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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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Save Coal, Save Gas, Save Electricity, Save Paraffin: Save Fuel for Battle
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power promoting fuel savings. This poster is one of the 'save fuel for battle' series. With the cost of the war mounting as the years...ARTV02008
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Save coal, save gas, save electricity, save parrafin: Save fuel for battle
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power promoting fuel savings. This poster is one of the 'save fuel for battle' series. With the cost of the war mounting as the years...ARTV07144
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Save for the brave
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Maker: Brenner, A LONDON : NATIONAL SAVINGS COMMITTEE ; EDINBURG : SCOTTISH SAVINGS COMMITTEE, [N.D.] (LONDON : FOSH & National Savings Committee Scottish War Savings Committee Fosh & Cross Ltd.
This British Savings Committee issued poster depicts the sinking fo the Australian hospital ship Centaur. 'Save for the brave' was a slogan used to encourage civilians to put money into the war saving...ARTV01506
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Save Fuel for Battle: Save Fuel in These Ways
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War proclamation-style poster encouraging people to economise their use of energy with regards to room heating, water heating, and cooking. Throughout the Second World War, govern...ARTV02034
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Save Fuel for Battle: The Fuel Situation and You
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War proclamation-style poster encouraging families to economise their use of energy with regards to activities that use up coal. Throughout the Second World War, governments aroun...ARTV02035
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Save Fuel to Make Munitions for Battle: The Brother Who Turned the Gas Full On
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Maker: Bateman, Henry Mayo Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd. 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...ARTV02027
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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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She talked... this happened
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Home Security Fosh & Cross Ltd.
During the Second World War, a fear of information falling into the wrong hands was felt by the warring countries. To remind the civilians and military personnel to keep all information from being ove...ARTV01097
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She talked... this happened
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster divided horizontally in half. The top half depicts two ladies engaged in conversation at a restaurant or cafe. In the left background a further gentleman peers intently...ARTV02511
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Simple Jobs Boys Can Do Themselves...
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Maker: Unknown Board of Trade Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster outlining domestic tasks boys may do to help the war effort. These include: fixing a tap washer, the care of tools, how to sew a button, how to darn, how to mend a tabl...ARTV03486
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Simple jobs boys can do themselves...
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Maker: Board of Trade Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster outlining domestic tasks boys may do to help the war effort. These include: fixing a tap washer, the care of tools, how to sew a button, how to darn, how to mend a tabl...ARTV01598
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Smooth Finish: Record Speed
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Aircraft Production Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster possibly aimed at RAF pilots, emphasising the importance of landing smoothly and taking care. The poster depicts the needle of a record player with a twin-engined light...ARTV03480
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Smooth Finish: Record Speed
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION, [N.D.] (S.L. : FOSH & CROSS FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE) Ministry for Aircraft Production Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster possibly aimed at RAF pilots, emphasising the importance of landing smoothly and taking care. The poster depicts the needle of a record player with a twin-engined light...ARTV01581
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Spot at sight chart No. 1: Enemy uniforms
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
This British Second World War poster was created for the Ministry of Information for distribution around Britain to aid both civilians and soldiers in the identification of Axis soldiers. This particu...ARTV02231
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Take the Road to Victory!: Join the WAAF
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Maker: Foss, Jonathan H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster promoting the WAAF. The poster depicts a young woman in civvies, holding a suitcase in the background, contrasted against her in a WAAF uniform in the foreground. Simil...ARTV06842
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The brother who turned the gas full on: save fuel to make munitions for battle
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Maker: Bateman, Henry Mayo Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd.
dog; advisory poster issued by the Ministry for Fuel and Power, depicting a crestfallen man standing in front of a gas heater turned full on, while a woman and dog shun him, aimed at reducing home con...ARTV03761
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The Difficult We Can Do at Once: The Impossible May Take a Little Longer
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Maker: Unknown The Admiralty Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster published by the British Admiralty. The poster highlights that while difficult goals can be reached, those that seem impossible will be reached eventually - essentially...ARTV03446
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The Difficult We Can Do at Once: The Impossible May Take a Little Longer
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : THE ADMIRALTY, [N.D.] (LONDON : FOSH & CROSS FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE) The Admiralty Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster published by the British Admiralty. The poster highlights that while difficult goals can be reached, those that seem impossible will be reached eventually - essentially...ARTV01543
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The fighting man's link with his home
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Maker: Soldiers' Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association Fosh & Cross Ltd.
Second World War poster issued by the Soldiers' Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association promoting the role of their Family Welfare Officers to service personal. One of a number of designs, this ite...ARTV02105