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Parton, Horace A, (Corporal, b.1891 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: Parton, Horace A
Handwritten original letters written by Corporal Horace A Parton to his family while on active service with the 5 Battalion Headquarters. Parton was a signal runner and describes in his correspondenc...PR00259
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Pause when you go out into the dark...
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of War Transport. The poster advises people to let their eyes adjust to the dark before walking or driving in the blackout. The poster is mainly ...ARTV07768
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Pause when you go out into the dark...
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of War Transport. The poster advises people to let their eyes adjust to the dark before walking or driving in the blackout. The poster is mainly ...ARTV07154
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Pause when you go out into the dark...
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of War Transport. The poster advises people to let their eyes adjust to the dark before walking or driving in the blackout. The poster is mainly ...ARTV07156
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Pause when you go out into the dark...
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of War Transport. The poster advises people to let their eyes adjust to the dark before walking or driving in the blackout. The poster is mainly ...ARTV07769
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Peace: now that the time is near for the A.I.F. to be going home
Art
Maker: Unknown National Army Catering Board Coates & Parker
Text based poster bearing a message of good luck to the departing troops of the A.I.F. from the women who were employed by the National Army Catering Board. The entire text reads: 'Peace: now that th...ARTV05517
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Pensions and employment: Disabled sailors & soldiers are informed that...
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Pensions H & C Graham Ltd Litho
British First World war poster issued by the Ministry of Pensions. Text only it is in the form of a notice printed top to bottom in white lettering against a navy blue background. It informs disabled ...ARTV06499
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Percy Vere no.15
Art
Maker: Mendoza, Montague Philip Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
one of a series of cautionary posters from the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting workers observing (or not observing) safety and ...ARTV01772
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Perhaps This'll Teach You to Stay at 'ome Next Holiday
Art
Maker: Giles, Carl Sunday Express
British Second World War poster designed by artist Carl Giles. The poster depicts travelers in a train carriage in a rail yard blocked in from all sides by wagons carrying supplies. The text from whic...ARTV02541
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Perry, Warren (Major, MBE, Ed)
Manuscript
Maker: Perry, Warren
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL T B W JAMES, DSO (1883-1933), A GUNNER OFFICER OF THE AUSTRALIAN STAFF CORPS. DESCRIBES HIS QUALITIES AS A COMMANDER, CHILDHOOD, PERIOD IN MILITIA AND AT DUNT...MSS1378
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Phillips, E E (Womens' Land Army, Britain b.1896)
Private Record
Maker: Phillips, E E
PHOTOCOPIES OF LAAS HANDBOOK 1917, DEMOBILIZATION LETTER, TWO PHOTOGRAPHS DOCUMENTING E E PHILLIPS WLA WORK IN BRITAIN DURING WW1PR86/124
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"Pick 'em up"...
Art
Maker: Owen, A J Unknown Dangerfield Printing Co Ltd
British First World War poster depicting a full-length portrait of a British infantryman at the front line picking up some bullet cases left in the middle of the road. Behind him is a war torn landsca...ARTV00646
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Pictures of war and peace... : exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts
Art
Maker: C W Royal British Colonial Society of Artists Unknown
First World War poster issued by the Royal British Colonial Society of Artists to promote the exhibition 'Pictures of War & Peace' at the Royal Academy of Arts, London between 26 November and 31 Decem...ARTV06441
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Plan and grow for winter
Art
Maker: Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture
During the Second World War Britain had a shortage of food production. The shortage was due to many male British agricultural workers leaving to join the armed forces, and a stop to the importation of...ARTV05353
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Plan and grow for winter : Winter fruits from overseas
Art
Maker: Falconer, Pearl H.M. Stationery Office H. Manly & Son
During the Second World War Britain had a shortage of food production. The shortage was due to many male British agricultural workers leaving to join the armed forces, and a stop to the importation of...ARTV01524
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Plan and grow : Summer glut leaves winter short
Art
Maker: Henrion, Frederick Henri Kay H.M. Stationery Office H. Manly & Son
During the Second World War Britain had a shortage of food production. The shortage was due to many male British agricultural workers leaving to join the armed forces, and a stop to the importation of...ARTV01525
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Please do not Spit: It's Dangerous : It scatters germs : It spreads disease : It can cause Tuberculosis
Art
Maker: LONDON : NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS, [N.D.]
British Second World War poster , produced by the National Adssociation for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, encouraging people not to spit. In June 1898 it was decided that 'a public movement' should...ARTV07806
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Please don't smoke in a non-smoking car
Art
Maker: London Transport Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicting a man smoking in a non-smoking railway carriage. The 'no smoking' sign on wall has eyes looking at him. This is one of a series of posters by Cyril Kenneth Bi...ARTV02539
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Please have your ticket ready at the barrier
Art
Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicts a young blonde woman with a red hat and a blue suit searching through her bag for her ticket while holding up the queue behind her. Surrounding the image is a r...ARTV02222
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Please let passengers off the car first
Art
Maker: London Underground Railways Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicts a man in a rush to board a train, knocks over an alighting passenger. This one of a series of posters by Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887-1965) that focus on public man...ARTV02505
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Please pass along the platform
Art
Maker: London Passenger Transport Board Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicts a crowded platform, and a mass of people blocking the platform's entrance as they have failed to use the several exit passages available for use. The text point...ARTV02540
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Please stand on the right of the escalator
Art
Maker: London Transport Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicts an escalator giving access to/from an Underground (Tube) Station. A line of passengers stand on the right, while one man standing on the left has an 'L' sign o...ARTV03868
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Police Notice: All clear
Art
Maker: Unknown Unknown Unknown
British First World War civil defence poster. Printed in black text only it informs the viewer that the police believe it is now 'All Clear' after an air raid.ARTV00794
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Police Notice: Take cover
Art
Maker: Unknown Unknown Unknown
British First World War civil defence poster issued by the police. Printed in red text set within a thick red border it informs the viewer to 'Take Cover' as an Air Raid is imminent.ARTV00795
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Pollock, Marvin Ronald
Manuscript
Maker: Pollock, Marvin Ronald
Thesis "British Pacifism during the First World War : The Cambridge-Bloomsbury Contribution". Examines the distinctive contribution of Cambridge and Bloomsbury to British Pacifism and the war time act...MSS0937
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Porter, F. Hal (Flight Lieutenant)
Manuscript
Maker: Porter, Frederick Harold (Hal)
`Adventures in Radar: a story of radar and the experiences of some of its personnel'. This manuscript is an account of the development of RAAF radar systems and their early use. The major part of the ...MSS1229
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Port 'Wikingerschiff' bomb pylon : Messerschmitt Me 262-A2 Fighter Aircraft
Technology
Maker: Messerschmitt AG
Lozenge shaped aluminium bomb rack, painted light grey with electrical fittings. This type of bomb pylon was used to carry a single 250 kilogram aerial bomb.REL/08385.016
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Post before lunch
Art
Maker: Zero (Schleger, Hans) [LONDON : G.P.O., [N.D.]
This British poster depicts a chef running with a letter in hand, amongst the words 'post before lunch'. During the Second World War the postal service was heavily regulated to save resources and moni...ARTV05383
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Post before lunch
Art
Maker: Zero (Schleger, Hans) [LONDON] : G.P.O., [N.D.]
This British poster depicts a chef running with a letter in hand, amongst the words 'post before lunch'. During the Second World War the postal service was heavily regulated to save resources and moni...ARTV05384
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Post early and don't miss the noon post
Art
Maker: Fraser, Eric George LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (NOTTINGHAM ; STAFFORD & CO.)
This British poster depicts an elephant rushing with his tail in a knot. The letter is in his trunk, and also has a clock tied to it. The text reads 'post early and dont miss the noon post'. During th...ARTV05386
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Post early and don't miss the noon post
Art
Maker: Fraser, Eric George LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (NOTTINGHAM : STAFFORD & CO.)
This British poster depicts an elephant rushing with his tail in a knot. The letter is in his trunk, and also has a clock tied to it. The text reads 'post early and dont miss the noon post'. During th...ARTV05385
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Potatoes Set Our Shipping Free Potatoes Give You Energy
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office James Haworth & Brother
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Agriculture. It depicts three dancing potato sailors set against a blue background. One in the foreground is larger than the others and has HM...ARTV03463
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Pots and pans
Art
Maker: Unknown Board of Trade Greycaines Ltd.
British Second World War poster advising proper care for pots and pans. In the top third of the poster is an image of pots and pans with the title printed around them in red ink. Below this are six pa...ARTV01414
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Pots and pans
Art
Maker: Unknown Board of Trade Greycaines Ltd.
British Second World War poster advising proper care for pots and pans. In the top third of the poster is an image of pots and pans with the title printed around them in red ink. Below this are six pa...ARTV01402
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Powell, William Hope (Chief Petty Officer b.1883)
Private Record
Maker: Powell, William Hope
Diaries for 1914-1915 and 1918. Powell was a wireless telegraphist aboard HMAS Encounter in 1914 and is reputed to have been the first to receive a transmission that war had been declared. In November...PR00435
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Pressure & load tables for motor car tyres
Art
Maker: Fosh & Cross Ltd. [S.L. : S.N.], 1943 (S.L. : FOSH & CROSS)
British Second World War pamplet with the pressure and load tables for motor car tyres.ARTV05203
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Price, George (Private, 48th Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Price, George
PRINTED LETTER SENT TO MEMBERS OF THE FORCES AT THE END OF WWI, WITH A FACSIMILE SIGNATURE OF THE KING. BOOKLETS ENTITLED "NATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICE", "THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN" AND "AUSTRALIAN WAR PHOT...PR84/229
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Primrose, B N
Private Record
Maker: Primrose, B N
THESIS EXAMINES AUSTRALIAN NAVAL POLICY IN LIGHT OF RELATIONSHIP WITH BRITAIN. PHD THESIS, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, 1974PRMF0019
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Protect New Zealand...back them up!
Art
Maker: Cuneo, Terence Tenison WELLINGTON : NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL SAVINGS COMMITTEE, [N.D.] Unknown
New Zealand copy of a British Second World War propaganda poster which was part of a series of similar posters with the same title. This poster depicts 5 British Soldiers manning a coastal artillery p...ARTV00215
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Public Record Office (Uk)
Private Record
CONSISTS OF AN INDEX TO RECORDS HELD BY THE PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE (UK) WHICH HAD BEEN FILMED BY MAY 1983. INDEX ARRANGED BY MINISTRY AND RECORDS CREATED WITHIN THAT MINISTRYPRMF0023
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"Punch", November 4, 1914: To a false patriot...
Art
Maker: Punch Unknown
British First World War poster issued as part of a recruitment campaign published by the magazine 'Punch' or 'the London Charivari' in November 1914. This poster features a reproduction of the poem ' ...ARTV05324
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Put It There
Art
Maker: Strube, Sidney Her Majesty's Stationary Office The Admiralty H. Manly & Son
During the Second World War there was a strong push on the home front throughout Allied nations to stress the importance of factory workers, whether they worked on ships, munitions, or food. This Brit...ARTV02383
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Put Out Rags for Salvage or Sell Them to a Dealer
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Henry Hildesley Ltd
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of recycling rags. The poster encourages people to put out their rags for salvage, or to sell to a dealer for recycling. The poster highligh...ARTV03383
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Put the idea in the suggestion box
Art
Maker: Glasscock, R H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION, 1945. (BRITISH : E.S. & A ROBINSON FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFF Ministry for Aircraft Production E.S. & A Robinson
During the Second World War, ordinary citizens could contribute ideas through a government suggestion box system. This enabled all people, who may have been involved in various aspects of war work or ...ARTV01586
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Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal : Matron G M Wilson
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, unnamed as issued.RELAWM31816.013
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Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal : Wing Commander R N Dalkin, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. Unnamed as issued.REL33369.008
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Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. Enrol today
Art
Maker: Unknown [S.L : S.N., N.D.]
Depicys an image of a young woman, in uniform, beckoning others to join Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps as new recruits. Intially called the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), the QMAAC was formed...ARTV00060
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Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps: We're looking to you...
Art
Maker: Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps Unknown
British First World War recruitment poster issued by The Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (Q.M.A.A.C). It features a yellow circle within a bright red background. Within the circle are a group of six...ARTV01285
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Quem queria guerra: A Allemanha ou A Gra-Gretanha? [Who wanted the war: Germany or Great Britain?]
Art
Maker: Anderson, S [S.L : S.N., N.D.]
A Portuguese First World War poster depicting eleven images comparing the war readiness of Germany with Great Britain as it asks "Who wanted the war?". Portugal declared its support for the allies sho...ARTV00105
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3 Questions to Employers
Art
Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Bemrose and Sons
British recruiting poster produced early in the war by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee; this is a text based poster, with no images. The poster is surrounded by three borders; dark green on th...ARTV00403
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4 questions to men who have not enlisted: ... "where did you serve in the great war?" ... : enlist today
Art
Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Bemrose and Sons
Published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee (Poster No. 62) this First World War British poster aims to encourage men to enlist in the army. By posing four questions the poster makes the audie...ARTV08175
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RAAF Representative Teams, UK
Private Record
Team sheets, cartoons and scorecards related to the RAAF representative team activities in both cricket and rugby union football. Features details of games played against both the RAF and RNZ Combined...PR00147
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Radio 3TR program "50 and Over". Lieutenant Commander Hugh Randall Syme GC, GM and Bar talks about his experiences in mine disposal in the United Kingdom during the Second World War.
Sound
Maker: Syme, Hugh Randall Radio 3TR
Mr Hugh Randall Syme was the general manager of the Melbourne Age newspaper in 1957. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy volunteering for the mine disposal unit in the United Kingdom....S00611
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RAF in action
Art
Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Information Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War poster promoting an exhibition about the Royal Air Force and their role in the war. This exhibition was organised by the Ministry of Information and toured around not just the...ARTV02279
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Railway Refreshment Rooms are Often Short of Cups and Glasses
Art
Maker: London Transport McCorquodale & Co.Ltd
Under the Railway Act 1921 (UK), many different, small, railway companies were grouped together into four main companies, known colloquially as the 'Big Four', which came into effect on 1 January 1923...ARTV02524
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Rally Round the Flag...
Art
Maker: Parliamentary Recruiting Committee L S & Co.
British recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee (poster No.2). Aside from an image of the Union Jack, which is positioned at the top centre of the poster, this is a text-...ARTV08135
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Rally round the flag
Art
Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Andrew Reid and Co
Recruiting poster published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. The slogan 'rally round the flag' is repeated in multiple versions of this poster. The title, printed in black ink on a yellow b...ARTV04939
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Rally Round the Flag...
Art
Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee L S & Co.
British recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee (poster No.2). Aside from an image of the Union Jack, which is positioned at the top centre of the poster, this is a text-...ARTV04870
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Rayon is easy to wash
Art
Maker: Unknown Board of Trade W.R. Royle & son
British Second World War poster issued by the Board of Trade. This poster provides detailed instructions on how to care for rayon clothing.ARTV02708
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Rayon is easy to wash
Art
Maker: Board of Trade W R Royale & Son Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the Board of Trade. Depicts rayon underclothing. This poster provides detailed instructions on how to care for rayon clothing.ARTV10016
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Reconstruction problems 18 & 19: industrial councils, state regulation of wages...
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Reconstruction D. St.
One of a series of British advertising posters issued by the Ministry of Reconstruction to promote the sale of booklets. The booklets were produced at the end of the First World and their purpose was ...ARTV06464
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Reconstruction problems 15: juvenile workers...
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Reconstruction D. St.
One of a series of British advertising posters issued by the Ministry of Reconstruction to promote the sale of booklets. The booklets were produced at the end of the First World and their purpose was ...ARTV06465
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Reconstruction problems 12: re-settlement of officers...
Art
Maker: Ministry of Reconstruction Unknown D. St.
One of a series of British advertising posters issued by the Ministry of Reconstruction to promote the sale of booklets. The booklets were produced at the end of the First World and their purpose was ...ARTV06466
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[Recruiting poster]
Art
Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee David Allen & Sons Ltd
British recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. This is an extremely unusual poster, as it has no title, or indeed, text. Additionally, it is a photograph, as opposed t...ARTV00595
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recto: Beware ; verso: Your own hands are best...
Art
Maker: Keely, Patrick Cokayne Morris, G R Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of over 200 accident prevention posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British War eff...ARTV01663
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recto: Cut 'em short or roll 'em up; verso: Sepsis
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Maker: Keely, Patrick Cokayne Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
recto: British Second World War cautionary poster. During the war, it was important to have each work-age individual available for work. This is one of a number of posters that caution against reckles...ARTV01656
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recto: Cut 'em short or roll 'em up...; verso: Sepsis...
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Maker: Keely, Patrick Cokayne Rothholz, Hans Arnold Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
recto: British Second World War cautionary poster. During the war, it was important to have each work-age individual available for work. This is one of a number of posters that caution against reckles...ARTV01627
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recto: Don't try to hold it; verso: To avoid accidents tidy up
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Maker: Golden, Grace Lydia Keely, Patrick Cokayne Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
recto: British Second World War work safety poster commissioned by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents for the Ministry for Labour and National Service. The poster advises workers agains...ARTV01662
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recto: Horseplay ; verso: In cases of Serious injury...
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Maker: Keely, Patrick Cokayne Unknown Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
British Second World War cautionary poster. During the war, it was important to have each work-age individual available for work. This poster provides advice on first aid in cases of serious injury. ...ARTV01636
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recto: Percy Vere no. 11; verso: Asking for trouble...
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Maker: Eckersley, Thomas Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of a series of cautionary posters from the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting workers observing (or not observing) safety and ...ARTV02245
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recto: Percy Vere (no. 21); verso: Get first aid at once
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of over 200 work health and safety posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British War ...ARTV01649
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recto: Percy Vere (no. 14); verso: Grit in the eye...
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Maker: Lee-Elliot Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of over 200 accident prevention posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British War eff...ARTV01653
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recto: Percy Vere (no. 10); verso: Handle with care
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Maker: Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of over 200 work health and safety posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British War ...ARTV01622
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recto: Percy Vere (no. 22); verso: He's nasty Nazis were...
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Maker: Rothholz, Hans Arnold Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of a series of double sided posters from the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting workers in a factory observing (or not observi...ARTV01641
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recto: The Mediaeval Quack wore this...; verso: Worn tools are "Quislings"...
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Morris, G R LONDON : MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE : ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS, 19 Loxley Brothers Ltd
Double sided work safety poster commissioned by the Royal Society for the Prevention for Accidents and issued by the Ministry for National Labour and Service during the Second World War. Doublesided p...ARTV03525
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recto: These are unfashionable near running machinery; verso: First aid post, The smallest wound may cause the biggest trouble
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Lewitt-Him Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
recto: 'These are Unfashionable Near Running Machinery' is a British Second World War poster by F Kenwood Giles for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. One of a series of posters commis...ARTV05216
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recto: Watch points when handling goods... verso: Take precautions now or take your pick later...
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Lee-Elliot LONDON: MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE; ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS, [N.D Loxley Brothers Ltd
verso: 'Take Precaution Now or Take Your Pick Later' cursively written at the top of the poster, below the majority image is of a blonde, brunette and red hair wigs. The bottom of the poster reads: 'C...ARTV05214
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Reduce overcrowding by travelling only when you must
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Maker: Fitton, James London Transport Unknown
advisory poster urging travellers only to travel when they must by depicting bus passengers packed into a sardine tinARTV01812
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Relief plaque of General Montgomery
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Maker: Licari, E
Bronze relief plaque featuring a portrait of Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, Commander of the British Eighth Army.ART93078
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Remember.: "england expects-" : the need is great to-day... : join today
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Maker: Oakley, Harry Lawrence Unknown Chorley & Pickersgill
This First World War British poster was designed by Harry Lawrence Oakley and is designed to encourage men to enlist in the Navy. The poster depicts a sailor standing next to two barrels of a warship ...ARTV04904
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Remember Hong Kong
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Maker: Fosh & Cross Ltd.
'Remember Hong Kong' banner poster, produced by the British to protest the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in 1942.ARTV05349
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Remember Hong Kong
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Maker: Fosh & Cross Ltd.
Protest banner distributed by the British in opposition to the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in 1942.ARTV05350
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Remember Scarborough
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Harrison & Sons, London.
British recruiting poster, produced early in the war. This is a text based poster with no images. The design relies on the juxtaposition of green and orange ink, and varying font sizes to draw the v...ARTV00415
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Remembrance Day: November 11th...wear a Flanders Poppy...
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Maker: Kirth, Maurice British Legion Waterlow & Sons Ltd
Issued by the British Legion, Appeals Department, to promote Field Marshal Haig's 'Poppy Appeal' of 1923. The vivid black and red design of this poster by Maurice Kirth depicts a battlefield which is ...ARTV07623
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Remembrance Day: November 11th...wear a Flanders Poppy...
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Maker: Kirth, Maurice British Legion Waterlow & Sons Ltd
Issued by the British Legion, Appeals Department, to promote Field Marshal Haig's 'Poppy Appeal' of 1923. The vivid black and red design of this poster by Maurice Kirth depicts a battlefield which is ...ARTV07621
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Reply to America
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Depicts a figure of a German officer, in uniform wearing a helmet and cape, looking behind him at a fire burning, while in front of him is a man holding a bill with the words 'Reply to America' on it....ART19824
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Reports on Museum Visits
Manuscript
"Reports on Museum Visits: Following joint AWM/IWM tour: September/October 2000". Manuscript with various reports examining the Vasa Museum, Stockholm, the Swedish Army Museum, the Fort Canning Museum...MSS1772
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Respect for Culture
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Depicts a figure of a seated German officer, pulling on his boots, in a hotel room. He turns to yell at a buxom woman who has a worried expression on her face as she flees towards the door and away fr...ART19897
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Reynolds, Herbert Vincent (Private, b.1896 - d.1978)
Private Record
Maker: Reynolds, Herbert Vincent
Collection relating to the service of 622 Private Herbert Vincent Reynolds, 1 Field Ambulance, AIF, Australia, At Sea, Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front, England, 1914-1918. Collection consists of five...PR00039
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Reynolds, Robert George (Sergeant, b.1916 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Reynolds, Robert George
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 402979 Sergeant Robert George Reynolds, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada and United Kingdom, c.1941. Collection consists of six souvenir postc...PR05790
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Rights of citizenship
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee David Allen & Sons Ltd
British recruiting poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. This is a text based poster, with no images. Text is dark blue ink printed on white paper. An extract reads: 'Rights of...ARTV04657
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Robert Basil Gray (Bob) Murphy, as a Flight Lieutenant, Lancaster Navigator, Royal Australian Air Force, interviewed by Edward Stokes for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Sound
Maker: Murphy, Robert Basil Gray
Discusses education; enlistment; training; embarkation; Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS); casualties; RAAF Canadian relations; No. 97 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF); aerial operations; stress; naviga...S00523
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Rockwell, Horace Bruce (Second Air Mechanic, Australian Flying Corps b: c. 1889)
Manuscript
Maker: Rockwell, Horace Bruce
TYPESCRIPT OF A NARRATIVE ENTITLED "A JOURNEY FROM THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN WITH THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES" WHICH RECORDS THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES AT THE AUSTRALIAN FLYING SCHOOL, LAVERTON, ON ...MSS1341
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Rolph, John (Corporal, 14th Bn AIF and Lieutenant, Royal Warwick Regiment b.1894 - d.1955)
Private Record
Maker: Rolph, John
CPL ROLPH'S CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE FROM THE AIF, HIS COMMISSION AND EXTRACTS FROM HIS BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATESPR87/095
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Rout out Rats: Rats spread Disease, Rats destroy Food, Rats destroy Property...
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Maker: London : H.M. Stationary Office J. Weiner Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicting a cornered rat. The poster was produced by Britain's His Majesty's Stationary Office, to encourage rat control during the war, as a form of preventative healt...ARTV01950
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Rush aid to Russia!...
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Maker: Ministry of Supply J Weiner Ltd
British Second World War poster depicting the heads of Lord Beaverbrook and Averell Harriman printed in black and white against a red colour background. William Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook was a...ARTV05119
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Russia's fight is ours!
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Maker: LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, 1941 (LONDON : WM. BROWN & CO.)
British Second World War poster issued by the Department of Information in 1941. It is a reproduction of four separate Soviet War posters, each depicting Russia's strong determination to destroy Hitl...ARTV05117
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Safe as the British Empire: National War Bonds
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Maker: Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A., Ltd.) Unknown Unknown Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A., Ltd.)
British First World War poster promoting the sale of War Savings Certificates. It features a map of the world in the upper third with all the countries of the British Empire marked out in red. The tit...ARTV00969
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Safeguard your Health: Chest X-Ray photographs : This service is free and confidential
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Maker: LONDON : NAPT, 1945 (S.L. : STAFFORD & CO)
British Second World War poster , produced by the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, depicting an image of a man having his chest X-rayed. In June 1898 it was decided that 'a pub...ARTV07789
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Salute the Soldier
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Maker: Pym, Harold A. National Savings Committee, London and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast
This British Second World War poster depicts an artillery crew manning a gun, with a large expanse of sky in the centre and upper half of the poster, and the title along the top edge. This is one of a...ARTV03410