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A clear plate means a clear conscience
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Maker: Fitton, James H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster advocating frugality. In the centre of the poster is an image of a cleared plate and knife and fork, this is placed on a patterned tablecloth background. The title appe...ARTV06935
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Action stations...Saving is everybody's war job
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office J. Howitt & Son Ltd.
Henrion is one of the most well known designers working on propaganda posters in Britain during the Second World War. This war savings poster is an example of his clever use of photography. Three colo...AWM2017.916.12
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Aircraft of the R.A.F. - Some famous types - I
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicting ten different types of Allied aircraft. The poster was one of a series of similar posters used for the identification of aircraft and features images of the d...ARTV01571
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Allied air offensive against Germany
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
A British Second World War poster illustrating the Allied air offensive against Germany up until 1st January 1941. This British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office...ARTV02271
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Allied air offensive against Germany
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Weiner, J
A British Second World War poster illustrating the Allied air offensive against Germany up until 1st January 1941. This British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office...ARTV02199
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Back them up!
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office
This 1942 British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information. This poster depicts a convoy of British Crusader tanks speeding throu...ARTV02212
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Back them up!
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Maker: Wootton, Frank H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
This 1942 British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information with artwork by Frank Wootton. The poster depicts a flight of Supermar...ARTV02211
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Back them up!
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Maker: Cuneo, Terence Tenison H.M. Stationery Office British Colour Printing
British Second World War propaganda poster part of a campaign issued by the Ministry of Information early in the war to boost morale and strengthen public support for the war effort. The MOI commissio...ARTV02210
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Back them up!: A raid by "Hudsons" of the Coastal Command on German shipping at Aalesund, Norway, in which eleven ships were hit
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Maker: Turner, Charles Edward H.M. Stationery Office Chromoworks Ltd
British poster depicting a raid by Hudsons of the Coastal Command on German shipping at Aalesund, Norway, in which eleven ships were hit. A Lockheed Hudson aircraft dominates the upper picture plane;...ARTV03909
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Back them up!: "Ducks" amphibious fighting vehicles used for the first time in the Mediterranean landings
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Thomas Forman & Sons Ltd
This 1942 British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information and features artwork by Captain Charles E Turner RA. The poster depict...ARTV02207
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Back them up!: Heavy bombers of the R.A.F. often fly a total distance of 1,200 miles and over 15,000 ft. mountains in the Alps, to bomb the industrial towns of North Italy
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Thomas Forman & Sons Ltd
British Second World War poster referring to the vital nature of home front support for British forces overseas. The image fills the top two thirds of the poster with the title underneath. The image...ARTV03902
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Back them up! Heavy Stirling bombers raid the Nazi Baltic part of Lübeck and leave the docks ablaze
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Maker: Nockolds, Roy Ministry of Information Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British poster depicting an air raid on the German port of Lübeck, showing fires and damage to the docks area and appealing to the public for support. The subtitle is 'Heavy Stirling bombers raid the ...ARTV02297
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Back them up!: In the Mediterranean British submarines have caused great havoc to Axis shipping
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Maker: Rumbold, Gilbert H.M. Stationery Office Chromoworks Ltd
This 1942 British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information and features artwork by Gilbert Rumbold. The poster depicts a submarin...ARTV02208
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Back them up!: R.A.F. day raiders over Berlin's official quarter
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Maker: Fosh & Cross Ltd. Jobson, Patrick A H.M. Stationery Office
RAF day raiders over Berlin's official quarters. Several RAF de Havilland Mosquito aircraft are seen flying over Berlin.ARTV03911
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Back them up!: The bombing in daylight of the power station at Knapsack, Germany, by the Royal Air Force
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Maker: Gardner, James H.M. Stationery Office Chromoworks Ltd
British poster depicting the bombing in daylight of the power station at Knapsack, Germany, by the Royal Air Force. A RAF twin-engined Bristol Blenheim is seen leaving the scene.ARTV03906
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Back them up!: The Mediterranean Invasion. British troops, tanks and guns pouring ashore from landing craft
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Thomas Forman & Sons Ltd
This 1942 British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information. The poster depicts Allied soldiers, tanks, amphibious landing craft, ...ARTV02209
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Back them up!: The R.A.F.'s intensive bombing of Germany's war industries continues
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Maker: Nockolds, Roy H.M. Stationery Office Chromoworks Ltd
British poster depicting the RAF'S intensive bombing of Germany's industries. The subtitle is 'The RAF's intensive bombing of Germany's war industries continues'. Two Lancaster bombers are seen flying...ARTV03910
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Battle for Fuel: We Must All Keep within Our Target!
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Maker: Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster promoting fuel savings. This is one of the 'battle for fuel' series. With the cost of the war mounting as the years passed, the British Government promoted domestic sav...ARTV02073
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Battle of Germany: join an air crew
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Maker: Holmes H.M. Stationery Office
This British war poster depicts RAF Halifaxes flying over a fire from a bomb-damaged German tower.ARTV07256
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Battle of the Atlantic...Warwork News No.4
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British poster issued by the Ministry for Labour and National Service in the form of a broadsheet titled 'Warwork News'. This is No. 4 and provides information on the Battle of the Atlantic including ...ARTV02111
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Be Wise - Economise Your Coal for Winter
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Maker: Bingler H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster by Bingler promoting fuel savings. With the cost of the war mounting as the years passed, the British Government promoted domestic saving to provide more support for fr...ARTV02052
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Bones wanted...
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British poster issued to encourage citizens to save bones in support of the war effort. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.ARTV02414
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Britain Expects That: You Too, This Day, Will Do Your Duty
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Maker: C F The Admiralty Chromoworks Ltd H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster highlighting the national (patriotic) expectation that each Briton 'do [their] duty'. The poster depicts a flag-bearing signaler in the upper section, with a bodiless s...ARTV02087
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British Army Exhibition
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster promoting a 'British Army Exhibition'. During the Second World War the Ministry of Information held many exhibitions around Britain to display to the people on the home...ARTV02335
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British weapons to defeat Hitler
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (READING : GREENSLADE & CO. (READING) LTD.) Greenslade & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicting a tank with a palm tree behind it in the distance. The tank is firing. Two smaller depictions of tanks with an elephant in one, and a horse in the other, depi...ARTV02317
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British weapons to defeat Hitler
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office H.M. Stationary Office Greenslade & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicting military vessels; the battleship, a cruiser and a destroyer. A small mass of land in the background has a single palm tree. The poster celebrates British mil...ARTV02318
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60 cigarette cartons: 1 mortar bomb container...
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (S.L. : HUBNERS) Hubners Ltd
This poster is one of a campaign urging British citizens not to waste paper. It informs the viewer that the cardboard from cigarette cartons is needed to make boxes for Mortar Bombs. The inclusion of ...ARTV02417
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Comrades in arms
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
This poster was produced by the British Government to promote a 1942 exhibition 'Comrades in arms: Pictures of the Soviets at war'. The exhibition was part of a broader campaign to engender support fr...ARTV07481
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Convoy Your Country to Victory: Buy Defence Bonds at Banks and Post Offices
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Hilder, Rowland National Savings Committee, London and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh, Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast J. Weiner Ltd.
British Second World War poster promoting the sale of defence bonds. The poster depicts a British Merchant Navy convoy at sea, seen from the deck of a British warship. Two sailors stand on the deck, u...ARTV02080
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Cut Gas and Electricity - They Both Come from Coal
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Fletcher and Son Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster aimed at encouraging the restrictive use of gas and electricity, owing to its reliance upon coal for production. Posters such as these, encouraging Britons to conserve ...ARTV02023
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Cut Your Gas and Electricity: They Both Come from Coal
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster designed to emphasise the need for people on the home front to reduce electricity and gas consumption owing to its dependence on the use of coal. Posters such as this o...ARTV02062
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Dig for victory
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Agriculture Weiner, J
British Second World War poster advertising the Dig for Victory campaign. With German U-Boats in the North Atlantic and Channel making trade difficult, British people were encouraged to turn their bac...ARTV01528
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Dig for victory for their sake
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Jarrold & Sons Ltd., Norwich
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Agriculture as part of 'the Dig for Victory' campaign. The title text frames a black and white image of a foot and shovel digging into soil....ARTV02411
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Dig for victory now
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office W.R. Royle & son
British Second World War poster advertising the Dig for Victory campaign. With German U-Boats in the North Atlantic and Channel making trade difficult, British people were encouraged to turn their bac...ARTV02413
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Don't Be Fuel-Ish
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Maker: Bateman, Henry Mayo Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office Stafford & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of using fuel economically. The poster is one of a campaign featuring humorous cartoons by Henry Bateman that involve a scenario with a cent...ARTV02048
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Don't Be Fuel-Ish: The Man Who Wasted Gas
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Maker: Bateman, Henry Mayo Stafford & Co. Ltd. Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of using fuel economically. The poster is one of a campaign featuring humorous cartoons by Henry Bateman that involve a scenario with a cent...ARTV02049
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Don't Be Fuel-Ish: The Man Who Would Not Close Doors
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Maker: Bateman, Henry Mayo Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office Stafford & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of using fuel economically. The poster is one of a campaign featuring humorous cartoons by Henry Bateman that involve a scenario with a cent...ARTV02075
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Don't telephone or telegraph if a letter or a postcard will do
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Maker: Rothholz, Hans Arnold H.M. Stationery Office G.C.M. Printing Service
This poster was issued by the General Post Office as part of a campaign to encourage British Citizens to reduce their use of telephones and telegrams in favour of postal communications in support of t...ARTV02408
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Don't Use All - Keep Fire Small: Save Gas & Electricity They Both Come from Coal
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster designed to emphasise the need for people on the home front to reduce electricity and gas consumption owing to its dependence on the use of coal. Posters such as this o...ARTV02064
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Don't Waste Oil - Not a Drop - Not a Splash
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Maker: Bateman, Henry Mayo Ministry of Fuel and Power Chromoworks Ltd H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of saving oil. The poster is one of a series produced by Henry Bateman that comprise a central character wasting some for of essential goods...ARTV02013
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Everyone Should Back Up the Fuel Watcher
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Maker: Uptton, Clive Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of saving and conserving fuel. The poster depicts factory worker holding a spanner looking back at something out of view of the audience. Th...ARTV02015
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Facts of the fight for the factory - Hurricane
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Weiner, J
British poster depicting Hurricanes in flight. 'Facts of the fight for the factory - Spitfire Bulletin No. 14. Two Focke-Wulf 190s dropped bombs on a south coast town and hoped to get away unscathed. ...ARTV01573
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Fill that gap...
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Perry Colourprint Ltd
Second World War poster issued by the British Government to recruit men for employment in the munitions industry. In the lower right corner the slogan 'Go To It! is visible. This item has been digiti...ARTV02101
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Food needs transport
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Maker: Lewitt-Him H.M. Stationery Office Geo Gibbons Ltd
British Second World War poster by Lewitt-Him. Depicts a train made from a sliced loaf of bread. The title is printed along the top in blue ink, and the message is printed along the bottom in yellow i...ARTV01551
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For Britain Keep On Saving: Keep up Your National Savings Every Week
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Maker: National Savings Committee Field Sons & Co. Ltd H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster encouraging people to save money for Britain's future. The emphasis on saving money for the future was because if people were saving money, it meant that they were less...ARTV02077
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For You to Produce Cold Someone Must Burn Fuel: Save Fuel for Battle!
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power The National Cold Stores Committee H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War proclamation-style poster highlighting the importance of saving fuel. This poster targets cooling and the fuel that it takes to cool something and encourages its audience to m...ARTV02016
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Full Ahead: Production
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Maker: Keely, Patrick Cokayne The Admiralty H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster encouraging war production to be increased to 'full speed'. The poster depicts a sailor talking down a speaking tube connected to traditional ships throttle lever. On t...ARTV02085
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Give bones for salvage and save shipping
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office F.W.W. & Co
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry for Supply encouraging the salvaging of bones for use in making explosives, fertilisers, animal food, and glue. The message is in the form of a n...ARTV02100
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Green vegetables keep you well
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Maker: Beaumont H.M. Stationery Office Haycock Press
British Second World War poster by Beaumont promoting the consumption of green vegetables. The text dominates the majority of the poster on a central black trapezium with a background of green blotche...ARTV01792