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“The evolution of the fighting man” between 1914 and 1918.
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newyorkthegoldenage · 3 months
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A soldier giving his wife a passionate kiss at Pennsylvania Station as he says goodbye before returning to duty after a brief furlough, 1944.
Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt via Google Arts & Culture
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theworldatwar · 2 months
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A British soldier from the Royal Engineers in a crudely fashioned sniper’s mask and wearing non-regulation shoulder titles takes part in a training exercise in preparation for a potential invasion by German Forces (Operation Sea lion) - England 1940
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nokkiart · 2 months
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I love when Peter has these little serious moments ~<3
This particular dialogue hit very close to home for me, so I decided to take a few hours today and do some rough acting practice with it.
The audio clip is from ZombiesRun "The Home Front Ep 12"
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nemfrog · 6 months
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Marching to victory via the victory garden. Henderson's everything for the garden. 1943. Garden catalog cover detail.
Internet Archive
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retropopcult · 3 months
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"United States Office of Defense Transportation system of port control and its traffic channel control. Washington, D.C." Photographed 1942 by Albert Freeman for the Office of War Information.
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victusinveritas · 6 months
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Female blast furnace worker Bernice Daunora at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Works in Gary Indiana making steel for the war effort, she is wearing a personal protective breathing apparatus - 1943
LIFE Magazine Archives - Margaret Bourke-White Photographer
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goshyesvintageads · 11 months
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United States Steel Corp, 1942
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vintagepromotions · 1 year
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‘Longing won't bring him back sooner... Get a War Job!'
War Manpower Commission poster encouraging women to join the war effort (1944). Artwork by Lawrence Wilbur.
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inthedarktrees · 1 year
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David E. Scherman, “Liquid Stockings,“ Life, September 1941
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carbone14 · 19 days
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Ouvrière américaine en pause déjeuner – Douglas Aircraft Company – Long Beach – Californie – Etats-Unis – Octobre 1942
Photographe : Alfred Palmer
©United States Library of Congress - LC-DIG-fsac-1a35343
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Factory fresh P-47 in a parade in Evansville Indiana.
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newyorkthegoldenage · 8 months
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Backstage at Madison Square Garden, four participants in the Hollywood Bond Cavalcade Show horse around before they go on: Jose Iturbi (at piano), Lucille Ball, Harpo Marx, and Fred Astaire, September 11, 1943.
Photo: Associated Press
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theworldatwar · 4 months
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A British anti-aircraft machine gun crew armed with a Lewis machine gun watch the sky during the Battle of Britain- South coast of England, 2nd August 1940
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tequi1a-sunset · 1 year
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todaysdocument · 7 months
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Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey - War activities, parades to aid loan drives. Madison School boys in Civic Parade, Newark, New Jersey
Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs Series: American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs File Unit: Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey
Photograph of a young man dressed as Uncle Sam holding an American flag and shaking hands with another young man in a Navy uniform.  Other people look on in the background.
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