poundoflogic:

Women lined up to buy food rations during World War II

pwoperlittlefishy:

1913, Suffragette activist Emily Davison was trampled to death, after running out in front of King George V’s horse in protest for women’s right to vote.

Epson Derby. They say she died a martyr, as the WSPU colours were found inside her coat. On the other hand, there was also a return train ticket in her coat, so it can be inferred she did not intend to die. #ashistory

poundoflogic:

A child sleeping in a Christmas decorated air raid shelter, 1940

maudelynn:

London, during the Blitz, June 1941

locpix:

English beach scene

blackbettyandthemoon:

My grandparents on a date in the 1940s.

Marilyn Monroe by Andre de Dienes, 1949

hips and peddle pushers - circa the early ’50s

the60stwist:

1940’s couple