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Postwar Collection

Background imagePostwar Collection: Empress Of Canada

Empress Of Canada
17th July 1947: The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Canada at Liverpool just before she departs on her first post-war voyage to Canada, the first vessel to resume service on this route

Background imagePostwar Collection: Peace Rally

Peace Rally
July 1919: Open-air thanksgiving service at St. Pauls Cathedral, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Here Comes Haig

Here Comes Haig
January 1919: The Jan Beydell in dazzle camouflage bringing Sir Douglas Haig in to port and to the reception committee awaiting him on the quayside. (Photo by A. R)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Irish Cavalry

Irish Cavalry
March 1919: Irish Lancers are welcomed home after service during World War I. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Actual entrance to the American sector in Berlin

Actual entrance to the American sector in Berlin
This is the entry point to the american sector, today is a mayor tourist atraction and is on the border to the american sector of Berlin

Background imagePostwar Collection: Makeshift Milk Float

Makeshift Milk Float
30th September 1919: Londons milk supply is distributed during the railway strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Revolutionary Scenes

Revolutionary Scenes
1919: The damaged entrance to the Royal Palace in Berlin, after the Spartacist uprising which broke out following Germanys defeat in World War I. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Peace Party

Peace Party
1919: A childrens tea party in an East End Street in London, to celebrate the Treaty of Versailles at the end of the First World War. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day
circa 1920: London crowds bow their heads in observance of a two-minute silence on Armistice Day. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: When Is It Due ?

When Is It Due ?
November 1918: Soldiers are among the travellers studying the time tables at Waterloo Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Gale Damage

Gale Damage
November 1918: Wrecked planes as a result of a gale at Hendon aerodrome. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Leaving Liverpool

Leaving Liverpool
May 1919: Canadian troops leave Liverpool Docks aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Post War London

Post War London
June 1919: A London County Council open-top tram. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Kaisers Yacht

Kaisers Yacht
June 1919: The ex-Kaisers yacht Meteor at Tilbury Docks. (Photo by Nichols/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Three-Winged

Three-Winged
26th May 1919: The 3-winged Tarrant Triplane is made ready for its trial flight. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Tarrant Triplane

Tarrant Triplane
26th May 1919: The 3-winged Tarrant Triplane is made ready for its trial flight. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Victory Rally

Victory Rally
June 1919: The Peace and Joy Victory Loan is launched in Trafalgar Square, London. (Photo by Roper/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Douai Ruins

Douai Ruins
September 1919: The ruins of a 350 year-old Spanish building, dynamited by the Germans before they left the town of Douai in France. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Cambrai Ruins

Cambrai Ruins
September 1919: The ruins of Cambrai town hall, the sight of fierce fighting during the first world war. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Salvaged Guns

Salvaged Guns
August 1919: Salvage of World War I guns at Richborough in Kent. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Peace Rally

Peace Rally
1st July 1919: Crowds at St. James Palace listening to the peace proclamation. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Celebrating Peace

Celebrating Peace
19th July 1919: Londoners celebrate the end of World War I at the London Peace Pageant in Hyde Park. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Victory Loan

Victory Loan
1st June 1919: The Peace and Joy Victory Loan is launched in Trafalgar Square, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Trafalgar Crowd

Trafalgar Crowd
June 1919: A huge crowd in Trafalgar Square, London, during the launch of the Peace And Joy loan. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Peace Party

Peace Party
July 1919: Crowds sitting down at long tables, at a street party to celebrate the end of the Great War. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Welcome To Wilson

Welcome To Wilson
December 1918: Soldiers line the street and the star and stripes hang overhead as President Wilsons (28th president of the USA)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Captured U-Boat

Captured U-Boat
December 1918: Captured German U-boat tied up on the Thames. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Pedal-Pusher

Pedal-Pusher
June 1919: A one legged coach mounts his bicycle during a practice session for Henley Royal Regatta. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Triplane Nosedive

Triplane Nosedive
26th May 1919: The trial flight of the three-winged Tarrant Triplane ends in failure. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Airborne

Airborne
3rd June 1919: NS-11 airship over the city (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Departing Soldiers

Departing Soldiers
May 1919: Canadian troops boarding Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain before leaving Liverpool (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Deserted Railroad

Deserted Railroad
30th September 1919: Main line signals at Waterloo Railway Station in London during the railway strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Skeleton Service

Skeleton Service
27th September 1919: The 12.30 leaving Waterloo Station in London for Portsmouth during the railway strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Allied Trucks

Allied Trucks
September 1919: Allied trucks in a square in Lille. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Albert Ruins

Albert Ruins
September 1919: The ruins of the cathedral in Albert on the Somme, the site of fierce fighting during the first world war. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: The Ruins Of Ypres

The Ruins Of Ypres
September 1919: The ruins of Ypres in Belgium, the site of three major battles during the first world war. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Somme Ruins

Somme Ruins
September 1919: The ruins of the cathedral in Albert on the Somme, the site of fierce fighting during the first world war. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Wrecked Crossing

Wrecked Crossing
September 1919: A wrecked railway crossing in Lens, France, the site of fierce fighting during the first world war. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Cloth Hall Ruins

Cloth Hall Ruins
September 1919: The ruins of the cloth hall and cathedral in Ypres, the scene of three major battles during the first world war. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: HMS Furious

HMS Furious
July 1919: Aircraft carrier, His Majestys Ship Furious with the fleet at Southend, Essex. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: HMS Queen Elizabeth with the fleet at Southend

HMS Queen Elizabeth with the fleet at Southend
July 1919: NS-7 airship over His Majestys Ship Queen Elizabeth with the fleet at Southend, Essex. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: HMS Queen Elizabeth

HMS Queen Elizabeth
July 1919: An aircraft on the deck of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, moored with the fleet at Southend, Essex. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Welcome Home

Welcome Home
March 1919: Guards march through London after World War I. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: HMS Inflexible

HMS Inflexible
March 1919: Bridge of the British battlecruiser His Majestys Ship Inflexible at Sheerness, Kent. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Menin Road

Menin Road
September 1919: A group of people and a vehicle on the Menin Road, running through war-devasted landscape. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: The Final Furlong

The Final Furlong
June 1919: Spectators at the Royal Ascot Races get a good view of the racecourse. (Photo by Roper/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePostwar Collection: Doomed Street

Doomed Street
9th March 1946: A solitary figure walks down a deserted street in Londons East End, which London County Council plans to redevelop as part of its post-war rebuilding programme

Background imagePostwar Collection: World War I London Victory Parade

World War I London Victory Parade
The Lord mayor of London takes the salute as British and Empire troops parade in the London Peace Pageant after World War One, 19th July 1919. (Photo by Realistic Tavels/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



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