Interesting historical photos

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Soviet officers look at paintings taken by the Germans from Soviet museums and abandoned by them during the retreat.
For information: before the war there were 70 thousand art objects in the Gatchina Palace, and after the liberation there were only 16 thousand left. Another 11,000 were taken from German prisoners, and the rest disappeared in Europe to private collections.

It looks a bit creepy in black and white, but these are just sculptures hidden in the ground. Before the German occupation, museum staff buried everything of value in the Lower Park of Petrodvorets, and in 1944 they dug it up.

A man with a bag over his head, being led under arms, is a guarded valuable informant accompanied by Allied intelligence officers. He is led past a line of German prisoners of war, among whom he must secretly identify high-ranking Nazi officials in hiding. Oslo, Norway, 1945.

Tank and MLRS symbiosis. It is reported that despite the presence of missiles, the Sherman fully retained the armament of a conventional tank, making it the only MLRS capable of firing directly on the battlefield. The crew could fire the rockets from inside the tank, and only had to leave the front line to reload.

1941 and some anti-war, judging from the photo, not crowded, but still a demonstration in New York City.

 

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North Carolina, 1939...
Tobacco Bag Stringing:
BROWN, MISS MAY; aged 30; single; lives with mother and father; father aged 60; resides in Wilkes Co., N.C. INCOME: Father receives $7.00 per month on his old-age pension. HOME CONDITIONS: Her mother is in very poor health and has been sick in bed for five months. Doctor's care and medicine is needed but it is impossible for her to receive this attention since the bags have been discontinued. Income from these bags amounted to about $2.00 a month. The house and land they occupy is "rented" from its owner. No money is paid in rent, but the one acre of land yields some corn and potatoes and other crops which is grown and taken care of by Miss Brown. About one-third of this crop goes to the owner of the land. This constitutes the rent. The balance of the crops are used by the family for food. However, over one-half of the food has to be bought. She states that all of pension money is spent on food and she still thinks it insufficient for their needs. The house consists of only one room, very crowded and untidy. Mother and father are both confined to this room and are neither able to do any work. No inside toilet facilities, no running water, no electricity. All clothes are made at home. Since bags have been stopped, they hardly exist. The storekeeper had to give them flour and other necessities in order that they might have food. It will be impossible for this family to exist if the bags are taken away, because Miss Brown cannot leave her mother and father for work on the outside. Has been stringing bags for about fifteen years and really enjoys doing them...


Source
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

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