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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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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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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
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Here comes the bride
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Maker: Mount, Edward Reginald H.M. Stationery Office W R Royale & Son Ltd
British Second World War advisory poster designed by Reginald Mount, commissioned by the Ministry of Health and the Central Council for Health Education. The poster depicts a stylised graphic of a whi...ARTV07781
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Lend a hand on the land
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Chromoworks Ltd
British Second World War advertising poster. As the Second World War continued, with men required for military service, and the production of food becoming more and more critical to the war effort, th...ARTV02484
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Lend a hand on the land
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Agriculture Chromoworks Ltd
As the Second World War continued, with men required for military service, and the production of food becoming more and more critical to the war effort, the British Government introduced the 'lend a h...ARTV04096
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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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Lubricating Oil Is Imported in Tankers: No Economy Is Too Small to Count
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Maker: Stone, Marcus Ministry of Fuel and Power Charles & Read Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster highlighting and promoting the importance of conserving lubricating oil. The poster highlights how lubricating oil needs to be imported (to Britain) and therefore shoul...ARTV02014
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Oil Is Imported in Tankers: Economy Is Vital
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster highlighting the need to save oil. The poster describes common engines that use large amount of oil and how by limiting their use it would mean that a greater percentag...ARTV02012
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Post Office Telegraphists at war work – Telegraph Less
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Maker: Nachshen, Donia H.M. Stationery Office Johnson Riddle & Co
Donia Nachshen was born into a Russian Jewish family who migrated to London in 1906 to escape anti-Jewish Pogroms. By the Second World War had established herself as an illustrator influenced by Art D...AWM2017.916.11
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Russia's fight is ours!
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
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...ARTV05116
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Save Fuel for Battle
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office Stafford & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster aimed at encouraging the restrictive domestic use of fuel. Posters such as these, encouraging Britons to conserve certain essential goods, were common. They aimed at re...ARTV02024
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Save Fuel for Battle: Power Eats Fuel
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office Stafford & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of saving energy, thereby saving fuel. The poster identifies that each power, steam and heat require fuel and that fuel should be saved for ...ARTV02010
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Save Tractor Fuel: Release the Tankers to Feed the Tanks
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office W.R. Royle & Son Ltd.
British Second World War poster highlighting the need to save tractor fuel. The subtitle of the poster highlights that by restricting the use of tractor fuel, it would mean that a greater percentage o...ARTV02011
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Send him greetings on a christmas airgraph form
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Maker: Cooper, Austin H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
This poster was created for a General Post Office (GPO) Christmas airmail campaign. Designed by Canadian British artist Austin Cooper (1890-1964) it features the illustrated Airgraph holiday form issu...ARTV02439
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Store Fuel for Next Winter: Order It Now
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Maker: Uptton, Clive Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power informing its audience to order fuel immediately to store for the following winter. This item has been digitised with funding provide...ARTV02050
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There's deadly danger in that bite!
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War cautionary poster warns of danger of malaria. The poster lists areas where malarial mosquitos are found and details ways to prevent malaria.ARTV05245
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The Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, M.C., M.P.
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Alf Cooke Ltd
One of a series of Second World War posters featuring portraits of British military leaders and politicians. The series was presented to the Memorial by the United Kingdom Information Office, Martin P...ARTV10371
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This Factory Is Engaged on War Work
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
Patriotic poster issued by H.M.Stationery Office for display in factories undertaking war work. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.ARTV02099
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Turn that gas down
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Fuel and Power Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
Issued in support of a winter fuel economy campaign by the British Ministry for Fuel and Power this poster encourages viewers to conserve energy by turning down the gas level when boiling a kettle. Th...ARTV00248
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We Must Save More Fuel for Battle
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War proclamation-style poster encouraging people to economise their use of energy with regards to activities that use up fuel such as coal. Throughout the Second World War, govern...ARTV02036
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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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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