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Wings over the Waves
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Aircraft Production H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War poster published by the Ministry of Aircraft Production. The poster is aimed at promoting the importance of aircraft in the Navy and includes several flights of aircraft in th...ARTV03482
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Wings over the Waves
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION, [N.D.] (LONDON : LOWE & BRYDONE FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE Ministry of Aircraft Production Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War poster published by the Ministry of Aircraft Production. The poster is aimed at promoting the importance of aircraft in the Navy and includes several flights of aircraft in th...ARTV01583
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With Combination Grates Keep Two Buckets Handy: Save Fuel for Battle
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office W.R. Royle & Son Ltd.
British Second World War poster instructing its audience on proper usage of combination grates. Combination grates refer to the combination of a fire surround and grate all cast into the one singular ...ARTV02031
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Women of Britain: Come into the factories
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Maker: Zec, Phillip H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
During the Second World War with the need to mobilise women into the workforce recruitment posters aimed solely at women became common. This poster by Philip Zec, a cartoonist who worked for the 'Dail...ARTV03534
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Women of the Forces...
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
Poster issued by the British Ministry of Pensions (formed 1916) to provide information to serving women including officers and other ranks about applying for the war service or emergency grant. This ...ARTV02599
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Yield not an inch! Waste not a minute!
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Maker: Strube, Sidney H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British war poster depicting a factory in Britain, tanks and aeroplanes in action in Russia, with a British and Russian hand gripped in the middle. Close to the drawing of the British factory are the...ARTV02320
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Yield not an inch! Waste not a minute!
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Maker: Strube, Sidney H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British war poster depicting a factory in Britain, tanks and aeroplanes in action in Russia, with a British and Russian hand gripped in the middle. Close to the drawing of the British factory are the...ARTV02322
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You Are in the Battle for Fuel: Are You Keeping inside Your Target?
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Fuel and Power J. Weiner Ltd.
British Second World War poster emphasizing the need for people on the home front to keep within their coal targets. Posters such as this one were common in the Second World War and aimed to link beha...ARTV02059
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You are on War Work
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : THE ADMIRALTY, [N.D.] (LONDON : MULTI MACHINE PLATES FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE) The Admiralty Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster targeted for display within factories. The poster highlights that even the most menial of tasks contributes in a very important way to the overall production of war-rel...ARTV01538
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You Are on War Work
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Maker: Unknown The Admiralty H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster targeted for display within factories. The poster highlights that even the most menial of tasks contributes in a very important way to the overall production of war-rel...ARTV03441
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You are wanted too! Join the A.T.S
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office A.C. Ltd
British Second World War Recruitment poster for the ATS. The ATS, or Auxiliary Territorial Service, was the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War, with numbers reaching 65,000...ARTV01300
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You Can Help to Build Me a Ship: You Can Learn Quickly and You Will Be Working to Win
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Labour and National Service H.M. Stationery Office J. Weiner Ltd.
British Second World War poster produced to be displayed in factories. The poster depictings a Royal Navy sailor in the upper half pointing out at the viewer. The lower half of the poster contains tex...ARTV03500
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You Loose Miles of Rubber Every Time You Jam on Your Brakes!
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Supply H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
During the Second World War, to lighten the pressures of production for civil resources and thus allow greater resources to be pulled into war-related production, most governments around the world put...ARTV03404
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You Mined This Mine: It Takes 4 Tons of Coal to Make This Mine and 40 or More to 'Fill' It
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Fuel and Power Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster aimed for display at coal production and mining sites. The poster depicts a sea mine, likely in an attempt to play on the dual meaning of the word 'mine' as both a verb...ARTV02063
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Your Books Are Wanted: For the Services, for Blitzed Libraries, for Salvage
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Maker: Unknown National Book Recovery and Salvage Appeal Greycaines Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
During the Second World War, many libraries, both public and private, were destroyed by bombings. This poster calls for people to donate their books to causes such as rebuilding the collections of des...ARTV03387