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Urgent: 750,000 Civvy Outfits Wanted
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Supply Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British poster produced immediately after the cessation of hostilities of the Second World War. The poster highlights the need for civilian clothing with the huge population influx with the return to ...ARTV03384
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Useful Jobs That Boys Can Do...
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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...ARTV03487
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Useful Jobs That Girls Can Do...
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Maker: Unknown Board of Trade J. Howitt & Son Ltd.
British Second World War poster outlining domestic tasks girls may do to help the war effort. These include: making slippers out of felt hats, care and maintenance of sewing machines, buttonhole makin...ARTV03488
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Useful jobs that girls can do...
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Maker: Board of Trade J. Howitt & Son Ltd.
British Second World War poster outlining domestic tasks girls may do to help the war effort. These include: making slippers out of felt hats, care and maintenance of sewing machines, buttonhole makin...ARTV01599
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Useful jobs that girls can do...
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Maker: Unknown Board of Trade J. Howitt & Son Ltd.
British Second World War poster outlining domestic tasks girls may do to help the war effort. These include: making slippers out of felt hats, care and maintenance of sewing machines, buttonhole makin...ARTV06878
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Use Less Coal & Coke: Battle for Fuel
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Maker: Chromoworks Ltd H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster 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 front line ac...ARTV02041
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Use of clothing coupons...: offenders are liable to prosecution
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Maker: Fosh & Cross Ltd.
Public notice issued by the Board of Trade to advise British citizens of the proper use of service clothing coupons. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.ARTV02420
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Use Spades : Not Ships : Grow your own Food : And Supply Your own Cookhouse
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Maker: Games, Abram LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (S.L.: CHROMOWORKS)
British Second World War poster depicting a spade , one half of the blade being a ship and the handle as a funnel, with a garden and the sea. The poster was intended to encorage people to grow theri ...ARTV06757
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VD : A shadow on happiness
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Maker: Henrion, Frederick Henri Kay [LONDON] : MINISTRY OF HEALTH : DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR SCOTLAND, [N.D.] (LEICESTER : FLEMINGS FOR
This poster was issued by the Ministry of Health and the Department of Health for Scotland during the Second World War to warn against venereal disease.ARTV05332
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VD : A shadow on happiness
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Maker: Henrion, Frederick Henri Kay [LONDON] : MINISTRY OF HEALTH : DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR SCOTLAND, [N.D.] (LEICESTER : FLEMINGS FOR
This poster was issued by the Ministry of Health and the Department of Health for Scotland during the Second World War to warn against venereal disease.ARTV05331
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VD: Confidential Treatment
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of health and the Central Council for Health Education advertising confidential treatment for venereal diseases. The poster is text only in red a...ARTV02884
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VD: confidential treatment can be obtained...
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by the Department of Health for Scotland advertising confidential treatment for venereal diseases. The poster is text only in red and white on a dark black backg...ARTV07787
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VD : Tomorrow's Citizen: He must not be handicapped by venereal disease ... Treatment is free and confidential
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Maker: Mount, Edward Reginald LONDON : MINISTRY OF HEALTH : CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH EDUCATION, [N.D.] (LONDON : HENRY HILDESLEY
Second World War British poster related to the prevention of venereal disease, produced by the Ministry of Health, Central Council for Health Education. The poster depicts a young boy in the shadow of...ARTV07783
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VD Treatment must be continued...
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Maker: Bennett, Maurice V [LONDON] : MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND THE CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH EDUCATION, [N.D.] (LONDON : J. WEIN
British Second World War poster advertsing to women on the treatment of veneral disease. The poster was issued by the Ministry of Health and Central Council for Health Education in London. The first b...ARTV00342
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VD Treatment Must Be Continued....
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Maker: Bennett, Maurice V Ministry of Health and the Central Council for Health Education J Weiner Ltd
British Second World War poster advertsing to women on the treatment of veneral disease. The poster was issued by the Ministry of Health and Central Council for Health Education in London. The first b...ARTV02876
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Victory Delayed
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Maker: Knight, Dame Laura H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
Depicts a fire sweeping through a airplane manufactory. The accompanying message thanks people who are conscious of flammable objects, such as burning cigarettes, and for keeping fires in war factori...ARTV04747
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Victory is in Your Hands
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Labour and National Service Johnson Riddle & Co
British Second World War poster promoting women's entry into the home front workforce. The poster shows various domestic tasks which involve skills easily transferrable to munitions work. The poster a...ARTV02453
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Victory of the Allies is assured...
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Maker: Rumbold, Gilbert ENGLAND : [S.N., N.D.] (LONDON : CHROMOWORKS)
The majority of this poster is a reproduction of a pastel drawing of ships at sea burning, in the night. In the foreground men peer through a telescope on deck and one man standing at the turret with ...ARTV05333
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Victory of the Allies is assured
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Maker: Thos Forman and Sons
The poster depicts a drawing of soldiers climbing the hill slopes at the shoreline. In the distance the ship pour into the landing.ARTV05334
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Victory parade
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
Colahan depicts troops from the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Airforce marching past the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, as part of victory celebrations in 1...ART26364
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Visit the colonies exhibition
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Maker: Ministry of Information Multi Machine Plates Ltd
This poster was commissioned by the Ministry of Information's Colonial Office to promote their exhibition 'Visit the Colonies'. The exhibition likely contained details about the different colonial nat...ARTV02234
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Vitamin 'C' content of Raw Fruit...
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Maker: LONDON : MINISTRY OF FOOD, 1943 (S.L. : FOSH & CROSS) Ministry of Food Fosh & Cross Ltd.
Second World War Ministry of Food poster to encourage positive nutritional values. The poster explains the Vitamin C content of raw fruit and oranges.ARTV01549
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Vitamin C content of vegetables compared with oranges
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Maker: Ministry of Food [LONDON] : MINISTRY OF FOOD, [N.D.] (S.L. : F & C.)
Second World War poster distributed by the British Ministry of Food, providing nutritional guidance to civilians regarding Vitamin C sources in vegetables versus oranges.ARTV05229
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Wanted : For Sneezing to the Public Danger...The Ministry of Health Says : - Coughs and Sneezes spread diseases...
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Maker: Monk, Keith LONDON : MINISTRY OF HEALTH : CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH N EDUCATION, [N.D.] (LONDON) : FORD SHEPLAN
Second World War poster, produced by the British Ministry for Health and Central Council for Health Education, depicting a man sneezing without a handkerchief. The poster was intended to prevent the s...ARTV01924
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War against Japan exhibition
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Maker: Multi Machine Plates Ltd H.M. Stationery Office
Propaganda was essential for boosting morale particularly during the tail end of the war. During the final strikes against Japan, British forces operated as an integral part of the American task force...ARTV02201
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War pictures by British Artists...
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Maker: National Gallery H M Stationery Office Waterlow & Sons The National Gallery James Haworth & Brother
Poster to promote an exhibition of War Pictures by British Artists at the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London during the Second World War. This item has been digitised with funding provided by...ARTV02342
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War work pictorial : Rebuilding crashed planes
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Maker: H.M. Stationary Office H.M. Stationery Office Sanders Phillips & Co
British Second World War war work pictorial about rebuilding crashed planes, with photographs and historic stories.ARTV05212
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War work pictorial : Tanks out of the - ladles
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (LONDON: BRENT PRESS) Brent Press Ltd.
This is a catalogue style poster featuring featuring a diversity of 'war work' activities. All of these are centered around technologies and machineries, such as a motor-tug, oxygen cylinders, submari...ARTV05213
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Waste the Food and Help the Hun
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Maker: Bird, Cyril Kenneth H.M. Stationery Office Perry Colourprint Ltd
British Second World War poster depicting a stylised caricature of Hitler, grinning, his arm raised in a salute. The poster was produced by His Majesty's Stationary Office and encouraged food savings ...ARTV02430
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Watch that prop...
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Maker: R T P Ministry of Aircraft Production James Hawthorn & Brother Ltd
casualty, propeller, airman; cautionary poster produced by the Air Ministry, depicting airman walking under rotating propeller and being beheaded, text is word play on 'careless talk costs lives' - be...ARTV07128
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We at Home Have a Battle to Win... Support Your Savings Group
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Chromoworks Ltd
British Second World War poster encouraging women to support the war effort by purchasing savings stamps from their local savings group. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwe...ARTV02079
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We Help in the Battle: Prompt Rescue: Aid Dressings and Medical Supplies
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Supply H.M. Stationery Office Hubners Ltd
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of medical staff and supplies. The poster features an image in the top section taken from the Battle of Ortona (28 December 1943), showing a...ARTV03393
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"We kneel only to thee"
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
This Second World War poster depicts a burly British soldier at prayer. The soldier, who is kneeling in the foreground, is wearing the uniform of the British infantry; he is also wearing a backpack a...ARTV02595
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"We kneel only to thee"
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
This Second World War poster depicts a burly British soldier at prayer. The soldier, who is kneeling in the foreground, is wearing the uniform of the British infantry; he is also wearing a backpack a...ARTV02596
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Welcome back : by the Australian Red Cross Society
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Maker: Northfield, James MELBOURNE : AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, [N.D.] (MELBOURNE : TROEDER & COOPER)
Australian Red Cross promotional poster issued towards the end of the Second World War to welcome back returning servicemen and women. It features a young women holding a bunch of Wattle flowers.ARTV05063
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Welcome back : by the Australian Red Cross Society
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Maker: Northfield, James MELBOURNE : AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, [N.D.] (MELBOURNE : TROEDER & COOPER)
Australian Red Cross promotional poster issued towards the end of the Second World War to welcome back returning servicemen and women. It features a young women holding a bunch of Wattle flowers.ARTV05062
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We Must Get an Even Quicker Turnaround
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Maker: Ministry of War Transport Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War proclamation-style poster published by the Ministry of War Transport. The poster emphasises the importance speed when loading and unloading. Many British and Australian war mi...ARTV01600
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We Must Save More Fuel for Battle
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Flemings H.M. Stationery Office
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...ARTV02037
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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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We're in It Together
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Maker: Henrion, Frederick Henri Kay General Post Office Henry Hildesley Ltd
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of telecommunications and the way in which it brings people from all different areas together. The poster depicts a telephonist with a hands...ARTV03234
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"We Shall Not Fail... We Cut the Coal"
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster targeting the everyday person on the home front. The poster comprises an image of Churchill superimposed over the top of a group of seated people (possibly workers or u...ARTV02058
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We shall not flag or fail
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Maker: Unknown [S.L : S.N., N.D.]
This text-only British Second World War poster quotes a speech given by British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill to the House of Commons on 4 June 1940. This speech was the second of three that Ch...ARTV02252
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We shall not flag or fail
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Maker: Unknown
This text-only British Second World War poster quotes a speech given by British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill to the House of Commons on 4 June 1940. This speech was the second of three that Ch...ARTV02251
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We Shall Win the War
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Maker: Unknown [S.L : S.N., N.D.]
Depicts a black and white photograph of Winston Churchill with a background of tanks and Supermarine Spitfires. Text in Dutch and English. Reproduced with text in Thai (ARTV02532), Chinese (ARTV02533)...ARTV02531
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We Shall Win the War
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a black and white photograph of Winston Churchill with a background of tanks and Supermarine Spitfires. Text in Thai and English. Reproduced with text in Dutch (ARTV02531), Chinese (ARTV02533)...ARTV02532
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We Shall Win the War
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Maker: Unknown [S.L : S.N., N.D.]
Depicts a black and white photograph of Winston Churchill with a background of tanks and Supermarine Spitfires. Text in Chinese and English. Reproduced with text in Dutch (ARTV02531), Thai (ARTV02532)...ARTV02535
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We Shall Win the War
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a black and white photograph of Winston Churchill with a background of tanks and Supermarine Spitfires. Text in Chinese and English. Reproduced with text in Dutch (ARTV02531), Thai (ARTV02532)...ARTV02533
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We Shall Win the War
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a black and white photograph of Winston Churchill with a background of tanks and Supermarine Spitfires. Text in Urdu and Tamil. Reproduced with text in Dutch (ARTV02531), Thai (ARTV02532) and ...ARTV02534
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We smashed the enemy with lances...
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Maker: Kukryniksy Ministry of Supply Unknown
British Second World War poster published by the Ministry of Supply. It is a reproduction of a Soviet war poster designed by a group of artists known as "Kukryniksy". The poster depicts caricatures ...ARTV01342
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We've Got to Keep on Saving
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Maker: National Savings Committee Scottish War Savings Committee Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast
British Second World War poster depicting a group of soldiers advancing through a destroyed village. The emphasis was placed upon the audience that just as those on the front lines continue to push fo...ARTV01504
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We've Got to Keep on Saving
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Maker: National Savings Committee, London and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicting a group of soldiers advancing through a destroyed village. The emphasis was placed upon the audience that just as those on the front lines continue to push fo...ARTV03419
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We've Got to Keep on Saving [Beach Landing]
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Maker: Unknown National Savings Committee, London and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast
This British Second World War poster depicts a beach landing party. The emphasis was placed upon the audience that just as those on the front lines continue to push forward, at home people should cont...ARTV03412
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We've Got to Keep on Saving [Short Stirlings]
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Maker: Unknown National Savings Committee, London and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast
This British Second World War poster depicts a group of Shirt Stirlings getting reading for flight. The Short Stirling was the first 4-engine bomber produced for the RAF. The emphasis was placed upon ...ARTV03413
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We Want Your Kitchen Waste
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Maker: Gilroy H.M. Stationery Office St. Michael's Press Ltd.
British Second World War poster, produced for the Ministry of Information, depicting a pig and a waste bin, which was intended to encourage people to keep their kitchen waste for pig food. It was part...ARTV03454
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We want your kitchen waste: Pig Food ; Keep it dry, free from glass... your council will collect
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Maker: Gilroy LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (LONDON : ST. MICHAEL'S PRESS)
British Second World War poster, produced for the Ministry of Information, depicting a pig and a waste bin, which was intended to encourage people to keep their kitchen waste for pig food. It was part...ARTV01552
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What can you do in Civvy St?
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Maker: Games, Abram Army Education Scheme, Army Bureau of Current Affairs Field Sons & Co. Ltd
An advisory poster depicts a 'demobilised serviceman' with a question mark for a head, with around him suggestions for a variety of peacetime careers.ARTV00285
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What can you do in Civvy St?
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Maker: Games, Abram
British Second World War poster poster promoting the Army Education Scheme. This scheme was largely inspired by the need for returning soldiers to attain employment en masse following the First World ...ARTV02269
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What Comes from Coal...
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Maker: Henrion, Frederick Henri Kay Ministry of Fuel and Power Field Sons & Co. Ltd H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster taking the form of an info-diagram explaining the different uses of coal, including its by-products and common uses. This item has been digitised with funding provided...ARTV02022
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What's the point in saving?
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Maker: National Savings Committee Geo Gibbons Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the National Savings Committee. The poster extolls the virtues of saving, and states the connection between saving and victory. The upper two thirds of the p...ARTV01505
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What we have saved by our own effort
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Maker: Ministry of Aircraft Production Chromoworks Ltd
This British Second World War poster was published by the Ministry of Aircraft Production. The poster is entitled 'What we have saved by our own effort', with spaces to enter amounts of raw materials ...ARTV02244
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What we have saved by our own effort...
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION, [N.D.] (LONDON : CHROMOWORKS FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE) Chromoworks Ltd
This British Second World War poster was published by the Ministry of Aircraft Production. The poster is entitled 'What we have saved by our own effort', with spaces to enter amounts of raw materials ...ARTV01565
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What Will You Do on Xmas Day: Lord Beaverbrook Says "Roll Out the Bombers"
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Aircraft Production Eyre and Spottiswoode
British Second World War poster aimed at factory workers. The poster questions what workers will be doing on Christmas Day, and emphasises how important continuing working, even on Christmas Day is in...ARTV03483
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What Will You Do on Xmas Day: Lord Beaverbrook Says "Roll Out the Bombers"
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Maker: Ministry of Aircraft Production Eyre and Spottiswoode
British Second World War poster aimed at factory workers. The poster questions what workers will be doing on Christmas Day, and emphasises how important continuing working, even on Christmas Day is in...ARTV01584
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When you "go to it" please don't "go through it": avoid damage to doors
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Maker: Clark, John H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Supply. The poster features the image of a cartoon like man in a blue boiler suit who has just pushed a trolley through a timber door. Smashed...ARTV07735
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When you scrap a job, you scrap all the labour that's gone with it...
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Maker: Bird, Cyril Kenneth H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War cautionary poster depicts a dejected labourer surrounded by scrap. A sign above him reads 'SCRAP HEAP' and the message and title of the poster appear below 'PLEASE DON'T ADD T...ARTV10056
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Where Coal Comes From
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Field Sons & Co. Ltd
British Second World War poster featuring images and text explaining where coal comes from and the history of it being mined in the United Kingdom. This item has been digitised with funding provided ...ARTV02021
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Wings for Victory: more savings - more wings
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Maker: Wootton, Frank alpha lithograph Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast H.M. Stationery Office Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd.
In May 1943, London celebrated 'Wings for Victory" week. This poster, featuring a flight of four Avro Lancaster B Mk.1s. At least one of the depicted aircraft in this poster (VN-N) was a member of No....ARTV06786
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Wings for Victory: more savings - more wings
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Maker: Wootton, Frank Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast H.M. Stationery Office Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd.
In May 1943, London celebrated 'Wings for Victory" week. This poster, featuring a flight of four Avro Lancaster B Mk.1s. At least one of the depicted aircraft in this poster (VN-N) was a member of No....ARTV06787
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Wings for victory: the sky's the limit for war savings
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Maker: Unknown Belfast Ulster Savings Committee Edinburgh Scottish War Savings Committee London National Savings Committee
This British war poster depicts RAF aircraft Lancaster, Halifax, Flying Fortreess Liberator and a Stirling in flight.ARTV07088
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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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Winter meals from a well-planned plot...
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Maker: Henrion, Frederick Henri Kay LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (WATFORD : GREYCAINES)
During the Second World War Britain had a shortage of food production. The shortage was due to many male British agricultural workers leaving to join the armed forces, and a stop to the importation of...ARTV05173
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Women of Britain: Arm him
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Maker: Ministry of Labour and National Service Stafford & Co. Ltd.
This poster issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service is aimed to compel British women to join the war industry. The poster uses dramatic imagery to draw a direct link between the producti...ARTV01675
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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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Ww the peoples of the United Nations...
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Maker: United Nations Information Organisation
Typographic poster produced for the United Nations bearing the Preamble the the Charter of the United Nations.ARTV01515
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25 Years of the U.S.S.R. and the Red Army
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Maker: Ministry of Information
British poster advertisment of an exhibition in 1943 marking the 25th Anniversary of the U.S.S.R. and the Soviet Red Army. The poster was produced by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Information on b...ARTV02260
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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: 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...ARTV00273
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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 Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Supply, warning of the damage to tyres and loss of rubber when brakes on motor vehicles are applied suddenly.ARTV01477
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You loose miles of rubber every time you jam on your brakes!
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Maker: Ministry of Supply Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Supply, warning of the damage to tyres and loss of rubber when brakes on motor vehicles are applied suddenly. This item has been d...ARTV02422
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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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You need foods from each group daily to keep you fighting fit
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food Fosh & Cross Ltd.
During the Second World War, perhaps the most far-reaching effect of the war was rationing, central to which was food. With a reduction in food supplies, it became necessary to educate the population ...ARTV02333
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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
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Your Britain, fight for it now
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Maker: Games, Abram Army Bureau of Current Affairs Multi Machine Plates Ltd
patriotism; poster produced by the Army Bureau of Current Affairs, depicting a block of flats built in 1936 against bombed terrace houses, text advises 'fight for it now'ARTV06920
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Your Britain, fight for it now [health]
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Maker: Games, Abram Army Bureau of Current Affairs Henry Hildesley Ltd
preventative health services, wrecked houses, patriotism; poster produced by the British Army Bureau of Current Affairs contrasts a bombed house and child with rickets playing in the ruins with the mo...ARTV07624
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Your Courage Your Cheerfulness Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory
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Maker: Ministry of Information
One of four national security posters produced for the British Ministry of Information's first propaganda campaign of the Second World War. The campaign included the now well know 'keep Calm and Carry...ARTV02120
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Your courage, your cheerfulness, your resolution will bring us victory
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Maker: Ministry of Information
One of four national security posters produced for the British Ministry of Information's first propaganda campaign of the Second World War. The campaign included the now well know 'keep Calm and Carry...ARTV03587
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Your eyes are more useful...
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
British Second World War poster and one in a series of accident prevention posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and ...ARTV03556
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Your Eyes Are More Useful. More Becoming. and Easier to Wear Than False Ones...
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
British Second World War posters and several in a series of accident prevention posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories...ARTV03499
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Your 'Spitfires' in Action : Bermuda Islands
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Maker: ENGLAND : [S.N., N.D.]
British Second World War poster showing Spitfire aeroplanes in action. The aircrafts were built from the subscription aid including those provided by the Bermuda Islands.ARTV05268
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Your 'Spitfires' in Action : Gambia
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Maker: ENGLAND : [S.N., N.D.]
British Second World War poster showing Spitfire aeroplanes in action. The aircrafts were built from the subscription aid including those provided by Gambia.ARTV05269
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Your talk may kill your commrades
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Maker: Games, Abram Ministry of Home Security James Upton Ltd
poster depicting a spiral bayonet coming from the mouth of a soldier, the end of the bayonet piercing three other soldiers, text warns that 'your talk may kill your comrades'ARTV01903