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VIRGIN ISLANDS: The cane could be turned into brown sugar or even rum, a firm Caribbean favourite. EXQUISITE vintage colour snaps from the 1940s show...

VIRGIN ISLANDS: Sugar cane has been cultivated on the Virgin Islands since the 17th Century. EXQUISITE vintage colour snaps from the 1940s show the ba...

VIRGIN ISLANDS: Discussing the plan of attack. One worker looks suspiciously at Delano. Colour photography was in its infancy but commercially availab...

USA: African Americans fishing near a cotton plantation in Mississippi. Fish could be a nutrious (and free) meal. HAUNTING colour photos show the dest...

USA: Workers hopeing a job offer will come in hang around the local Juke Joint. The basic huts also served as accommodation. HAUNTING colour photos sh...

USA: The shacks shacks are buffeted by strong winds but seem to hold up. A hurricane would be deadly. HAUNTING colour photos show the destitute and d...

USA: Day labourers picking cotton in Mississippi. They're accompanied by a small boy and a toy truck. HAUNTING colour photos show the destitute and di...

USA: A man with a gun stands outside the Juke Joint with other would-be working men. HAUNTING colour photos show the destitute and dilapidated living...

USA: Stripped vehicles outside the threadbare housing in Florida. HAUNTING colour photos show the destitute and dilapidated living conditions of Afric...

USA: Farm workers earning whatever wages they could in Georgia. HAUNTING colour photos show the destitute and dilapidated living conditions of African...

USA: Shabby shacks - which have been condemned by the Board of Health - are still occupied by Negro migratory workers in Belle Glade, Florida. HAUNTI...

USA: A shanty town in 1941. War would soon come to the United. The houses look basic but well cared for. HAUNTING colour photos show the destitute an...

NORTH AFRICA: Book Cover. REMARKABLE photos capture the UK???s first Special Forces unit who operated in North Africa in WW2??" performing daring raid...

KOREA: Two Koreans with wine, biscuits & baggage preparing meal at the roadside. FASCINATING one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old colour photos give a...

KOREA: A local dignitary and their escort passing through provincial village in covered sedan chair. FASCINATING one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old...

KOREA: Jackson snaps a group of happy, curious children in Korea. FASCINATING one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old colour photos give a rare insight t...

NORTH AFRICA: A LRDG Chevrolet with sand mats and sand channels clearly visible. The modifications helped get these vehicles across the great seas of...

NORTH AFRICA: LRDG patrols prepping for action. They caused chaos in North Africa during the Second World War and left a lasting impression on the SAS...

NORTH AFRICA: From the tidy looks these patrolmen in their Ford 01 V8 15-cwt have not been out that long in the desert. Note the Lewis machine gun beh...

NORTH AFRICA: An early LRDG patrol consisting of two Ford 01 V8 15-cwt in the foreground and several Chevrolet WBs in the background, and more vehicle...

NORTH AFRICA: Four Chevrolet WB outside a conquered fort in Kufra. Photo from March 1941. REMARKABLE photos capture the UK???s first Special Forces un...

NORTH AFRICA: On mission on 12 January 1941. In the background Chevrolets and just in front of the camera a Ford 01 V8 15-cwtcalled ??sTE RANGI???, ma...

NORTH AFRICA: Ralph Bagnold, the explorer and researcher who set up the LRDG. Photo from 1945 or shortly after. REMARKABLE photos capture the UK???s f...

NORTH AFRICA: A Chevrolet WB, the first principal LRDG patrol truck, forming part of a desert home for patrolmen. REMARKABLE photos capture the UK???s...

NORTH AFRICA: Patrolmen and Frenchmen after Murzuk, second from the right could be one of the first LRDG members Pat Clayton. A captured bicycle from...

NORTH AFRICA: During sandstorms goggles were a must. Photo from June 1942. REMARKABLE photos capture the UK???s first Special Forces unit who operated...

NORTH AFRICA: The driver of this LRDG vehicle is unknown (and his scorpion badge is not visible) but the passenger is PaddyMacKay of T1 patrol, who is...

NORTH AFRICA: Rest for Y patrol after a raid in Tripolitania, Libya September 1942. REMARKABLE photos capture the UK???s first Special Forces unit who...

NORTH AFRICA: LRDG jeep and a Chevrolet moving to Barce. Aside from Vickers Ks the patrolmen have a small grenade launcher attached to a rifle. REMARK...

KOREA: A potter taking his wares to market sits for his photo portrait by Jackson. FASCINATING one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old colour photos give...

KOREA: A covered sedan chair enroute from Seoul to Chemulpo 125 years ago. FASCINATING one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old colour photos give a rare...

KOREA: Korean sand pack-saddled ox in the hill district between Seoul and Wonsan. FASCINATING one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old colour photos give...

KOREA: A family sits on the porch of a rustic house. FASCINATING one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old colour photos give a rare insight to what life w...

KOREA: A labourer hauls a heavy load off a docked ship. FASCINATING one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old colour photos give a rare insight to what lif...

KOREA: Three fantastically dressed gentleman on the deck of a departing ship. FASCINATING one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old colour photos give a ra...

KOREA: Main audience hall in Gyeongbok Palace, Seoul in 1895. FASCINATING one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old colour photos give a rare insight to wh...

KOREA: In Wonsan, a group of visiting collectors draw a crowd. FASCINATING one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old colour photos give a rare insight to w...

KOREA: A bustling street scene with curious bystanders in Seoul. FASCINATING one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old colour photos give a rare insight to...

KOREA: An elegant woman onboard a Korean ship in 1895. FASCINATING one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old colour photos give a rare insight to what life...

KOREA: This little girl seems fascinated by Jackson's camera. Her friends, less so. FASCINATING one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old colour photos giv...

FRANCE: Book cover. INCREDIBLE images capture the ???second D-day???, the lesser known and controversial invasion of southern France which almost led...

Photographer David Sims captured a series of black and white images of this year's Green Scythe Fair in Langport, Somerset. The Green Scythe Fair is...

Photographer David Sims captured a series of black and white images of this year's Green Scythe Fair in Langport, Somerset. The Green Scythe Fair is...

Photographer David Sims captured a series of black and white images of this year's Green Scythe Fair in Langport, Somerset. The Green Scythe Fair is...

Photographer David Sims captured a series of black and white images of this year's Green Scythe Fair in Langport, Somerset. The Green Scythe Fair is...

Photographer David Sims captured a series of black and white images of this year's Green Scythe Fair in Langport, Somerset. The Green Scythe Fair is...

Photographer David Sims captured a series of black and white images of this year's Green Scythe Fair in Langport, Somerset. The Green Scythe Fair is...

Photographer David Sims captured a series of black and white images of this year's Green Scythe Fair in Langport, Somerset. The Green Scythe Fair is...

Photographer David Sims captured a series of black and white images of this year's Green Scythe Fair in Langport, Somerset. The Green Scythe Fair is...

Photographer David Sims captured a series of black and white images of this year's Green Scythe Fair in Langport, Somerset. The Green Scythe Fair is...