayon drawing. Holborn Viaduct of the Southern

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1942-04

LNER timetable "Government Scheme for Evacuation of Civil Population in One Complete Movement," giving the proposed timings for the evacuation of the civilian population of East Anglia, dated 14 August 1942. Marked "Secret." This was an revised version of an earlier plan which came within three weeks of being put into operation. The plan was overseen by a Civil Commissioner based in Cambridge who had almost unlimited authority to effect the plan. 11.1417 x 7.3228 in.

Government Scheme for Evacuation of Civil Population in One Complete Movement

Documents

1942

LNER certificate appointing Edward Hamilton Kerr as a special constable to give him powers to assist with the complete evacuation of the civilian population of East Anglia , 3 March 1942.

Justices' Certificate of Appointment

Documents

1942

Model railway wagon, `0' gauge, LNWR cattle with drover's compartment, No.72324, built by M.C. Hart, c.1960

London & North Western Railway cattle with drover's compartment,

Railway Models

1955-195

Watercolour. 'Waterloo' (Woman porter pushing barrow) by Helen McKie, June 1942. Image size 365mm x 255mm. Frame size 585mm x 510mm.

Waterloo

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1942

Circular entitled: Obstruction of Railway Scheme - Rail Train Blocks, made by Southern Railway and released on 30th June, 1942. The document relates to the erection of rail tank blocks on Southern Railway lines. 3 sheets.

Circular entitled: Obstruction of Railway Scheme - Rail Train Blocks

Documents

1942

Notice. Railway Executive Committee. Restricted Areas. (In Kent, Sussex and the Isle of Wight). Issued 24 October 1942 with paste-over stating that Isle of Wight Stations are unrestricted from 1 January-1March 1943. Black text on white background. Ref: No 71. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge.

Restricted Areas. (In Kent, Sussex and the Isle of Wight)

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1942

London & North Eastern Railway A.R.P. Control Centre memorandum giving details of exemptions to compulsory participation in fire-watching schemes at King's Cross Station under the Fire Prevention (Business Premises) Order. Issued by the Station & Air Raid Master, 10 July 1942.

Fire Prevention (Business Premises) Order

Documents

1942-07-10

Painting. [Cleaning Gas Retorts, St Pancras] / Cliff Rowe, [1942]. Oil on canvas; 46 x 91 cm. Unsigned. Colour composition and study of movement and shape, one cleaning operative, worked from /43

Cleaning Gas Retorts, St Pancras

Cliff Rowe

1942

Pass, Royal Air Force Civilian Works Pass, No. S.P.45 access to Halton Camp for G H Tibbles of London & North Eastern Railway, signed by R Catchpole, Flight Lieutenant, Station Police, 1942.

Pass, Royal Air Force Civilian Works Pass, No. S.P.45 access

Documents

1942

Text. Withdrawal of cheap fares. 1942. London & North Eastern Railway.

withdrawal of cheap fares

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

1942

Memorandum that J Hedges was employed as a Checker in the Traffic Department, Knebworth, by London & North Eastern Railway and that a checker is a reserved occupation, 25 July 1942;

LNER memo

Documents

1942-07-25

Watercolour. 'Time Marches On. Porters at Waterloo' by Helen McKie, 1940.

Time Marches On. Porters at Waterloo

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1942

Watercolour. 'Ticket Collector, Waterloo', by Helen McKie, June 1942. Image size 365mm x 255mm. Frame size 585mm x 505mm

Ticket Collector, Waterloo

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1942

Leaflet; re. naming ceremony of Cunard White Star mixed traffic locomotive at Charing Cross Station, issued by Southern Railway.

naming ceremony of cunard white star mixed traffic locomotive

Documents

1942

Poster, United Aid to China Fund, China's War is our War, by Frederic H K Henrion about 1942. Second World War propaganda poster. Coloured lithograph depicting a photograph of a Chinese man's head on a blue ground. Below, in white lettering on red bands, are the words "China's war is our war". Beneath are the words "United Aid to China Fund, President: The Hon Lady Cripps, 57 New Bond Street, London, W.1." Text in the bottom right margin reads "Folio No. 230 (Regd under War Charities Act 1940). Ink stamp at top left reads "LNER Authorised for exhibition by LNER, illegible".

China's War is Our War

Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

about 1942