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Don't thrash your vehicle
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Maker: Unknown
Australian Second World War poster advising against the misuse of vehicles. The poster depicts a Japanese man set against a red background striking at an army truck with a flail-mace. The title, whic...ARTV02445
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Don't Waste Oil - Not a Drop - Not a Splash
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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 saving oil. The poster is one of a series produced by Henry Bateman that comprise a central character wasting some for of essential goods...ARTV02013
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Do you know your dinghy drill?
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Maker: R T P Ministry of Aircraft Production M.M.P.Ltd
This Second World War poster (Air diagram 2802) was issued by the Ministry of Aircraft Production in May 1943. It features a cartoon of an airman practicing his dinghy drill by jumping into a small wo...ARTV10270
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Enrol now in the National Salvage Corps
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Maker: Unknown Commonwealth Salvage Commission Unknown
Broadcast (radio) microphone; National Salvage Corps; poster urging people to enrol in the National Salvage Corps, one of many groups engaged in waste reduction and management, salvaging useable items...ARTV02743
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Every garden a larder: Grow more - buy less
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Maker: Unknown
This poster was issued by the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries in support of a campaign asking Britons to grow their own food. It is designed to be over printed with the contact details for local C...ARTV02402
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Everyone Should Back Up the Fuel Watcher
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Maker: Uptton, Clive Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of saving and conserving fuel. The poster depicts factory worker holding a spanner looking back at something out of view of the audience. Th...ARTV02015
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Fish is a Fighting Food : We Need More
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Maker: Koerner, Henry U S Government printing office
American Second World War poster , produced by the United States Office of War Information, Division of Public Enquiries, poster no. 60. The poster depicts fishermen hauling buckets of fish onto a wha...ARTV05864
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Food: One weapon Australia is pledged to supply
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Australian Second World War poster. The poster reads 'FOOD / One Weapon Australia is pledged to supply'. The title Food takes up the majority of the poster and is almost three dimensional in appearanc...ARTV02498
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Fools talk...Men drown!
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Maker: Unknown
A careless talk poster produced by 1 Australian Mobile Lithographic Section A Survey Company during the Second World War. It features a depiction of soldiers being rescued after their ship has been t...ARTV10231
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Forces letter...you can still use lightweight air-letter forms when writing to the forces...
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Maker: Freedman, Barnett
This poster was issued by the General Post Office to inform British Citizens hat they can use light weight air-letter forms to communication with Forces based in India, Ceylon and South East Asia. Als...ARTV02443
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For friendly advice refer to your local repatriation committee
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Maker: Unknown
At the end of the First World War, there was tremendous difficulty faced by authorities in finding work for soldiers repatriated to Australia. When it came to the Second World War, there was greater o...ARTV02285
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For The Soviet Country
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Maker: Kukryniksy USSR government Unknown
A lithographic edition of the stencilled TASS poster No. 534 from the 6th of August 1942 designed by the Kukryniksy group. It depicts a Red Army soldier attacking a German soldier who is standing on a...ARTV00229
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For You to Produce Cold Someone Must Burn Fuel: Save Fuel for Battle!
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power The National Cold Stores Committee H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War proclamation-style poster highlighting the importance of saving fuel. This poster targets cooling and the fuel that it takes to cool something and encourages its audience to m...ARTV02016
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Give bones for salvage and save shipping
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office F.W.W. & Co
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry for Supply encouraging the salvaging of bones for use in making explosives, fertilisers, animal food, and glue. The message is in the form of a n...ARTV02100
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Give'em both barrels...
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Maker: Carlu, Jean Georges Division of Information, Office for Emergency Management U S Government printing office
This is a sophisticated poster design by French artist Jean Carlu (1900-1997), who was working in the United States during the Second World War. The poster economically makes clear visual links betwee...ARTV06578
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Going places! How about you?
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Maker: Unknown RAAF Unknown
Second World War; recruiting poster for RAAF air crew, showing pilot climbing into his aircraftARTV04296
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Green vegetables keep you well
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Maker: Beaumont H.M. Stationery Office Haycock Press
British Second World War poster by Beaumont promoting the consumption of green vegetables. The text dominates the majority of the poster on a central black trapezium with a background of green blotche...ARTV01792
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Guidance for Boiler-House Staffs on Control of CO2
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Maker: Ministry of Fuel and Power Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster targeting boiler-house staff to familiarise them on the importance of the correct percentage of carbon dioxide to use in order to maximise their efficiency of fuel usag...ARTV02001
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Gun and webbing and perve show
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Maker: Baird, John
A sketch of a gun and webbing in front of a backdrop of posters and pictures depicting female nudes.ART27916
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Harem Scarem
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Maker: Britz, Jock
A poster advertising a theatrical performance in a prisoner of war camp in Borneo.'Harem Scarem', Walker & Phillips presents, a sparkling new comedy full of fun frolic and music and your favourite st...ART90628
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Hasten the homecoming. Buy Victory Bonds
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Maker: Rockwell, Norman Perceval US Government Unknown
American Second World War poster depicting a family, dog and neighbours welcoming home a soldier to a tenemnt building. The poster encouraged the purchase of Victory bonds to 'hasten the homecoming'. ...ARTV00715
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'He has faith in Beaufort'
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Maker: Northfield, James Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
A poster produced for the Commonwealth Aircraft Factory during the Second World War. The poster depicts an airman wearing a flying suit, standing near an aircraft on the ground while other aircraft f...ARTV09054
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Help Australia- help yourself
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Maker: Unknown Commonwealth Government of Australia Unknown
patriotism; poster appealing for Australians to buy war savings stamps and certificatesARTV04357
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Help England's new homeless
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Maker: Warins Unknown Printers Ltd
patriotism; poster depicting a woman holding a baby, ruined buildings beneath, appeals for aid for victims of air raids inARTV02263
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Help the ANZACs!
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Maker: Artist unknown
This uncommon poster was published in New York to promote a fundraising badge sale in support of the ANZAC War Relief Fund.AWM2016.429.1
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He's watching you
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Maker: Grohe, Glenn Division of Information, Office for Emergency Management US Government Printing Office
United States cautionary poster depicting a German soldier wearing a tin helmet, only visible from the eyes upwards, warning of the dangers of careless talk.ARTV01329
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Hiroshima. Never again
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Maker: Debenham, Pam Debenham, Pam Debenham, Pam
An anti-nuclear protest poster featuring the characteristic mushroom cloud of an atomic explosion as the main design component. In the upper segment is the B-29 Superfortress bomber 'Enola Gay', which...ARTV08874
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His mask keeps him on the job
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Maker: Price, H Federal Security Agency, US Public Health Service US Government Printing Office
This poster was issued by the US Public Health Service to encourage the use of safety equipment. In this case a face mask is recommeded to reduce inspired dust.ARTV05721
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Hi soldier...wasted manhours are a gift to Tojo
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Maker: Armstrong, H B Australian Army LHQ, Australia
This poster was issued by the Australian Army to remind soldiers that their productivity was vital to winning the war and any slacking off was effectively helping the Japanese. It features a illustrat...ARTV02492
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Hitler's "Gifts", TASS No. 744, 21 June 1943
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Maker: Likhachev, K Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS)
A Russian propaganda poster created under the TASS news agency centred in Moscow, it depicts the Nazi Field Marshal Erwin Rommel on a plane after escaping North Africa, where most of his men had been ...ARTV07487
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Hold your tongue
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Maker: Unknown Unknown
Australian National Security poster aimed at soldiers to remind them of the risks of careless talk. It has appropriated one of the most well known propaganda recruitment posters of the twentieth centu...ARTV02446
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Honourable thanks absentee
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Maker: Unknown General Motors Holden SEF Silkscreen
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...ARTV00053
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Hope for all mankind in war and peace
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Maker: Grieve, Edith Troedel and Cooper [Sydney]
Australian Red Cross Society Second World War poster illustrating the work of the Red Cross: support for servicemen, families, etc, set against a large Red Cross emblem. This item has been digitised ...ARTV02594
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Hygiene will help
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Maker: Marcuse, Ernest Henry Australian Army Unknown
Second World War Australian poster depicting the god Mars with a cooking pot of blood and bones, holding a menu of wars and lives lost by wounds and sickness in various campaigns during the 19th and 2...ARTV02482
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If He Should Fall Is Your Blood There to Save Him?
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Maker: Games, Abram Her Majesty's Stationary Office Field Sons & Co. Ltd
British Second World War poster by Abram Games. The poster appeals for blood donors. Graphic image of a Second World War Soldier's head and helmet. A red tube protuding from the text in the centre and...ARTV02017
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If you are in the street when the air-raid siren sounds don't stampede...
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Maker: A.H. Tucker Government Printer, Brisbane
This poster issued by the Civil Defence Organisation informs Queenslanders what to do in the event of an air raid. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.ARTV02590
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If you can't go to the factory help the neighbour who can
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Maker: Ministry of Health Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
Poster issued by the Ministry of Health, depicting a woman waving goodbye to children being welcomed into a house by another woman, poster encourages those not working in factories to care for childre...ARTV01970
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If you don't need it, don't buy it
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Maker: Mclaren, Alex
Canadian poster featuring a humorous design to encourage citizens to be mindful of their spending habits. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.ARTV02577
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If you must telephone be brief
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Maker: Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
This poster was issued by the General Post Office as part of a campaign to encourage British Citizens to reduce their use of telephones and telegrams in favour of postal communications in support of t...ARTV02405
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I'm counting on you don't discuss...
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Maker: Helguera, Leon U S Government printing office
American Office of War Information poster No. 78 urging citizens to be mindful of sharing information. During the war national security was a major concern and any information shared or spoken to loud...ARTV05860
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Indie moet vrij!... [Indie must be free..]
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Maker: Keely, Patrick Cokayne Dutch Government James Haworth & Brother
This poster’s message translates to 'Indie must be free! Work and fight for it!' Designed by Pat Keely and published by the Dutch Government in exile in London. It was distributed in the liberated sou...ARTV10465
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It can happen, it does happen
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm HQ Victoria L of C Area LHQ Cartographic Coy
Security poster issued by the Australian Army advising care in putting sensitive information into letters, with the risks this can carry. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonw...ARTV02494
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It might be you! Caring for evacuees is a national service
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Maker: Ministry of Health J Weiner Ltd J. Weiner Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Health. The poster reminds the viewer that caring for refugees is a national service and makes an association between the charitable act on th...ARTV00326
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[Japanese Air Force]
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Maker: Unknown Unknown Nitto
This rare Japanese poster issued in Thailand was souvenired at the end of the war from a railway station by an Australian POW who had worked on the Thai Burma Railway. The Japanese text translates as ...ARTV09032
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Join the ATS
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Maker: Games, Abram HMSO Fosh & Cross Ltd.
A British recruitment poster encouraging women to join the Auxiliary Territorial Service, depicting a stylised portrait of a woman in profile, wearing an ATS forage cap. This was one of three designs ...ARTV01379
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Keep broken glass off the roads
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Maker: Ministry of Supply Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster encouraging people to be aware of broken glass on roads as it ruins lyres. A stylised graphic of a hand made out of tryes in the top right corner of the poster draws th...ARTV02419
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Keep broken glass off the roads it ruins tyres
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Maker: Ministry of Supply Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster encouraging people to be aware of broken glass on roads as it ruins lyres. A stylised graphic of a hand made out of tryes in the top right corner of the poster draws th...ARTV02486
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Keep ‘Em Rolling! [Artillery]
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Maker: Lionni, Leo
One of a series of patriotic work incentive posters based on the structure of the American flag commissioned by the United States Government’s Division of Information, Office of Emergency Management i...AWM2017.916.15
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'Lag' to Keep Heat In
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Maker: Bingler Ministry of Fuel and Power Greycaines Ltd.
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of 'lagging', or insulating pipes and tanks relating to hot water. By insulating both the tank itself and the cold water intake, it meant th...ARTV02007
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Lend a hand on the land
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Chromoworks Ltd
British Second World War advertising poster. As the Second World War continued, with men required for military service, and the production of food becoming more and more critical to the war effort, th...ARTV02484