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Canada's new army needs men like you
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Maker: Aldwinckle, Eric OTTAWA : DEPT. OF NATIONAL DEFENSE : DEPT. OF PUBLIC NATIONAL DEFENSE : DEPT. OF PUBLIC INFORMATION.
A Second World War recruitment poster by Canadian commercial artist Eric Aldwinckle. This design depicts a man on a motorcycle in the foreground that is balanced on its back wheel, in front of two add...ARTV06520
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Careless Talk Brings Tragedy in Wartime
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Maker: Jameson, Lionel Department of Public Information
Canadian Second World War poster advising about the importance of keeping secrets. The poster is created in the form of a comic strip, depicting a timeline between a soldier telling his sweetheart abo...ARTV02464
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Every Canadian Must Fight
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Maker: Surrey, Philip Department of National Service
Canadian Second World War poster by Philip Surrey. The same design was used in the United States also. The poster visually depicts the munitions worker as 'backing' the soldier. The poster aims to pro...ARTV02458
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Whatever Your Job May Be Fight
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Maker: Aldwinckle, Eric Department of National War Services Department of Public Information OTTAWA : DEPT. OF PUBLIC INFORMATION : DEPT. OF NATIONAL WAR SERVIECES, [N.D.]
Canadian Second World War poster, likely created before 1942, when the artist Eric Aldwinckle enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, only later to be commissioned as an official war artist in Febru...ARTV02470