Filters
Collection
168 Results
-
A Clear Plate Means a Clear Conscience
Art
Maker: Fitton, James H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster advocating frugality. In the centre of the poster is an image of a cleared plate and knife and fork, this is placed on a patterned tablecloth background. The title appe...ARTV03459
-
A clear plate means a clear conscience
Art
Maker: Fitton, James H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster advocating frugality. In the centre of the poster is an image of a cleared plate and knife and fork, this is placed on a patterned tablecloth background. The title appe...ARTV01557
-
As dangerous as an enemy bomber - mosquitoes carrying dengue fever...
Art
Maker: NSW Department of Public Health
A wartime example of Australian public health information as propaganda. Issued by the NSW Department of Health, it compares the threat of mosquitoes carrying disease to that of an enemy bomber. An in...ARTV10453
-
A.T.S.
Art
Maker: Games, Abram H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War recruitment poster by Abram Games. In December 1941, the British Parliament passed the National Service Act, which required unmarried women between 20 and 30 to join one of t...ARTV07142
-
"Attack" Vivid! Real! Factual!
Art
Maker: Unknown
Little is known about this Second World War film promotion poster. The poster aims to promote a film called "Attack". The poster is likely American in origin, as the poster features B-25 Mitchell, and...ARTV02276
-
Attack with me says Potato Pete
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food Unknown
British Second World War Potato Pete poster. The poster depicts Potato Pete as a parachutist. Potato Pete was a character created to advertise the use of potatoes in the place of bread as a source of ...ARTV10071
-
Attack with me says Potato Pete
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food Unknown
British Second World War Ministry of Food poster. The poster depicts the cartoon character Potato Pete as a parachutist. Potato Pete was a character created to advertise the use of potatoes in the pla...ARTV07940
-
Battle for Fuel - Switch off When You Are Warm Use Less Gas
Art
Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster promoting fuel savings. Depicts a man lounging in an armchair, silhouetted against the blaze of the fire in front of him. The title of the poster 'BATTLE FOR FUEL' runs...ARTV02047
-
Blackout outside, plenty of light inside with Philips lamps
Art
Maker: Unknown Phillips Australia Unknown
Second World War poster produced by Phillips Electrical Industries Pty Ltd advertising Phillips lamps. The text only poster uses colour to symbolise the effects of light and dark. On the left side of...ARTV09708
-
Blackout outside, plenty of light inside with Philips lamps
Art
Maker: Unknown Phillips Australia Unknown
Second World War poster produced by Phillips Electrical Industries Pty Ltd advertising Phillips lamps. The text only poster uses colour to symbolise the effects of light and dark. On the left side of...ARTV10078
-
Blood Donor: Don't Delay, Your Blood may Save a Soldier's Life...
Art
Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Henry Hildesley Ltd
Issued by the British Government's Ministry for Health this poster encourages the viewer to donate blood for the war effort. The simple colours make it easy to read, and the depiction of a man in a fl...ARTV03680
-
Blood Saves Lives: Will You Enrol as a Blood Donor?...
Art
Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
Issued by the British Government's Ministry for Health this poster appeals to the viewer to donate blood to injured soldiers. The simple design and bold colours make the poster eye catching and easy t...ARTV03681
-
"..but for Heaven's sake don't say I told you." Careless talk costs lives
Art
Maker: Bird, Cyril Kenneth Ministry of Information Unknown
British Second World War poster depicts a man in a blue coat and yellow pants talking in a red phone booth, imploring the listener not to tell anyone that he had told them. The image is surrounded wit...ARTV07943
-
Careless talk costs lives: "Be careful what you say & where you say it."
Art
Maker: Ministry of Information Unknown
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Information. It depicts two men speaking at a bar, which is made up of stylised Hitler faces. The image is in the top half of the p...ARTV07944
-
Careless talk costs lives: " You never know who's listening."
Art
Maker: Bird, Cyril Kenneth Ministry of Information Unknown
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Information. It depicts two women talking on a train, with Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering listening from the seat behind them. Th...ARTV07942
-
Children's shoe and clothing exchange
Art
Maker: Unknown Board of Trade Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War poster advertising a children's shoe and clothing exchange. The title is printed in red ink and dominates the upper quarter of the poster, with three paragraphs of text printe...ARTV03328
-
Children's shoe and clothing exchange
Art
Maker: Unknown Board of Trade Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War poster advertising a children's shoe and clothing exchange. The title is printed in red ink and dominates the upper quarter of the poster, with three paragraphs of text printe...ARTV03327
-
Copper for war, Mt Isa
Art
Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A green pyramid of copper concentrate, preparatory to smelting. From Mt Isa in the far north west of Queensland came a steady supply of melted copper to meet the demands of war. From August 1945 in hi...ART25546
-
Cordite room, Maribyrnong
Art
Maker: Flett, James
A corner of the Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART26019
-
Cut the last three inches of your loaf this way
Art
Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Food J Weiner Ltd
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Food advising how to eat the last three inches of a loaf so as to eat it while it's fresh. The image is a stylised graphic representation of a...ARTV01560