HMS Loch Glendhu FL14734, British Navy ship
Royal Navy Loch-class frigate HMS Loch Glendhu Underway at sea.
The Archbishop of Canterbury conducts a service in the cinema at Flott...
The Archbishop of Canterbury conducts a service in the cinema at Flotta on Orkney during his visit to the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow, 6 September 1942. A general view of the service carried out by the Archbishop ... More
President and Mrs. Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, and an unidentifi...
Public domain photograph related to President Harry S. Truman, 1940s-1950s, cold war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ansel Adams - National Archives 79-AA-G01
"The Tetons - Snake River," Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming; From the series Ansel Adams Photographs of National Parks and Monuments, compiled 1941 - 1942, documenting the period ca. 1933 - 1942. Français : ... More
Burning Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of VF-2 aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) on ...
Crash landing of a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat (Number 30) of Fighting Squadron 2 (VF-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), into the carrier's port side 20mm gun gallery, 10 November 1943. L... More
Archives of American Art - Eitaro Ishigaki - 2174
Ishigaki standing before his painting. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 13 East 37th St. New York City Location: Harlem Court; Artist: Eitar... More
Archives of American Art - Eugenie Gershoy - 3049
Eugenie Gershoy in her studio, photographed for Art Week, for the Works Progress Administration. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): New York City W.P.A. Art Project; Photographic Division; 110 K... More
Archives of American Art - Sculpture workshop in New York sponsored by...
Photograph taken in New York City, during the Federal Art Project, shows sculptors in a sculpture workshop.
Justice Neal Macrossan Senior Puisne Judge Chairman of the Medical Ass...
Justice Neal Macrossan Senior Puisne Judge Chairman of the Medical Assessment Tribunal Brisbane 1940
StateLibQld 1 101972 Children enjoying a game at the Paddington Kinder...
Children enjoying a game at the Paddington Kindergarten, ca. 1949 Former Kindergarten building in the picture was later the Lady Cilento Resource Centre. (Description supplied with photograph.).
StateLibQld 1 102384 Air Raid Warden testing new equipment in Brisbane...
Air Raid Warden testing new equipment in Brisbane, October 1942. Description: See Courier Mail, 22 January 1942, p. 3. Wardens want helmets.
StateLibQld 1 104272 Eleanor Roosevelt arriving in Rockhampton, Queens...
Eleanor Roosevelt arriving in Rockhampton, Queensland, 9 September 1943 President Roosevelt's wife, Eleanor Roosevelt visited American troops based in camps, hostels and hospitals in Australia during September ... More
StateLibQld 1 104296 Meeting of the Hanlon Government at Queensland Pa...
Meeting of the Hanlon Government at Queensland Parliament House. Executive Council Meeting - E. M. Hanlon Government. Left to Right: H. A. Bruce; E. J. Walsh; E. M. Hanlon; Sir Leslie Wilson:T. G. Hope (Officia... More
StateLibQld 1 105972 Servicemen playing gridiron football in Brisbane
Servicemen playing gridiron football in Brisbane. Probably American servicemen playing a game of gridiron football during their stay in Brisbane.
StateLibQld 1 107056 Interior of a home owned by the Lennon family, Br...
Interior of a house at 66 Llewellyn Street, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane. The house was owned by the Lennon family. A murder occurred at the house on 21 February 1940.[1]
StateLibQld 1 108328 Work for Victory pledge from the Trade Union Move...
Work for Victory pledge from the Trade Union Movement, June 1941 Advertisement which was in the Courier Mail, Brisbane, describing the Pledge of the Australian Trade Union Movement to work for a swift and compl... More
StateLibQld 1 112000 Bellevue Hotel, Brisbane, 1940
Bellevue Hotel, Brisbane, 1940. The Bellevue Hotel was erected in 1886 occupying the site on the corner of George and Alice Streets, Brisbane, Queensland. The building was of three storey construction featuring... More
StateLibQld 1 114168 Returned World War Two soldiers march in Queen St...
Returned World War Two soldiers march in Queen Street, Brisbane, 1944 A march down Queen Street on Tuesday, 8 August 1944, by the uniformed men of the Seventh Division, an elite A.I.F (Australian Imperial Force... More
StateLibQld 1 124146 Rafting across the river at Bougainville, ca. 194...
Rafting across the river at Bougainville, ca. 1944. Australian soldiers standing on the river bank watching a raft loaded with comrades crossing the river.
StateLibQld 1 124549 Martin Wilson Brothers Pty. Ltd. in Mary Street, ...
Martin Wilson Brothers Pty. Ltd. in Mary Street, Brisbane, 1946 The site is now occupied by the G.I.O. building (2000) (Description supplied with photograph.).
StateLibQld 1 126531 Margery Foll and Mrs Foll (wife of Senator Foll) ...
Margery Foll at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, 1940 Public domain photograph - female portrait, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
StateLibQld 1 127531 Mrs Blackburne at the Doomben race meeting, 1940
Mrs Blackburne at the Doomben race meeting, 1940 Smartest toilette seen at yesterday's Doomben meeting was worn by atttractive Mrs Blackburne, a study in Robin Hood green with imitation fruit trimmings on her f... More
StateLibQld 1 130295 Parade of RAAF recruits through Queen Street, Bri...
Parade of RAAF recruits through Queen Street, Brisbane, August 1940. Recruits are being feted with confetti and streamers by people in the crowd before leaving for the south for their training. Ladies are watch... More
StateLibQld 1 130747 Laurel Avenue, Chelmer, Brisbane, 1949
Laurel Avenue, Chelmer, Brisbane, 1949. Tree-lined Laurel Avenue, Chelmer, in November 1949, with a motor vehicle in the foreground and fences on each side of the road. The road is sealed and there is curbing a... More
StateLibQld 1 130899 Handicraft float from the Red Cross Procession, B...
Handicraft float from the Red Cross Procession, Brisbane, 1944 Red Cross workshops provided something to occupy incapacitated soldiers and the float shows soldiers working on handicrafts as the float goes by in... More
StateLibQld 1 137975 Sir John Dudley Lavarack
Sir John Dudley Lavarack Lieutenant-General Sir John Dudley Lavarack K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. Queensland Governor from 1 October 1946 - 4 December 1957.
StateLibQld 1 162867 Mary Jane Pawson, 1943
Mary Jane Pawson, 1943, Queensland. Public domain photograph related to Queensland, Australia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
StateLibQld 1 177295 Thora nee (Smeal) nursing baby on vacation with h...
Thora nee (Smeal) nursing baby on vacation with husband Professor Gordon Greenwood, Sydney ca. 1941
StateLibQld 1 184759 Packing bacon for the troops, Brisbane, July 1942
Packing bacon for the troops, Brisbane, July 1942. Factory worker is preparing the bacon to pack into tins while another person slices bacon on a large cutting wheel.
StateLibQld 1 187595 Woman photographed on her wedding day, 1941
Woman photographed on her wedding day, 1941 Young woman photographed on her wedding day in July 1941. During war time, brides often did not wear traditional wedding dress as large numbers of clothing coupons we... More
StateLibQld 1 187939 Air raid exercise in Brisbane, ca. 1941
Air raid exercise in Brisbane, ca. 1941. Public domain photograph of military activity, army camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
StateLibQld 1 188407 First aid demonstration in the park, Brisbane, ca...
First aid demonstration in the park, Brisbane, ca. 1942.
StateLibQld 1 196607 Home Hill Railway Station during the 1940 floods,...
Home Hill Railway Station during the 1940 floods, looking north.
StateLibQld 1 197631 Charters Towers Airfield, 1943
Charters Towers Airfield, 1943. Remains of an aeroplane on the back of a semi trailer at the airfield. The aeroplane was a Vultee Vengeance dive bomber.
StateLibQld 1 205584 Major General J. M. A. Durrant meets Frank Forde ...
Major General J. M. A. Durrant meets Frank Forde in Brisbane, 1941 Mr. Forde, the new Minister for the Army, was met at the railway station, South Brisbane, by Major-General J.M.A. Durrant, G.O.C. Northern Comm... More
StateLibQld 1 86524 Textile factory worker Betty Power, Brisbane, July...
Textile factory worker Betty Power, Brisbane, July 1942. Khaki pull-overs for the Allied armies and navy blue for the Air Force, came out in long lines like strings of sausages from the machines which are tende... More
StateLibQld 1 92032 Farmers at work on Price's farm, Cleveland, 1946
Farmers at work on Price's farm, Cleveland, 1946 Farm workers are from left: Dave Beard, D. N. Price and C. McArthur. (Description supplied with photograph.).
StateLibQld 2 163363 Mothers waiting with their small children ready t...
Mothers waiting with their small children ready to be vaccinated, Brisbane, 1947 Brisbane City Council Health Department's service room. Mothers with children awaiting immunisation against Diphtheria and Whoopi... More
StateLibQld 2 165979 Council worker spraying for mosquitos, Brisbane, ...
Council worker spraying for mosquitos, Brisbane, 1949 Dusting DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) on mosquito breeding water by using a hand operated machine. (Description supplied with photograph).
StateLibQld 2 188263 Volunteers working on camouflage nets, Brisbane, ...
Volunteers working on camouflage nets, Brisbane, 1942. Eileen Wallace and Mona Parnell are among a group of voluntary camouflage garnishers who have been working regularly at this war task for the Allied Forces... More
StateLibQld 2 247415 Section of the Rollingstone Army base known as th...
Section of the Rollingstone Army base known as the Gun Park, 1943 6FO Regt. at Rollingstone during World War II.
StateLibQld 2 273323 Military airplane fuselages at Oakey Air Force Ba...
Military airplane fuselages at Oakey Air Force Base, 1949 Can you help us describe this image?.
StateLibQld 2 389853 Funeral procession for American soldiers, Brisban...
Funeral procession for American soldiers, Brisbane, Queensland, 1947 The funeral procession in Queen Street was for the American war dead, who were disinterred from United States War Graves in Queensland to be ... More
AC Torino - I ragazzi del 1949, Italy
Italiano: Torino, stadio Filadelfia, 15 maggio 1949. Il Torino schierato in campo con la sua squadra ragazzi, undici giorni dopo la tragedia di Superga in cui perì il Grande Torino, in occasione della sfida con... More
Valerio Bacigalupo Italy
Italiano: Il portiere di calcio italiano Valerio Bacigalupo.
Harlu, SA-kuva 108239
Suomi: Harlu JP 4. marssilla. Vikaa negatiivissa.
USS Princeton (CVL-23) blows up after being torpedoed by USS Reno
The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) blows up after being torpedoed by the light cruiser USS Reno (CL-96) on 24 October 1944. Princeton had been fatally damaged by Japanese air attack ear... More
USS Princeton (CVL-23) afire
The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) afire at about 1004 hours on 24 October 1944, soon after she was hit by a Japanese bomb during operations off the Philippines. This view shows smoke r... More
J2M in Malaya, Imperial War Museum
Japanese aircraft taken over by the Allies in British Malaya were tested and evaluated by Japanese naval pilots under the supervision of Royal Air Force officers. Here a Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (known to the All... More
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch armoured train
Troops from the Somerset Light Infantry man an armoured train on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch miniature railway in Kent, 14 October 1940.
Yalta Edit
Conference of the Big Three at Yalta makes final plans for the defeat of Germany. Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Premier Josef Stalin." February 1945. 111-SC-260486.
Piloti Prve in Druge lovske eskadrilje
Slovenščina: Piloti Prve in Druge lovske eskadrilje, fotografirani dne 12. februarja 1945, potem ko so bili odlikovani.
1945-01-05 Tuborg 2 - A group of men standing in front of a building
Den nedstyrtede Østvæg i Kedelhuset
Karl Zale, Sculptor - A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat
Karl Zale (1989 - 1942), Sculptor. Russia, Latvia.Русский: Скульптор Карл Фёдорович Зале (1989 - 1942), фотография 1940 года, один из создателей памятников в Петрограде по «Ленинскому плану монументальной пр... More
PROF. HAIM WEIZMAN DURING THE OFFICIAL WELCOME ON ACCASSION OF HIS VIS...
PROF. HAIM WEIZMAN DURING THE OFFICIAL WELCOME ON ACCASSION OF HIS VISIT TO THE TECHNION IN HAIFA. טקס קבלת פנים לכבודו של פרופסור חיים וייצמן, בעת ביקורו בטכניון בחיפה.
Tweede Wereldoorlog, SFA022804078
Nederlands: Omschrijving: Tweede Wereldoorlog. Luchtoorlog. Gevecht tussen Messerschmitt en Spitfire (resp. Duits en Engels gevechtsvliegtuig). Duikvlucht Duitse vlieger voor aanval op zijn tegenstander. [NB f... More
Bombard at Chikunan Railway Station 1945
Bombs and flyers (right on the platform) dropped by a B-25 bomber at Chikunan Railway Station, Formosa.
American Sherman tank after destroying a Japanese tank
American Sherman tank after destroying a Japanese tank. Original caption: "M4 Sherman passing destroyed Japanese Shinhoto Chiha tank on Luzon-in the Phillipines 17 Jan-1945."
1940 govt photo minnesota farming scene chippewa baby teething on maga...
1940 US government publicity photo meant for newspaper and magazine publication: Minnesota farm worker scene of Chippewa baby (at a rice field) strapped to cradleboard while teething on an Office of Indian Affa... More
State Lib Qld 1 105376 Justice Hugh Macrossan being sworn in, Brisbane...
State Library of Queensland caption : Justice Hugh Macrossan being sworn in, Brisbane, 1940. Comment : this actually shows Neal Macrossan, at left.
SBB Historic - F 108 01-02434 - Fuehrerstand eines Triebwagens Fhe 4 6...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
"However pressing his duties STM2-c James Lee Frazer always finds time...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Demobilized Japanese soldiers crowd trains at Hiroshima on way to home...
General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1247 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.
Discharged Japanese soldiers crowd trains as they take advantage of fr...
General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1248 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.
Tarawa Island by Frank Filan
"Tarawa Island", a photograph of dead Japanese soldiers at a destroyed pillbox following the Battle of Tarawa. This photograph won the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Photography (sharing the honor with "Homecoming").
Overstroming van de Wieringmeerpolder. Op 17 april 1945 hebben de Duit...
Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Vernielingen: Wieringermeer Beschrijving : Overstroming van de Wieringmeerpolder. Op 17 april 1945 hebben de Duitsers nog de dijk doorge... More
StateLibQld 1 107796 Netball team photograph, Brisbane, 1940
Netball team photograph, Brisbane, 1940 Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
StateLibQld 1 108324 Women in training for the Australian Women's Army...
Women in training for the Australian Women's Army Service, Brisbane, August 1942. Members of the A.W.A.S. training for service with anti-aircraft units. (Description supplied with photograph).
StateLibQld 1 123375 Masonic Ball at the Trocadero in Brisbane, 1940
Masonic Ball at the Trocadero in Brisbane, 1940 Debutantes were presented to the Governor of Queensland, Sir Leslie Wilson. Flower girls seated in front were Estelle Power and Merle Pringle.
StateLibQld 1 124162 Soldier sitting behind a machine gun, Townsville,...
Soldier sitting behind a machine gun, Townsville, 1942. John Lawrence Gasperino. (Description supplied with photograph).
StateLibQld 1 125907 Fire Brigade practise in Cairns during World War ...
Fire Brigade practise in Cairns during World War II, ca. 1942
StateLibQld 1 132291 Bridal party celebrating their wedding during Wor...
Bridal party celebrating their wedding during World War II, Brisbane, 1942 Lieutenant Arnold W. T. Just and his bride, Private Verlie Tainton (Australian Women's Air Services) enjoying afternoon tea with their ... More
StateLibQld 1 146483 Bernice Karrasch with children Roger and Prudence
Bernice Karrasch with children Roger and Prudence
StateLibQld 1 15050 Paluma (ship)
Paluma (ship). Public domain photograph of steamship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
StateLibQld 1 185279 William McKenzie
William McKenzie Public domain photograph related to Queensland, Australia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
StateLibQld 1 188683 Surfers Paradise Hotel, Gold Coast, ca. 1948
Surfers Paradise Hotel, Gold Coast, ca. 1948. A man stands with 'Topsy the Talking Pony' outside Cavill's Hotel on the Gold Coast.
StateLibQld 1 191035 Kenneth and Mary Nunn
Kenneth and Mary Nunn The wedding group of Sergeant Kenneth R. Nunn, AIF, and his bride (formerly Miss Mary Helene Thorsborne), leaving All Saints Church of England. (Description supplied with photograph).
StateLibQld 1 291979 Wally Wallace sailing Frolic on Milton Reach, Bri...
Wally Wallace sailing Frolic on Milton Reach, Brisbane River, ca. 1940.
StateLibQld 1 70351 Adelphi (ship)
Adelphi (ship) Lugger Adelphi, in the waters of Thursday Island, 1949.
StateLibQld 1 80255 Paul Jerome Remigius Hilton (cropped)
Paul Jerome Remigius Hilton. Dr. Edith Summerskill, M. P. Speaker Hanson, Paul Hilton, M.L.A. Photograph taken during the visit of the Environment Protection Authority Delegation, House of Commons, Cananda, 194... More
StateLibQld 2 104972 Collapsed sewerage trench at Pinkenba, Brisbane, ...
Collapsed sewerage trench at Pinkenba, Brisbane, Queensland, 1940 Collapsed sewerage trench at Pinkenba. Views of suburban houses are visible behind the trench. Electrical power poles can be seen beside a nearby street.
StateLibQld 2 151523 Rider in the Beaudesert Camp Draft, 1940
Rider in the Beaudesert Camp Draft, 1940
StateLibQld 2 161943 Two young women preparing a bull for the Grand Pa...
Two young women preparing a bull for the Grand Parade of Prize Stock, Mt. Alford, Queensland, 1944 1944 centenary. Preparation for Grand Parade of Prize Stock. Schumann girls, Mt. Alford. (Description supplied ... More
StateLibQld 2 191371 Mrs. Frank Arthur Cooper
Mrs. Frank Arthur Cooper Wife of the new Queensland Premier, Frank Arthur Cooper.
StateLibQld 2 250400 American soldier in slit trench, Mareeba, Queensl...
American soldier in slit trench, Mareeba, Queensland US Army 2nd Station Hospital in Mareeba.
StateLibQld 2 53204 Aerial view of the air raid system at the Ford mot...
Aerial view of the air raid system at the Ford motor works Eagle Farm, Brisbane, 1942. Aerial view of the slit trench system at Ford motor works, Eagle Farm. The trench system was to provide air raid protection... More
StateLibQld 1 100348, Queensland, Australia
School children doing exams inside a classroom, 1940. Children sitting at their school desks in a classroom doing scholarship examinations, 16 April 1940.
Soviet POWs, World War II photo
Suomi: Vangittuja, uudelleen puettuja ryssiä. Public domain photograph related to World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cape Engano II
Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Zuikaku with Akizuki-class destroyer Wakatsuki underway during U.S. carrier plane attacks at about 1330 hrs. on 25 October 1944 during the Battle off Cape Engaño. The l... More
Flickr - Erfgoed in Beeld - Margraten, Bevrijdingsmonument Noorbeek
In Margraten ligt op een heuvel een Amerikaanse militaire begraafplaats. In de nazomer en winter van 1944, in Zuid-Limburg en tijdens het Ardennenoffensief in de Ardennen en in het Ruhrgebied zijn duizenden sol... More
British troops liberate Brussels, 4 September 1944
Scenes of jubilation as British troops liberate Brussels, 4 September 1944. Major General A H S Adair, GOC Guards Armoured Division, acknowledges the crowd from his Cromwell command tank.
Churchill and Generals - A black and white photo of a group of men
Churchill with the Chiefs of Staff at a luncheon at 10 Downing Street, 7 May 1945. Seated are: Marshal of the RAF Sir Charles Portal, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke and Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningha... More
The cruiser HMS Belfast bombarding German positions in Normandy
IWM caption : THE ROYAL NAVY SUPPORTING ALLIED FORCES IN NORMANDY, JUNE 1944. Starboard 4 inch guns of HMS BELFAST open fire on German positions around Ver-sur-Mer on the night of 27 June 1945.
German troops crossing the Soviet border
German troops with a 7.5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18 cannon crossing the Soviet border during Operation Barbarossa. Русский: Немецкие войска с лёгким пехотным орудием 7,5 cm leIG 18 пересекают советскую... More
Demolice mostu v Palackého třídě Litovel 1945
Čeština: Demolice mostu v Palackého třídě v Litovli 8. května 1945.
(A split second high speed flash picture at the Oswestry Fun Fair of t...
Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title: Llun flash cyflym hanner eiliad o'r "Whirling Whip" yn Ffair Croesoswallt, 1948 Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002) Dyddiad/Date: March 10, 1948. Cyfrwng/Medium: N... More
Overstroming van de Wieringmeerpolder. Op 17 april 1945 hebben de Duit...
Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Vernielingen: Wieringermeer Beschrijving : Overstroming van de Wieringmeerpolder. Op 17 april 1945 hebben de Duitsers nog de dijk doorge... More
Japanese battleship Yamato underway during the Battle of the Sibuyan S...
The Japanese battleship Yamato underway during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944.
StateLibQld 1 103856 Bookmaker M. Daly and assistant Ray Duncan at the...
Bookmaker M. Daly and assistant Ray Duncan at the races, Brisbane, 18 April 1942
StateLibQld 1 104832 View of George Street, Brisbane, 1942
View of George Street, Brisbane, 1942.