In Formation Collection

Recruitment poster for the Corps of Military Police - Second World War. circa 1940

Mushrooms Larousse 1913
A large number of mushroom varieties, with helpful information on which ones are edible, poisonous, or suspect

Police Officer / Children
Police officer giving directions to three boys with a three person bicycle pointing in the opposite direction Transport

Standard periodic table, element types
Standard periodic table, colour-coded for element types. The periodic table shows the chemical elements ordered by atomic number (number of protons in the nucleus)

Standard periodic table, element types
Standard periodic table, colour-coded for element types. The periodic table shows the chemical elements ordered by atomic number (number of protons in the nucleus)

Evacuation - World War Two - Children Safer in the Country
Evacuation - World War Two - Children are Safer in the Country.... leave them there. Governement advice recommending children stay away from the big cities and targets of the bombers. circa 1942

Dig for Victory poster - WWII
World War Two poster encouraging British civilians to dig for victory, featuring somebody doing just that

Carrier Pigeon poster
Poster warning people of the dangers of shooting carrier pigeons who may be carrying life or death messages. Carrier pigeons, we are told, are a vital part of RAF

Timetable for the Colombo to Badulla train at Pattipola, highest railway station in Sri Lanka, 1892m, Pattipola, Sri Lanka, Asia

USA, Michigan, Detroit: Ford Rouge Factory Tour, Interior Gallery of Ford automobiles produced at the famous Rouge plant

Careless Talk Costs Lives - WWII poster
Poster warning of the dangers of gossiping and inadvertently giving away national secrets to the enemy during World War Two

German Armoured Vehicles; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing a selection of German armoured vehicles used during the Battle for Normandy in 1944. The vehicles shown include Panther and Tiger tanks (left foreground)

World War Two information poster
A poster from the Second World War advisting the public to keep quiet to avoid inadvertently passing information to the enemy

Coughs & Sneezes Poster
Humorous poster issued by the Ministry of Health during the Second World War and featuring a woman sneezing without catching the germs in a handkerchief

Wilfrid Michael Voynich
WILFRID MICHAEL VOYNICH Lithuanian bookseller who 1912 discovered a coded manuscript, still undeciphered, supposed by some to contain information of great occult significance

Card index box. Index cards arranged alphabetically in a box

Artificial intelligence, artwork
Artificial intelligence, conceptual computer artwork

USA, Kentucky, Bowling Green: National Corvette Museum, Rt. 66 Display

Turn out more Scrap Metal - Turn out More Tanks poster
World War II poster encouraging civilians on the home front to donate more scrap metal which can be turned into tanks to help the war effort

Douglas Dakota picking up a glider, Normandy; Second World W
Illustration showing a Douglas Dakota, C-47 Skytrain, swooping down with a hook trailing to pick up a Waco glider, Normandy, France, 1944

Bet Medhane Alem (Saviour of the World), Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

Buggy parking. Sign in a childrens hospital showing parents where to leave their pushchairs

Evacuation as a National Service - Poster
It Might by You! Caring for Evacuees is a National Service circa 1942

Radio masts with radio waves
Radio masts, conceptual computer artwork. The concentric rings represent the radio waves or microwaves being transmitted by the central mast

Telegraph receiver. Historical artwork of a Breguet telegraph receiver. Messages arrived at the receiver in wires as a series of long and short electric pulses

Fingerprint scanner, artwork
Fingerprint scanner, computer artwork

Air Raid Shelter Poster
Metropolitan Police poster with information on air raid shelters in Brentford, London, during World War I

Chromosome. Computer artwork of a condensed chromosome. Chromosomes, which consist of two identical chromatids joined at a centromere (centre)

Times Square Subway station, Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

Tokyo Subway, ticket machines, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Broker and Ticker-Tape
An American stockbroker receives market information on ticker-tape by the electric telegraph

Examing German Prisoner
Two British soldiers examine a German prisoner in a captured German trench hoping to gain information on further attacks

Metropolitan Police operations room, London
View of a Metropolitan Police operations room at New Scotland Yard, London, with officers and telephonists busy taking calls

Poster advertising the Daily Herald, with a large pointing finger

Mortar Calculations - Fort Wright - Fishers Island, New York
Directing the range of the Mortars - Fort Wright - Fishers Island - New York, USA. Military Cadets using complex higher mathematical formulae and telephone instructions to work out the exact aiming

Asking two Vaquero riders for the news, Argentina
A farmer in a remote part of Argentina, asks two Vaqueros (cowboys) for news. Date: circa 1910s

Alfred in Danes Camp
Alfred the Great disguises himself as a wandering musician and plays the harp in the camp of the Danes while gathering information about their military strength

Wider Image: Fighting the Jigger Parasite
School children stand barefoot in a queue waiting for jiggers in their feet to be removed during a medical outreach project conducted by Sole Hope in Kalebera village, Jinja district

The traditional sweets Kahk are prepare ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival
The traditional sweets " Kahk" are prepare ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival, at a bakery in Cairo, Egypt May 24, 2019. Picture taken May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Hayam Adel

A military serviceman marches in the rain during an Anzac Day parade in Sydney, Australia April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Cycling - Tour de France cycling race - Stage 14 from Montelimar to Villars-les-Dombes
Cycling - The Tour de France cycling race - The 208.5-km (129.5 miles) Stage 14 from Montelimar to Villars-les-Dombes, Parc des Oiseaux

Color ribbon are seen on overhead power lines after firecrackers were set off during Beehive Firecrackers festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Mannequins are displayed for sale at a shop in Hanoi, Vietnam March 12, 2018. REUTERS/Kham

Empty railway tracks are seen at a marshalling yard in Sotteville-Les-Rouen, near Rouen, France, April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Three Asian lion cubs stand next to their mother Lorena while being presented to the
Three Asian lion cubs, born on January 25, 2016, stand next to their mother Lorena while being presented to the public at the Planckendael Park in Mechelen, Belgium March 30, 2016

Mooncakes with Chinese words Hongkonger are seen at Wah Yee Tang Bakery in Hong Kong
Mooncakes with Chinese words " Hongkonger" are seen at Wah Yee Tang Bakery in Hong Kong, China July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Farm land is seen in Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S. May 9, 2018. Picture taken May 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman

A woman burns a candle at a pagoda during Vesak Bochea Day on the outskirts of Phnom Penh
A woman burns a candle at a pagoda during Vesak Bochea Day to honor the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 29, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

A field of young pecan tress grow on a farm near El Paso, Texas, U.S. June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

A woman takes pictures prior to a ceremony opening a bridge, which was constructed to connect the Russian mainland with the Crimean Peninsula across the Kerch Strait, May 15, 2018

Vegetables are seen in a field in Maccarese, near Rome, Italy, April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

A pilgrim attaches a cube sugar on the wall of the St. George of the Bells or Aya Yorgi
A pilgrim attaches a sugar cube on the wall of the St. George of the Bells or Aya Yorgi Greek Orthodox church in Buyukada, the largest of the Princes Islands in the Sea of Marmara off Istanbul

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men perform the Tashlich ritual on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the city of Ashdod October 6, 2011, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement

Riot policemen stand with their shields painted by students during a demonstration in
Riot policemen stand with their shields spray painted by students during a demonstration in Bogota November 24, 2011. Students took part in a nationwide protest against the government reform of

Burned trees as seen outside of a church, one of three struck by suicide bombers, in Surabaya, Indonesia May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta

A woman places a red carnation flower on the ground by a pool outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland June 30, 2010

African elephant calf Tuluba follows his mother Numbi in their enclosure in Schoenbrunn
Five-month old African elephant calf Tuluba follows his mother Numbi in their snow coverd enclosure in Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna, December 4, 2010

Row of piggy banks adorned with the colours of Britains Union Jack flag are seen in a
A row of piggy banks adorned with the colours of Britains Union Jack flag are displayed in a souvenir shop in London March 24, 2010

Frozen balustrade is pictured on top of highest German mountain, the Zugspitze
A frozen balustrade is pictured on top of the highest German mountain, the Zugspitze, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Aluminium heater tubes are seen inside a factory in Dongguan, China April 10, 2018. Picture taken April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Beretta 9mm pistols are pictured at the police barracks storehouse in Monterrey, Mexico March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

People browse books at secondhand partition with old newspapers
A visitor browses books at secondhand partition with old newspapers and magazines inside the 49th Cairo International Book Fair in Cairo, Egypt February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Soy plants are seen in a farm near Chivilcoy, Argentina, February 28, 2018. Picture taken February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Martin Acosta

Flags of Canada, Mexico and the U. S. are seen before a joint news conference on the
Flags of Canada, Mexico and the U.S. are seen before a joint news conference on the closing of the seventh round of NAFTA talks in Mexico City, Mexico March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

30-06 Springfield caliber bullets are seen at a shooting range in Rome, Italy, March 23, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

An agronomist inspects the production in a field in Maccarese, near Rome, Italy, April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Furrows are seen in a field in Maccarese, near Rome, Italy, April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Aluminium bar stock is seen inside a factory in Dongguan, China April 10, 2018. Picture taken April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

A sequencer and keyboard are displayed at a music store in Singapore April 3, 2018. Picture taken April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas White

The moon is seen over a cumulus cloud in the skies over Avesnes-Lez-Aubert, France April 26, 2018. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

An electric keyboard is shown on display at a store in Singapore April 3, 2018. Picture taken April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas White

Illustration photo of music notes on sheet music
Musical notes are seen on on sheet music in this illustration photo April 4, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration

A blast rips through the ice covering the Kan river to reduce the risk of floods, near the Siberian town of Zelenogorsk, east of Krasnoyarsk, Russia April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

Oranges are displayed for sale at a street market in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

A pedestrian walks past a stall with oranges at a street market in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Carpets are laid out in fields to soften their colors under sizzling sun in Dosemealti
Carpets are laid out in fields to soften their colors under the sizzling sun in Dosemealti, a town in the Mediterranean province of Antalya, Turkey, August 10, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Corn sprouts are is seen in a field in Schnersheim, France, April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Man sells artificial jewellery at a market in Mumbai
A man sells artificial jewellery at a market in Mumbai, India February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Pastries are displayed at Iginio Massaris new patisserie during the inauguration in downtown Milan, Italy, March 12, 2018. Picture taken March 12, 2018. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

A man walks through a garden on an autumn day in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir, November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Ismail TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Wood-cased coloured pencils are pictured in a shop at Faber-Castell manufacturer in Stein near Nuremberg, Germany January 16, 2018. Picture taken January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Rows line a tomato field in Woodland, California, U.S. April 27, 2018. Picture taken April 27, 2018. To match Insight USA-TRUMP/TARIFFS-CANS REUTERS/Noah Berger

Policemen stand behind barbed wire in front of the presidential palace during a rally in Jakarta October 20, 2010. The rally was held to protest against Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonos

Mexican state police hold Beretta ARX160 rifles as they stand in formation at the police barracks in Monterrey, Mexico March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

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"In Formation: A Historical Mosaic of Unity and Protection" Step into the past as we explore the captivating concept of "in formation. " From the enchanting pages of Mushrooms Larousse 1913 to a Recruitment poster for the Corps of Military Police, this caption unravels an intriguing tale. Imagine a police officer standing tall amidst a group of children, teaching them about safety and discipline. Just like elements on a Standard periodic table, each person plays their unique role in forming a cohesive unit - strong yet diverse. During World War Two, evacuation became crucial for children's safety. The Dig for Victory poster urged communities to come together and grow food collectively while USA's Michigan showcased resilience through unity. Travel back in time to Sri Lanka's highest railway station at Pattipola. Witness how even train timetables exemplify the importance of being 'in formation, ' ensuring smooth journeys for all passengers. But beware. Careless talk costs lives, as emphasized by WWII posters urging people to be cautious with sensitive information. German Armoured Vehicles during Second World War further highlight how coordination was vital on the battlefield. In times of war, knowledge is power. Information posters served as lifelines during World War Two, providing essential guidance and instructions that kept societies intact. "In formation" transcends boundaries; it unites nations under one purpose - protection and progress. Let us cherish history's lessons and embrace unity today for a brighter tomorrow.