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To finish Hitler we made enough narrow fabric...
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Maker: Bannister, A C W Ministry of Supply Multi Machine Plates Ltd
poster issued by the Ministry of Supply depicting Adolf Hitler firmly bound to a globe of the world by a long strip of narrow fabric, with a Japanese soldier about to be caught in the same plightARTV00162
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To the point
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey
A cartoon depicting a RAAF pilot standing on a map of Australia and stepping onto a map of New Guinea, punching a figure of the enemy, the Japanese, with bombs as boxing gloves, during the Second Worl...ART92350
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Two's company - Three's a scrap
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
A cartoon depicting Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt shaking hands, whilst a third large hand labelled 'offensive action' joins in the handshake.ART92398
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Uh-uh ... I told you it would come back
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Maker: Drury, Gerald
Depicts two American servicemen standing in front of a theatre booth. In front on them strides a Military policeman with an angry expression on his face and a boomerang around his neck. The cartoon co...ARTC00082
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Un "doing his bit"!
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Maker: Mac
British Second World War poster discouraging soldiers from 'souveniring' (taking) parts off of captured Axis technology - in this case a tank. The poster identifies that by removing parts from Axis te...ARTV02892
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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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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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Webb, Keenan, Tojo
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Maker: Isaacman, Meyer
Two caricatures of the eleven judges on the panel of the International Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo: Sir William Webb (1887-1972, Australian) was appointed the President of the Tribunal after th...ART92183
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Weeding carrots with the A.W.L.A.
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Maker: Taylor, Grace
Five sheets of paper with different text and images have been assembled onto a single sheet with the title 'Wedding carrots with the A.W.L.A'. One cartoon reads 'How to 'tell' a young carrot -- and wh...ART29782
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"Welcome back to the firm"
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Maker: McGilvray, J C
Depicts four cartoon vignettes- the first is of a soldier peeling potatoes, but dreaming of a civilian life. In the next cartoon, he has left military life and become a civilian again. In the followin...ARTI03224
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"Well - how about makin' a cup o' tea?"
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Depicts soldier, wearing a tin helmet and shorts standing , surrounded by bombs and explosions, while two of his fellow soldiers cower on the ground in front of him covering their ears against the noi...ARTI03046
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Wewak Garrison
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Maker: Mercier, Emile
Man in uniform polishing his shoes with his own long black beard, outside a hut in Wewak, Papua New Guinea.ART28266
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"What's all this about a 'dog fight' Ryan"
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Maker: Garvey, Joe
Depicts a priavte, wearing a tin helmet and shorts, being spoken to sternly by a senior officer, who holds a pair of binoculars. Behind them are a number of other soldiers looking up into the air, sea...ARTI02898
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What we have, we hold!
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
A cartoon depicting members of the Australian Defence forces- a soldier, airman and sailor- marching behind the figure of a goddess, a symbolic depiction of Australia as a woman, wearing a helmet and ...ART92345
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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 we come in
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
Depicts a cartoon of a Japanese soldier holding a world globe, attempting world domination, while an Australian soldier, the 'offensive spirit' climbs through a window behind him, calling out to him t...ART92344
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Who wants to plough, anyhow!
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Maker: Taylor, Grace
A member of the Women's Land Army standing in a paddock beside two horses, attached to a plough. The woman's expression is one of frustration, as the horses are reluctant to move and plough the paddoc...ART29772
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"Why is your towel so much whiter than mine?"
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Maker: Fraser, J W
Depicts a cartoon of two soldiers hand washing their clothes in buckets of dirty water. This cartoon appeared in "Salt", vol.11, no.9, December 1945. 'Salt' was a small journal that informed and enter...ARTI01542
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Why no one tella us something?
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Maker: Rafty, Tony [S.L. : S.N.], 1943
Australian propaganda posters during the Second World War were used to instil anti-Japanese attitudes. Using racial stereotypes and derogatory humour the posters harboured fear and caution amongst Aus...ARTV05975
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Wire whiskers
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Maker: Aria, George Aubrey Aria, George Aubrey
A cartoon depicting Stalin with such long whiskers that they encirle Adolf Hitler.ART92386
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Woosh!!
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon strip from "Wally and the Major" syndicated cartoon. "Wally and the Major". Wally is interviewed on a radar programme, and asked a trivia question. He determines that the Chinese first enabl...ART28385
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"Wouldn't it... the shower's run dry" drawing for illustration in 'Khaki and Green' 1943
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Two soldiers undressed are about to have a shower, using water from a water tank. They are in the jungle and it is pouring with rain.ARTI03520
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Ye're see Les, its this way - I told my girl I'd be home even if I had to walk
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
One Australian soldier is pushing a wheel barrow, while the other sits in it, holding a suitcase and swag.ART90390
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Yer tellin' me
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Maker: Bowles, Leslie Gurney, Alex
Depicts the famed cartoon characters 'Bluey and Curley' from the series designed and created by Alex Gurney in 1943. During the Second World War, Bluey and Curley were synonymous with the male larriki...ART93936
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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 need to be tough in Changi
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Maker: Thompson, Bert
"Caricature of one of our surgeon[sic]. The patient has neuritic beri-beri and thus has no feeling of pain. The orderley[sic] has paralysis of the eyes due to diphtheria; he cannot open and cannot clo...ART32369
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You P.O.W's are lucky blighters going home
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
A former prisoner of war is at the docks heading towards a transport vessel, when he passes a recently arrived Australian soldier, who says to him "you POWS are lucky blighters going home". The forme...ART90389
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You've got a good case...
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Maker: O M Ministry of Aircraft Production Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War Poster which uses humour to deliver the message to recycle and save timber materials during war time. The text and image of the poster are integrated against a black backgroun...ARTV01566
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You've Got a Good Case
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Maker: O M Ministry of Aircraft Production Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster which uses humour to deliver the message to recycle and save timber materials during war time. The text and image of the poster are integrated against a black backgroun...ARTV03465