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Grow Your Own
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Maker: Zero (Schleger, Hans) Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster used to promote self-sufficiency in the form of growing produce to supplement food rations. During the Second World War in Britain, civilians were even encouraged to se...ARTV03428
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Guidance for Boiler-House Staffs on Control of CO2
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster targeting boiler-house staff to familiarise them on the importance of the correct percentage of carbon dioxide to use in order to maximise their efficiency of fuel usag...ARTV02001
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How to Plant
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster providing instructions on how to plant cabbages, tomatoes, leeks and onions. The poster features a title and girl talking to an anthropomorphised plant of the amaryllid...ARTV03425
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How to plant
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries [S.L.] : MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, [N.D.] (S.L. : FOSH & CROSS FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFI Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster providing instructions on how to plant cabbages, tomatoes, leeks and onions. The poster features a title and girl talking to an anthropoid plant of the amaryllidaceae f...ARTV01521
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If you are 17 1/2 or 18 under 19: Volunteer ATS
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) (later the Women's Royal Army Corps) was a branch of the British Army comprised of young women engaged on war duties. These would be tasks such as operating ack...ARTV03347
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Income Tax: Pay as You Earn
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Maker: Unknown [LONDON : S.N.] 1944 (S.L. : FOSH & CROSS) Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster promoting pay-as-you-earn tax. The poster highlights the importance of saving money through taxes (as savings meant less money spent on unnecessary frivolities, which m...ARTV02316
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It's the finish that counts...
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry for Aircraft Production stressing the importance of smooth finishes during aircraft production to ensure aircraft reach their full speed capacity...ARTV01580
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It's the Finish That Counts
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry for Aircraft Production stressing the importance of smooth finishes during aircraft production to ensure aircraft reach their full speed capacity...ARTV03479
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Join the ATS
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Maker: Games, Abram HMSO Fosh & Cross Ltd.
A British recruitment poster encouraging women to join the Auxiliary Territorial Service, depicting a stylised portrait of a woman in profile, wearing an ATS forage cap. This was one of three designs ...ARTV01379
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Keep broken glass off the roads
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Maker: Ministry of Supply Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster encouraging people to be aware of broken glass on roads as it ruins lyres. A stylised graphic of a hand made out of tryes in the top right corner of the poster draws th...ARTV02419
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Keep broken glass off the roads it ruins tyres
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Maker: Ministry of Supply Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster encouraging people to be aware of broken glass on roads as it ruins lyres. A stylised graphic of a hand made out of tryes in the top right corner of the poster draws th...ARTV02486
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Lend a hand on the land
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War recruitment poster for voluntary agricultural camps. The design features bold text with solid bands of colour framing the lettering, emphasising the instruction to 'Lend a Han...ARTV10153
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Lend a hand on the land
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War recruitment poster for voluntary agricultural camps. The design features bold text with solid bands of colour framing the lettering, emphasising the instruction to 'Lend a Han...ARTV01260
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Lend a Hand on the Land: Spend Your Leave or Spare Time Helping Farmers
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Maker: Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster aiming to encourage service people to assist in farming during their leave. Programs such as this one were common throughout Allied countries, with those who took up th...ARTV01240
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Libya: Help Them Finish The Job
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Maker: Wootton, Frank H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
As an Italian colony from 1911, Libya was of great strategic important during the North African campaign. This battle would result in an Allied victory on 13 May 1943. This British Second World War ...ARTV02294
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Make-Do and Mend
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Maker: Unknown Board of Trade Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster advertising 'make-do and mend'. During the Second World War Britain experienced a shortage of clothes and materials, largely due to the problems the Merchant Navy were ...ARTV03325
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Make-do and mend
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Maker: Unknown Board of Trade Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster advertising 'make-do and mend'. During the Second World War Britain experienced a shortage of clothes and materials, largely due to the problems the Merchant Navy were ...ARTV01404
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Make-do and mend: Advice centre
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster advertising 'make-do and mend', featuring the character Mrs. Sew and Sew. During the Second World War Britain experienced a shortage of clothes and materials, largely d...ARTV07733
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Make-do and mend: Advice centre
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster advertising 'make-do and mend', featuring the character Mrs. Sew and Sew. During the Second World War Britain experienced a shortage of clothes and materials, largely d...ARTV07734
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Make nursing your war job
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War recruitment poster targets women to enlist as nurses, with the promise of post-war employment. Depicts photograph of nurse against a a blue screenprinted background of wounded...ARTV01963