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Colonel Chamberlain (left) inspects the Chislehurst 54th Battalion of the Kent Home Guard.
The ruins of Coventry Cathedral,Warwickshire, after the Medieval building was destroyed by Luftwaffe bombs during the 'Baedecker raids' of the Second World War. 1,000 civilians were killed.
A Spitfire testing its guns at Biggin Hill during the Battle of Britain.
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CP2STO47723 | 1940 
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Sir Winston Churchill seen here signing an agreement between Great Britain and Poland in August 1940. Mirrorpix/Courtesy Everett Collection (MPWA3574115)
PREMIUM -- WHS#33340: The dedication of the Junior Fair barn at the Wisconsin State Fair, the construction of which was a WPA project. A Scout band provides the music and makes up a large part of those in attendance. West Allis, Wisconsin, 1940. Wisconsin Historical Society/Courtesy Everett Collection.
PREMIUM -- WHS#14275: Manchester's window display of "Back to School" clothes for children. Madison, Wisconsin, 1940. Wisconsin Historical Society/Courtesy Everett Collection.
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CP2STO50248 | 1940-08 
6961 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK ON WAY TO NEW POST SIR CHARLES CECIL FAROQUHARSON DUNDAS, PREDECESSOR TO THE DUKE OF WINDSOR AS GOVERNOR OF THE BAHAMAS, ARRIVED IN NEW YORK AUG. 9 ON BOARD THE EASTERN STEAMSHIP LINER ACADIA. HE WAS ACCOMPAINED BY LADY DUNDAS. SIR CHARLES WAS ON HIS WAY TO UGANDA, EAST AFRICA, WERE HE WILL SERVE AS GOVERNOR. 8/9/1940 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO GWC8-9-40--L40PWD NYC MWK YONK CONN CANADA PX WX BA RM AB LPB TRIN TRUJ BAIRES
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, left, Prime Minister William Mackenzie King of Canada, center, Secretary of War Henry Stimson and Lt. Gen. Hugh Drum, in command of the First Army maneuvers, are shown near the United States-Canadian border during inspection, Aug. 18, 1940. On Aug. 17, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Mackenzie King signed the Ogdensburg Agreement in Ogdensburg, NY. The agreement provides for a Permanent Joint Board for the Defense of the US and Canada. (AP Photo)
Vincent Massey, Canadian High Commissioner in London, inspects Canadian airmen at Royal Air Force station August 13, 1940. (AP PHOTO)
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CP1STO579870 | 1940-08 
Halifax, Nova Scotia; October 1940--Ceremonies -- Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, inspecting Ship's Company of H.M.C.S. "Assiniboine". (CP PHOTO) 1999 (National Archives of Canada) PA-104239
Quebec City, Quebec; July 1940--Second World War --Prisoners of war. Arrival of German prisoners at the train station. (CP PHOTO) 1999 (National Archives of Canada) PA-166252
1940--Royal Visits --Princess Juliana of the Netherlands aboard a train after arriving at an east coast port. (CP PHOTO) 1999 (National Archives of Canada) C-007488
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CP1STO578006 | 1940 
Colonel Chamberlain (left) inspects the Chislehurst 54th Battalion of the Kent Home Guard.
The ruins of Coventry Cathedral,Warwickshire, after the Medieval building was destroyed by Luftwaffe bombs during the 'Baedecker raids' of the Second World War. 1,000 civilians were killed.
A Spitfire testing its guns at Biggin Hill during the Battle of Britain.
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CP2STO47723 | 1940 
GREAT BRITING MISC Some Londoners, shopping for meat, buy their provisions from this butcher store, equipped to replace any branch of J. Richards, Ltd., put out of service by bombing. Paper bags like the ones carried by woman at right are rare. Because of the paper shortage many purchases are carried home without wrapping.12/21/1940
DOVER PASSED BY THE CENSOR NO: 90555 LORD LOTHIAN VISITS COAST DEFENCES AND DOVER LORD LOTHIAN, BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, WHO IS TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY AFFORDED BY HIS STAY IN BRITAIN TO MAKE HIMSELF FAMILIAR WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH THE BRITISH PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING BACK AGAINST INTENSIFIED ENEMY ATTACKS, INSPECTED COASTAL DEFENCES AND VISITED DOVER. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS: LORD LOTHIAN, RIGHT CENTRE, PASSING WRECKED BUILDINGS IN DOVER. WHITH HIM, LEFT, IS CAPTAIN LLEWELLYN-MORGAN, OF THE ROYAL NAVY. 11/7/1940 FL/AB 231556 71140S ALL EX D.P.W.L.
4277 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK CAUTION: USE CREDIT EXILES IN ROME FORMER KING AMANULLAH OF AFGHANISTAN (RIGHT) AND HIS WIFE, FORMER QUEEN SOR- AYA, ATTEND OPENING CEREMONIES AT THE SCHOOL IN ROME WHERE TWO OF THEIR CHILDREN ARE ENROLLED. HE HAS BEEN LIVING IN EXILE IN ROME WITH HIS WIFE SINCE HIS ABDICATION AFTER HABIBULLAH'S REBELLION IN 1929. HE IS THE FATHER OF NINE CHILDREN. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO AW 10-29-40 ROME 107PES WA BAIRES LON MEX 106
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CP1STO578007 | 1940 
St Marks Cathedral Sheffield after German air raid WW2. Statue of Last Supper is all that remains undamaged 1940. Mirrorpix/Courtesy Everett Collection (MPWA452973)
PREMIUM -- WHS#14313: Four Dane County Highway Police Ford squad cars with one officer standing next to the cars. Madison, Wisconsin, 1940. Wisconsin Historical Society/Courtesy Everett Collection.
PREMIUM -- WHS#14276: Black Eagle Service Station, 1039 East Washington Avenue, featuring Goodrich tires and batteries and Pennzoil. Madison, Wisconsin, 1940. Wisconsin Historical Society/Courtesy Everett Collection.
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CP2STO47725 | 1940 
Madonna attends the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Monday, March 10, 2008 in New York.
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CP2STO47722 | 1940 
DUNKIRK ALLIED TROOPS PATIENT VIGIL AMONG THE DUNES OF DUNKIRK ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS: BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS FROM THE ALLIED ARMIES OF THE NORTH WAITING PATIENTLY AMONG THE DUNES OF DUNKIRK BEACH FOR THE RESCUE SHIPS TO TAKE THEM TO SAFETY IN ENGLAND. THEY WAITED THEIR TURN WITH PERFECT COURAGE AND DISCIPLINE IN SPITE OF CONSTANT ENEMY BOMBARDMENT. 6/4/1940 FL/AB 226489 4640L D
General Wilhelm Keitel is shown in top radiophoto (4) reading Germany's terms of complete capitulation by France, which were accepted by the Government of Marshal Petain, but disavowed by the French Empire and by a French national committee in London. Britain no longer recognizes the Bordeaux Administration. Also seen in the historic railway car are: (1) Admiral Erich Raeder, (2) Field Marshal- Hermann Goering, (3) Hitler, (5) General Walther von Brauchitsch;(6) Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy (7) General Charles Huntziger, head of the French delegation; (8) Admiral Maurice Le Duc; (9) Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop; (10) F. W. Brueckner, Hitler's adjutant; (11) Translator Paul Schmidt. General Jean Marie Bergeret and Leon Noel are seated out. of view behind Huntziger. 6/24/1940
DUNKIRK B.E.F. WADE OUT TO BOATS AT DUNKIRK: PERFECT DISCIPLINE UNDER FILE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS: A HUMAN CHAIN OF B.E.F. MEN WADE CUT FROM DUNKIRK BEACH TO ONE OF THE RESCUE BOATS; UNDER CONSTANT BOMBARDMENT AND MACHINE GUN FIRE, THEY CAME OUT EACH IN HIS TURN WITH PERFECT DISCIPLINE AND MOST OF THEM STILL CARRIED THEIR EQUIPMENT. 6/7/1940 7640L NY.T.A.MH.
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CP1STO579873 | 1940-06 
Canada's Jamie Russell (right) goes up for a basket against Cuba's Ruperto Herrera during action at the Montreal Summer Olympics in this July 19, 2000 photo. Russell, a native of Niagara Falls, Ont. and a member of the Canadian national team from 1972 to 1979, will be inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame along with three others, it was announced Monday, Aug.28, 2000. (CP PHOTO/Files)
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CP2STO47361 | 1940-06 
RAF Pilots scramble during th Battle of Britain Conflict World War Two Pilots Running Aircraft Fighter Supermarine Spitfire Airfield England Circa July 1940 1940s . ©Mirrorpix/Courtesy Everett Collection (MPWA3067878)
PREMIUM -- WHS#14296: R & W Root Beer stand, at East Washington Avenue and Thornton Avenue. Madison, Wisconsin, 1940. Wisconsin Historical Society/Courtesy Everett Collection.
PREMIUM -- WHS#23395: Artfullly arranged window display at Stine's Prescription Pharmacy, featuring "The Romantic History of Commonly Used Medicines". Cinchona is featured prominently. 1940. Wisconsin Historical Society/Courtesy Everett Collection.
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CP2STO50250 | 1940-07 
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