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recto: A Good Foot Rule: Keep Your Boots in Repair for Safety's Sake; verso: Dirty Work at the Cross Roads; Keep Those Gangways Clear
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Maker: Mendoza, Montague Philip Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to promote safe working practices. It is one of a series of ...ARTV02092
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recto: Beware ; verso: Your own hands are best...
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Maker: Keely, Patrick Cokayne Morris, G R Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of over 200 accident prevention posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British War eff...ARTV01663
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recto: Cut 'em short or roll 'em up; verso: Sepsis
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Maker: Keely, Patrick Cokayne Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
recto: British Second World War cautionary poster. During the war, it was important to have each work-age individual available for work. This is one of a number of posters that caution against reckles...ARTV01656
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recto: Cut 'em short or roll 'em up...; verso: Sepsis...
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Maker: Keely, Patrick Cokayne Rothholz, Hans Arnold Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
recto: British Second World War cautionary poster. During the war, it was important to have each work-age individual available for work. This is one of a number of posters that caution against reckles...ARTV01627
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recto: Don't try to hold it; verso: To avoid accidents tidy up
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Maker: Golden, Grace Lydia Keely, Patrick Cokayne Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
recto: British Second World War work safety poster commissioned by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents for the Ministry for Labour and National Service. The poster advises workers agains...ARTV01662
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recto: Get first aid immediately...; verso: When aloft wear a safety belt
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Maker: Mills, Arthur George Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
A wartime health and safety poster issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service. Designer Pat Keely was one of a group of leading graphic designers employed by the Royal Society for the Preve...ARTV01723
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recto: Good Handles Prevent Bad Hands; verso: Remember Those Tools...or They'll Jolt Your Memory
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Maker: Mills, Arthur George Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to promote safe working practices. It is one of a series of ...ARTV02095
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recto: Hand Rails Stop Falls: Use Them; verso: Better careful than sorry
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Maker: Mendoza, Montague Philip Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to promote safe working practices. It is one of a series of ...ARTV02094
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recto: Horseplay ; verso: In cases of Serious injury...
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Maker: Keely, Patrick Cokayne Unknown Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
British Second World War cautionary poster. During the war, it was important to have each work-age individual available for work. This poster provides advice on first aid in cases of serious injury. ...ARTV01636
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recto: Horseplay; verso: In Cases of Serious Injury the Chief Dangers Are Shock and Extension of the Injury: Don't Move
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Maker: Keely, Patrick Cokayne Ministry of Labour and National Service Loxley Brothers Ltd
British Second World War cautionary poster. During the war, it was important to have each work-age individual available for work. This poster provides advice on first aid in cases of serious injury. ...ARTV02076
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recto: It's not your job to take risks; verso: Made to measure...
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Maker: Moore, Desmond Robinson, Wyndham Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of over 200 work health and safety posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British War ...ARTV01718
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recto: Keep oil off Floors; verso: Beware Sharp Edges! Wear Protectors
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to promote safe working practices. It is one of a series of ...ARTV02096
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recto: Percy Vere no. 11; verso: Asking for trouble...
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Maker: Eckersley, Thomas Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of a series of cautionary posters from the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting workers observing (or not observing) safety and ...ARTV02245
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recto: Percy Vere (no. 21); verso: Get first aid at once
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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
One of over 200 work health and safety posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British War ...ARTV01649
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recto: Percy Vere (no. 14); verso: Grit in the eye...
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Maker: Lee-Elliot Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of over 200 accident prevention posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British War eff...ARTV01653
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recto: Percy Vere (no. 10); verso: Handle with care
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Maker: Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of over 200 work health and safety posters issued by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) aimed at workers in the industrial factories and workshops supplying the British War ...ARTV01622
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recto: Percy Vere (no. 22); verso: He's nasty Nazis were...
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Maker: Rothholz, Hans Arnold Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
One of a series of double sided posters from the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting workers in a factory observing (or not observi...ARTV01641
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recto: The Mediaeval Quack wore this...; verso: Worn tools are "Quislings"...
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Morris, G R LONDON : MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE : ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS, 19 Loxley Brothers Ltd
Double sided work safety poster commissioned by the Royal Society for the Prevention for Accidents and issued by the Ministry for National Labour and Service during the Second World War. Doublesided p...ARTV03525
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recto: These are unfashionable near running machinery; verso: First aid post, The smallest wound may cause the biggest trouble
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Lewitt-Him Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
recto: 'These are Unfashionable Near Running Machinery' is a British Second World War poster by F Kenwood Giles for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. One of a series of posters commis...ARTV05216
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recto: Warning; verso: Beware Eye-Pickers...
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Maker: Cusden, Leonard Mendoza Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
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 and workshops supplying the British ...ARTV01639
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recto: Watch points when handling goods... verso: Take precautions now or take your pick later...
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Lee-Elliot LONDON: MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE; ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS, [N.D Loxley Brothers Ltd
verso: 'Take Precaution Now or Take Your Pick Later' cursively written at the top of the poster, below the majority image is of a blonde, brunette and red hair wigs. The bottom of the poster reads: 'C...ARTV05214
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recto: Watch your step; verso: Lash ladders
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Maker: Rothholz, Hans Arnold Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to promote safe working practices. It is one of a series of ...ARTV02097
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recto: Yank Them Out!; verso: Out - SPLINTERS!
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Maker: Angrave, Bruce Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to promote safe working practices. It is one of a series of ...ARTV02093
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Reduce overcrowding by travelling only when you must
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Maker: Fitton, James London Transport Unknown
advisory poster urging travellers only to travel when they must by depicting bus passengers packed into a sardine tinARTV01812
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Release More Coal for the War Drive
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Maker: Fosh & Cross Ltd.
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...ARTV02057
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Release more coal for the war drive: Switch off that light...
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Maker: Fosh & Cross 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...ARTV02039
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Relief plaque of General Montgomery
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Maker: Licari, E
Bronze relief plaque featuring a portrait of Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, Commander of the British Eighth Army.ART93078
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Remember Hong Kong
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Maker: Fosh & Cross Ltd.
'Remember Hong Kong' banner poster, produced by the British to protest the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in 1942.ARTV05349
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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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Re-opening of communication services to the continent...
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Maker: Freedman, Barnett
This poster was issued by the General Post Office to inform British Citizens of the resumption of communication services to continental Europe. This is one of a series of GPO wartime posters to featur...ARTV02442
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Rout out rats!
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office J. Weiner Ltd.
This British poster shows a spotlight picking out a snarling infected rat that is crawling across wooden floorboards.ARTV03697
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Rout out Rats: Rats spread Disease, Rats destroy Food, Rats destroy Property...
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Maker: London : H.M. Stationary Office J. Weiner Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicting a cornered rat. The poster was produced by Britain's His Majesty's Stationary Office, to encourage rat control during the war, as a form of preventative healt...ARTV01950
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Rush aid to Russia!...
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Maker: Ministry of Supply J Weiner Ltd
British Second World War poster depicting the heads of Lord Beaverbrook and Averell Harriman printed in black and white against a red colour background. William Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook was a...ARTV05118
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Rush aid to Russia!...
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Maker: Ministry of Supply J Weiner Ltd
British Second World War poster depicting the heads of Lord Beaverbrook and Averell Harriman printed in black and white against a red colour background. William Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook was a...ARTV05119
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Rush British arms to Russian hands...
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Maker: Nikolai Radlov Ministry of Supply Unknown
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Supply in 1941. It was produced for display in factories to encourage increased production in support of the entry of the Soviet Union on the ...ARTV02309
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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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Russia's fight is ours!
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Maker: LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, 1941 (LONDON : WM. BROWN & CO.)
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...ARTV05117
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Safeguard your Health: Chest X-Ray photographs : This service is free and confidential
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Maker: LONDON : NAPT, 1945 (S.L. : STAFFORD & CO)
British Second World War poster , produced by the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, depicting an image of a man having his chest X-rayed. In June 1898 it was decided that 'a pub...ARTV07789
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Salute the Soldier
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Maker: Pym, Harold A. National Savings Committee, London and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast
This British Second World War poster depicts an artillery crew manning a gun, with a large expanse of sky in the centre and upper half of the poster, and the title along the top edge. This is one of a...ARTV03410
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Salute the Soldier
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Maker: Pym, Harold A. LONDON : NATIONAL SAVINGS COMMITTEE; EDINBURGH : SCOTTISH SAVINGS COMMITTEE; BELFAST : ULSTER SAVIN National Savings Committee Scottish War Savings Committee
This British Second World War poster depicts an artillery crew manning a gun, with a large expanse of sky in the centre and upper half of the poster, and the title along the top edge. This is one of a...ARTV01507
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Salute the soldier
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Maker: Pym, Harold A. National Savings Committee Scottish War Savings Committee Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast C W S Ltd
This British Second World War poster depicts a line of tanks and soldiers in the lower left corner moving towards the viewer, with a large expanse of sky in the centre and upper half of the poster, an...ARTV01508
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Salute the soldier
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Maker: Pym, Harold A. National Savings Committee Scottish War Savings Committee Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast C W S Ltd
This British Second World War poster depicts a line of tanks and soldiers in the lower left corner moving towards the viewer, with a large expanse of sky in the centre and upper half of the poster, an...ARTV01488
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Save Coal, Don't Use the Poker: Battle for Fuel
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office Stafford & Co. Ltd.
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...ARTV02042
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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 Every Scrap for More Munitions
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Hubners Ltd
During the Second World War there was a great shortage of many raw materials on the home front. Many items were being used for war-related industry, much of areas such as South East Asia were unable t...ARTV03389
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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
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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: Go Easy on the Heat
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster promoting fuel savings. This poster is one of the 'save fuel for battle' series. With the cost of the war mounting as the years passed, the British Government promoted ...ARTV02009
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Save Fuel for Battle: 'Lag' Tanks and Pipes
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office W.R. Royle & Son Ltd.
British Second World War proclamation-style poster encouraging people to 'lag' their tanks and pipes. The process of lagging involves insulating pipes and household hot water heaters such that they re...ARTV02033
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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 Fuel for Battle: Read Your Gas Meter; Read Your Electricity Meter; Measure Your Coal and Coke
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office W.R. Royle & Son Ltd.
British Second World War proclamation-style poster encouraging the economical use of coal and coke. The poster encourages people to read their has and electricity meters, as well as measure their coal...ARTV02032
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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: Stoke Your Boiler This Way: And Not This Way
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office W.R. Royle & Son Ltd.
British Second World War poster identifying the correct way of stoking a boiler. The poster highlights that with regular maintenance and proper stoking the boiler will be more efficient. Posters such ...ARTV02029
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Save Fuel for Battle: The Daughter Who Heaped on the Coal
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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 using fuel economically. The poster is one of a campaign featuring humorous cartoons by Henry Bateman that involve a scenario with a cent...ARTV02038
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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 for Battle: The Husband Who Wasted the Hot Water
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Maker: Bateman, Henry Mayo Ministry of Fuel and Power Chromoworks Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Power, depicting a man shaving at wash basin while hot water runs into an almost full bathtub, while an angry woman peers around the ...ARTV02025
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Save Fuel for Battle: Use Paraffin Stoves This Way
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office W.R. Royle & Son Ltd.
British Second World War poster identifying the correct way of using paraffin stoves. The poster highlights that with regular maintenance the stove will be more efficient. Posters such as these aimed ...ARTV02028
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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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Save Fuel to Make Munitions for Battle: The Wife Who Squandered the Electricity
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Maker: Bateman, Henry Mayo Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office James Haworth & Brother
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...ARTV02026
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Save fuel to speed victory
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Maker: Unknown Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster promoting fuel savings. The title runs from the upper left corner to the lower right of the poster, and is printed in red ink. A lump of black coal is depicted in the ...ARTV10085
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Save fuel to speed victory
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power
British Second World War poster promoting fuel savings. The title runs from the upper left corner to the lower right of the poster, and is printed in red ink. A lump of black coal is depicted in the ...ARTV02040
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Save rubber!...
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Henry Hildesley Ltd
British Second World War poster advising people to save rubber. As the war dragged on and German U-Boats were disrupting vital trade with America in the North Atlantic, Britain experienced an acute sh...ARTV02485
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Save rubber
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Henry Hildesley Ltd
British Second World War poster advising people to save rubber. This poster encourages people to recycle their rubber boots. As the war dragged on and German U-Boats were disrupting vital trade with A...ARTV02424
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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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Saving life at sea exhibition
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Maker: Osmond, Edward H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Information Chromoworks Ltd
During the Second World War, the British Ministry of Information created or commissioned exhibitions to boost morale, and spread knowledge about war-related subjects, such as the role of other Allied ...ARTV02289
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Savings are like the best books
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office James Haworth & Brother
British Second World War poster issued by the National Savings Committee, London, encouraging savings. During the Second World War, the Government endorsed and advocated war savings as a device to sti...ARTV10060
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Savings are like the best books
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office James Hawthorn & Brother Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the National Savings Committee, London, encouraging savings. During the Second World War, the Government endorsed and advocated war savings as a device to sti...ARTV02431
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Scotland Forever! Join the Territorial Army
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Maker: Cattermole, Lance British Army Greycaine Ltd
British Territorial Army recruiting poster. One of a series published in 1938 featuring artwork by Lance Cattermole. This poster is No. 7 of the series aimed at attracting Scottish volunteers. In the ...ARTV10162
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See How Your Salvage Helps a Bomber
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. 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...ARTV03407
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See how your salvage helps a bomber: scrap metal, waste paper, waste rubber, bones
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Rickards, Gordon Francis Bute
Depicting a Vickers Wellington bomber, this poster is designed to show the value of waste metal, waste paper, waste rubber and bones in the making of a bomber aircraft. This poster was all part of a s...ARTV01481
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Seeing it Through -Bus driver, bus driver, how bravely you steam...
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Maker: Kennington, Eric Henri LONDON : LONDON TRANSPORT, 1944 (LONDON : BAYNARD PRESS)
British Second World War poster features a male bus driver, in uniform, driving a bus. Beneath the image is 3 stanzas of poetry by A.P Herbert. This is one of a series of 6 posters commissioned by Lon...ARTV02388
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Seeing it Through - How proud upon your Quarterdeck you stand...
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Maker: Kennington, Eric Henri London Passenger Transport Board The Baynard Press
British Second World War poster features a female bus conductor at work. Beneath the image is 3 stanzas of poetry by A.P Herbert. This is one of a series of 6 posters commissioned by London Transport ...ARTV00249
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Seeing it Through - Thank you, Fire Fighters...
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Maker: Kennington, Eric Henri London Transport The Baynard Press
British Second World War poster features a female fire fighter, in uniform, driving a fire truck. Beneath the image is 3 stanzas of poetry by A.P Herbert. This is one of a series of 6 posters commissi...ARTV00328
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Seeing it Through - Thank you, Mrs Porter...
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Maker: Kennington, Eric Henri The Baynard Press
British Second World War poster features a female underground railway porter, in uniform, waving off a departing train. Beneath the image is 3 stanzas of poerty by A.P Herbert. This is one of a series...ARTV03228
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Seeing it Through - Thank you, Mrs Porter...
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Maker: Kennington, Eric Henri London Transport The Baynard Press
British Second World War poster features a female underground railway porter, in uniform, waving off a departing train. Beneath the image is 3 stanzas of poerty by A.P Herbert. This is one of a series...ARTV01025
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Segregated scrap fights again!
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Maker: Miller, Owen H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster encouraging the recycling of scrap metal for re-use as aeroplanes. The title, printed in blue ink, surrounds an image of a British Supermarine Spitfire flying past a g...ARTV01567
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Segregated Scrap Fights Again!
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Maker: Miller, Owen H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster encouraging the recycling of scrap metal for re-use as aeroplanes. The title, printed in blue ink, surrounds an image of a British Supermarine Spitfire flying past a gr...ARTV03466
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Send Airgraphs...
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the General Post Office poster to promote the use of Airgraphs to citizens wanting to send letters to service personnel. This item has been digitised with fu...ARTV02438
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Send him greetings on a Christmas airgraph...
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Maker: Beaumont LONDON : G.P.O., 1944 (LONDON : ST MICHAEL'S PRESS FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE
This British poster depicts a christmas airgraph in a snow storm. The airgraph was a system devised by Kodak during the Second World war in which letters were photographed in miniature and sent by air...ARTV05378
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Send him greetings on a christmas airgraph form...
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Maker: Beaumont LONDON : G.P.O., 1944 (LONDON : ST MICHAEL'S PRESS FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE
This British poster depicts a christmas airgraph in a snow storm. The airgraph was a system devised by Kodak during the Second World war in which letters were photographed in miniature and sent by air...ARTV05377
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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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Serve as a soldier: vote as a citizen
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Maker: Games, Abram
This British poster was created for the 1945 British General Election. The poster reminds soldiers that they are not merely soldiers, but also citizens and as such have a right to vote. The poster dep...ARTV02268
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Serving men and women may apply for War Service Grants and Emergency Grants
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office LONDON : MINISTRY OF PENSIONS, [N.D.] (LONDON : WM. BROWN & CO FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE) Ministry of Pensions Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
Poster issued by the British Ministry of Pensions (formed 1916) to provide information to serving men and women about applying for the war service and emergency grants. This item has been digitised w...ARTV02600
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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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Shredded cabbage
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Food advertising shredded cabbage for use in salads. With chronic food shortages in Britain during the Second World War, two issues faced the ...ARTV02610
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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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Sixpenny air letters: the civilian air and letter service to the Dominions...
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Maker: G.P.O Unknown
British poster promoting sixpenny air letters or aerograms as the fastest overseas letter service. Costing sixpence the service could be purchased at all post offices. This item has been digitised wi...ARTV02404
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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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Someone forgot that food costs lives
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office J. Howitt & Son Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Food advocating frugality. This poster features an image of a plate holding the remains of a meal and a stubbed out cigarette. Beneath in a re...ARTV02944
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Someone Forgot That Food Costs Lives
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office J. Howitt & Son Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Food advocating frugality. This poster features the image of a plate with the remains of a meal and a stubbed out cigarette on it. Beneath in ...ARTV03457
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Someone forgot that food costs lives
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office J. Howitt & Son Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Food advocating frugality. This poster features the image of a plate with the remains of a meal and a stubbed out cigarette on it. Beneath in ...ARTV01555
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"So you don't know what your regiment is doing..."
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Maker: Unknown 517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers 517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers
civilian, woman; cautionary poster depicting a young woman in evening dress reclining on a sofa while talking to someone on the telephone who is not giving any information to her, and who 'must have b...ARTV07966
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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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Spring Cabbage
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food St. Michael's Press Ltd.
British Second World War poster advertising spring cabbage as a substitute for fruit. An image of two cabbages surrounds a block of orange on which the title is printed. The message in white lettering...ARTV03458
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Spring Cabbage
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Maker: Ministry of Food St. Michael's Press Ltd.
British Second World War poster advertising spring cabbage as a substitute for fruit. An image of two cabbages surrounds a block of orange on which the title is printed. The message in white lettering...ARTV01556
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Squadron Leader Latham Carr Whithall
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Maker: Coward, James
Depicts a portrait of Squadron Leader Latham Carr Withall, Battle of Britain.ART28487.004