Rubble Collection

Mr. Churchill contemplates the ruins of the House of Commons, bombed in May 1941, 1941 (1955). Incendiary bombs which fell on the nights of 10

Ruins of the Cloisters at Messines, 1914. Artist: Adolf Hitler
Ruins of the Cloisters at Messines, 1914. Adolf Hitler often claimed to be a frustrated artist, and art was one of his major interests throughout his life

Thousands Were Suddenly Made Homeless, c1940 (1942). Families made homeless by the blitz of World War II. From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

Scene of the explosion of gunpowder magazines near Erith, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the explosion of gunpowder magazines near Erith, 1864. '...a general view, taken from the embankment looking down the river,...[after] the destructive explosion at the Belvedere

The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Rayner's house, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Rayner's house, 1864. Illustration of '...what is left of the house of George Rayner, storekeeper to the magazine of Messrs

The Great Fire in the City: ruins of Haberdashers' Hall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire in the City: ruins of Haberdashers' Hall, [City of London], 1864. 'In a conflagration of a calamitous extent...one of the oldest of our civic halls - that of

Ruins of the village of Billinghay, Lincolnshire, after the late fire, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the village of Billinghay, Lincolnshire, after the late fire, 1864. 'We give a View of the ruins of a part of the village of Billinghay, which was destroyed by fire on Friday

The late flood of the Arno at Florence – from a sketch by E. W. Cooke, R.A., 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The late flood of the Arno at Florence - from a sketch by E. W. Cooke, R.A., 1864. View of '...the flood which visited that city from the sudden rise of the river Arno

Bailleul, 1918, Sept 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Bailleul, 1918, Sept 1918. The ruins of Bailleul, France after the German forces left on August 30, 1918 during the Battle of Bailleul which was part of the Battle of the Lys in World War I

The explosion on Wednesday week at Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The explosion on Wednesday week at Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley, 1862. 'Instantly a dense column of black smoke sprang from the cupola, like a gigantic tower, towards heaven

Somme district, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Somme district, between c1915 and 1918. Buildings damaged during World War I in the Somme department, France.

Castle at Ham, 2 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Castle at Ham, 2 Mar 1918 (date created or published later). The Cha^teau de Ham (fort or forteresse de Ham), a castle in Ham, Somme department

Ruins of Senlis, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Ruins of Senlis, between c1915 and c1920. Damage from World War I in Senlis, part of the province of l'Oise in the region of Picardy in the north of France.

Verdun - Garden & Synagogue near Polboulhot St. [Rue des Fre`res Boulhaut], between c1915 and 1918. The ruins of the Synagogue of Verdun that was damaged during World War I in Verdun, France.

Verdun - Laurent printing shop, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Verdun - Laurent printing shop, between c1915 and 1918. The synagogue of Verdun and a print shop that were damaged during World War I in Verdun, France.

Organ in cathedral at Peronne, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Organ in cathedral at Peronne, between c1915 and 1918. An organ in the ruins of the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Pe´ronne in Pe´ronne, France during World War I.

Chaplain & stretcher bearers, France, 27 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Chaplain & stretcher bearers, France, 27 Aug 1917. Ground recovered near the River Meuse, near Beaumont, on August 27, 1917

British ambulance drivers, 30 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British ambulance drivers, 30 Jul 1917. Elsie Knocker, the Baroness de T'Serclaes (1884-1978) and Mairi Chisholm (1896-1981) standing in the ruins of Pervijze (Pervyse), West Flanders

British officers' luncheon in wrecked village, 1917 25 April 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British officers' luncheon in wrecked village, 1917 25 April 1917. British officers eating lunch in the ruins of a building at E´treillers, Aisne, France on April 25, 1917 during World War I.

British Cavalry passing thro' wrecked village, 21 Apr 1917.. Creator: Bain News Service
British Cavalry passing thro' wrecked village, 21 Apr 1917. Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) troops riding on horseback through the ruined village of Caulaincourt

"Nero after the Burning of Rome", by Carl Piloty, in the late International Exhibition, 1862. Engraving of a painting

Effects of the cyclone at Calcutta on the 5th of October - from a photograph, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Effects of the cyclone at Calcutta on the 5th of October, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. F. Fisk Williams '...of the devastation on the banks of the River Hooghly...With a noise like

Effects of the cyclone at Calcutta, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Effects of the cyclone at Calcutta, 1864. Engraving from a photograph taken on the spot by Mr. Wagentreiber '...of the terrible havoc caused by the cyclone or revolving hurricane of Oct

Effects of the cyclone at Calcutta, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Effects of the cyclone at Calcutta, 1864. Engraving from a photograph taken on the spot by Mr. Wagentreiber '...of the terrible havoc caused by the cyclone or revolving hurricane of Oct

The War in Denmark: ruins of the Langaa Railway Bridge, in Jutland, lately destroyed by..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: ruins of the Langaa Railway Bridge, in Jutland, lately destroyed by the Prussians, 1864. 'The most uncivilised thing the Prussians have done in Jutland is the blowing up of

Scene of the late accident on the North London Railway, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the late accident at the Camden-road station of the North London Railway, 1864. 'Our Illustration...shows the place where the engine and tender

The Great Fire at Limoges, France: firemen and soldiers clearing out a portion of the ruins…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist: firemen and soldiers of the garrison clearing out a portion of the ruins, 1864

The Great Fire at Limoges, France: the public crier announcing the distribution of relief…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist: the public crier announcing the distribution of relief, 1864

Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. 'The fire...destroyed nearly all that portion of the city comprised between the Church of St

Wreck of the Lottie Sleigh on the beach at New Ferry, Birkenhead, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Wreck of the Lottie Sleigh on the beach at New Ferry, Birkenhead, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. John N. P. MacBride showing '

Pas De Calais, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Pas De Calais, between c1915 and c1920. Ruins at Pas de Calais, France during World War I.

Church at Arras, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Church at Arras, between c1915 and 1918. The town hall (ho^tel de ville) and bell tower in Arras, France which was bombed on November 13, 1914 during World War I.

Rembercourt-Aux-Pots, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Rembercourt-Aux-Pots, between c1915 and c1920. Ruins in the town of Rembercourt-Aux-Pots (now Rembercourt-Sommaisne), France during World War I.

Church at Lassigny, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Church at Lassigny, between c1915 and c1920. The ruins of the church of Saint Cre´pin et Saint Cre´pinien in Lassigny, France during World War I.

Verdun, entrance to Archbishop's Palace, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Verdun, entrance to Archbishop's Palace, 1916. Damage done to the Archbishop's Palace in Verdun, France during World War I.

Village in the Somme, entrance to Albert, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Village in the Somme, entrance to Albert, between c1915 and c1920. Damage from World War I in Albert, a commune in the Somme department in Picardy in northern France.

Choisy Au Bac, Houses burned by Germans, 6 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). Creator: Bain News Service
Choisy Au Bac, Houses burned by Germans, 6 Nov 1914 (date created and published later). A street with houses in Choisy-au-Bac, France which were damaged by German forces during World War I.

Bomb wrecked houses, Yarmouth, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bomb wrecked houses, Yarmouth, 1915. Homes in Great Yarmouth, England which were damaged by bombs dropped by the German Zeppelin L3 on January 19, 1915 during World War I.

Senlis, Rue de la Republique, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Senlis, Rue de la Republique, 1914. War damage from German bombs in Senlis, France, during World War I.

Belgians re-enter Termonde, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgians re-enter Termonde, between c1914 and c1915. Belgian troops during World War I.

Church in Neidenburg destroyed by Russians, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Church in Neidenburg destroyed by Russians, between 1914 and c1915. A church in Neidenburg, German Empire, (now Nidzica, Poland) which was damaged by Russian forces during World War I.

Burning of Vise, Aug 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Burning of Vise, Aug 1914. Ruins in Vise´, Belgium, after destruction of town by German forces during World War I.

Ruins of the Late Fire at the London Docks, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Late Fire at the London Docks, 1858. The fire...originated in the South Stack Warehouse on the South Quay building, several floors high, each filled with gutta percha, saltpetre, sugar

The Accident at St. George's Hospital: the Holland Ward after the Accident, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Accident at St. George's Hospital: the Holland Ward after the Accident, 1876. From a sketch by Mr. F. Dawtrey Drewitt

The British Push Into Flanders; Along the road to Menin: on the battlefield... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The British Push Into Flanders; Along the road to Menin: on the battlefield, after the advance of our allies. In the foreground on the left, near a group of English soldiers

The British Push Into Flanders; After the combat of the Menin road... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The British Push Into Flanders; After the combat of the Menin road: a convoy of prisoners cross Ypres-la-Morte, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919

Back Wynd From Trongate (#47), Printed 1900. Creator: Thomas Annan
Back Wynd From Trongate (#47), Printed 1900

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill standing in bomb-damaged London street, 1940s, (2023). Politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

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