WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

2,195 items in this album on 110 pages.


Emperor Sunjong of Korea, Prince Imperial Yeong of Korea, and Crown Prince Yoshihito (future Emperor Taisho) of Japan in Korea, 1907	View of Vulcan shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, circa 1915

Cadet J.J. Clark’s page from the Naval Academy’s ‘Lucky Bag’ yearbook for the class of 1918 (graduated early in 1917).	Painting of USS Lexington by Walter L. Greene, 1927, depicting the ship launching aircraft

Horst Wessel and German Nazi SA men in Nürnberg, Germany, 1929	USS Oklahoma passing Alcatraz island, San Francisco Bay, California, United States, 1930s

United States Navy Fighting Squadron 2-B Commander J.J. Clark flying a Boeing F-3B past the carrier USS Lexington (Lexington-class), circa 1931, probably along the California coast.	Postcard featuring Japanese ocean liner Tatsuta Maru, early 1930s

Type 89 I-Go medium tank, circa 1930s	Hitler Youth gathering at Lustgarten, Berlin, Germany, 1 May 1933

USS Ranger builder’s plate.	Emperor Kangde of the puppet state of Manchukuo at Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, 1935

Italian cruiser Trento, circa 1935	Portrait of Prince Yasuhito, circa 1930s

Prince Yasuhito with the 31st Infantry Division, Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, circa 1935-1936	Prince Albert the Duke of York and the Duchess of York with their two daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret at Y Bwthyn Bach (The Little House) at Royal Lodge, Jun 1936. 6 months later, he would be king.

Official signing ceremony of the Charter of Zamboanga City, Mindanao island, Philippine Islands, 12 Oct 1936	Conte di Cavour after the 1933-1937 reconstruction, circa 1937

Postcard featuring a AT-2 aircraft of Japan Air Transport airliner, circa 1937	A representative from a Shanghai women's association donating clothing to Chinese troops, Shanghai, China, circa Aug 1937, photo 2 of 2