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Lend a hand on the land
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Agriculture Chromoworks Ltd
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, the British Government introduced the 'lend a h...ARTV04096
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Lend strength to Australia!
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Maker: Unknown Department of Treasury Unknown
A hand turning a spanner around a nut, which forms the letter 'o' in the word 'loan'. The entire text on the work reads 'Lend strength to Australia! Eleventh Security Loan'.ARTV04463
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Liberte, liberte cherie, conduis, soutiens nosbras vengeurs (Liberty, liberty beloved, lead, support our armed avengers)
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Maker: Carlu, Natacha Free French Press and Information Service Unknown
American poster issued at the time of the Second World War advocating for the Freedom of the French Press. The poster depicts the head of the Statue of Liberty behind Marianne, the symbol of the Frenc...ARTV01251
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Lubricating Oil Is Imported in Tankers: No Economy Is Too Small to Count
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Maker: Stone, Marcus Ministry of Fuel and Power Charles & Read Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster highlighting and promoting the importance of conserving lubricating oil. The poster highlights how lubricating oil needs to be imported (to Britain) and therefore shoul...ARTV02014
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Meat for Britain...
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Maker: Commonwealth Rationing Commission F W Niven Pty Ltd
Issued by the Commonwealth Rationing Commission in 1943 this poster promotes the sending of Australian meat to Britain. In the upper half of the poster is a photograph showing meat being loaded onto a...ARTV00260
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Meeting over Berlin
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Maker: Stafford & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War propaganda poster issued as part of a campaign by the Government to incite anti - Nazi sentiment in 1941. This poster illustrates the significance of a British Soviet air powe...ARTV10219
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Mefiez-vouz:...SILENCE
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Maker: Ministere des services nationaux de guerre Unknown
Canadian National security poster issued to remind speaking citizens of the danger of careless talk. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.ARTV02578
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Mightier yet
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Maker: Pym, Harold A. Greycaines Ltd.
British Second World War poster by Harold Pym. Depicts a British tank with text asserting Britain's increasing military strength. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Go...ARTV02319
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Military Band
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Maker: Nichol, Arthur John
A poster for a concert performance produced by artist NX4185 Sergeant Arthur John Nichol in German POW camp Stalag VIII-B, Lamsdorf, Poland (later renamed Stalag 344). This poster was one of many prod...ART28414.001
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Mister, here's your hat! Join the A.I.F now!
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Maker: James, Richard Haughton Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment poster by R.H James. One of a series titled "JOIN THE AIF" this poster is subtitled " Mister, here's your hat!" . It features a bla...ARTV06443
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"News and information on current events..."
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Maker: Unknown
This American wartime poster bears the words of American military leader General Douglas Macarthur from 1942. General Macarthur played a prominent role in the Pacific theatre during the Second World W...ARTV02336
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Next! Japan - 6th War Loan
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Maker: Bingham, James R U.S. Treasury Department US Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster issued by the U.S Treasury Department. Featuring a design by James R. Bingham the poster appeals for subscribers to the 6th war loan. The image fills the majorit...ARTV02809
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"No, he didn't tell me what his regiment was..." or even his name - he must have been reading those posters.."
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Maker: 517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers 517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers
hospital; poster depicting a young woman in a hospital bed with a new baby, her woman visitor is being told 'he must have been reading those posters' (about guarding against careless talk)ARTV07965
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"No names" presents JB Priestley's Laburnum Grove
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Maker: Nichol, Arthur John
A poster for a theatrical play produced by artist NX4185 Sergeant Arthur John Nichol in German POW camp Stalag VIII-B, Lamsdorf, Poland (later renamed Stalag 344). Depicted are two semi-detached house...ART28331
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Notice: all cows are kindly requested to produce more milk...
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This poster was issued by Commonwealth Food Control as part of a campaign to increase Australia's milk production to support the war effort. One of a series of posters aimed at Diary Farmers it urges ...ARTV02583
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not titled [mexican band]
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Maker: Nichol, Arthur John
Depicts a group of a Mexican dancers with musicians on instruments including a castanet, accordion, double bass, fiddle/violin, clarinet, guitar and maracas. The musicians are wearing sombreros. This ...ART28837
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Not titled, TASS No. 756, 23 June 1943
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Maker: Kukryniksy Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS)
A Russian propaganda poster created under the TASS news agency, this image depicts the Fascist leader Benito Mussolini sitting in a boot, representing Italy, that is attached to a damaged hot air ball...ARTV07494
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"OI." Dig out those flints...
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Maker: Thomas, Samuel Herbert LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (LONDON : HAYCOCK PRESS) Haycock Press
This British Second World War poster was issued as part of a Ministry of Supply campaign to encourage the conservation of rubber. It features a humorous cartoon by well known British cartoonist Bert T...ARTV02415
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Our job to clothe the men who work and fight
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Maker: Unknown Department of Information, Advertising Division Unknown
Australian Second World War poster one of a series issued by the Department of Information, Advertising Division to emphasis the importance of industrial production on the home front to the overall wa...ARTV01064
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Ours to fight for: Freedom from want
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Maker: Rockwell, Norman Perceval Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information US Government Printing Office
Second World War poster depicts an extended family seated at a dinner table for a thanksgiving meal. 'Freedom from want' was one of the 'Four Freedoms' outlined by President Roosevelt in a 1941 speech...ARTV00185
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Owners of Private Cars and Garage Proprietors Are Warned That
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Maker: Petroleum Department S.P. & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War proclamation-style poster highlighting the importance of economising and saving fuel. The poster highlights certain fuel-related offences and the penalties that apply to them....ARTV02003
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20 periodicals: one seat for a pilot...
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Maker: LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] ( S.L. : HUBNERS) Hubners Ltd
This poster is one in a campaign that urges British citizens not to waste paper. It informs the viewer that tons of paper is needed to make seats for aircrew. The inclusion of an image of a young pilo...ARTV02416
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Pictorial presentation of the true Aryan...
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Maker: Unknown
British Second World War propaganda poster issued as part of a campaign by the Government to incite anti - Nazi sentiment in 1941. This poster features 3 caricatures of Hitler, Göring and Goebbels (a...ARTV10220
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Please pass down the car
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Maker: London Passenger Transport Board Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicts man on railway station platform looking at railway carriage, while passengers are jammed together inside doorway. However, there is much more space further in t...ARTV02227
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Please stand on the right of the escalator
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Maker: London Passenger Transport Board Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster depicts an escalator giving access to/from an Underground (Tube) Station. A line of passengers stands on the right, while one man standing on the left has an 'L' sign ...ARTV02226
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Postcard services to Belgium & Greece
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Public information notice issued by the G.P.O listing postcard services to Belgium & Greece. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.ARTV02433
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"Provided factory workers..."
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Supply Unknown
poster features portrait of the British Prime Minister, Mr (later Sir) Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, with a quotation from one of his speeches to the House of Commons, 28 November 1944, expressin...ARTV01797
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RAAF Beaufighters in action with RAAF air crews
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Maker: Unknown Joint Army-RAAF Recruiting Committe Unknown
recruitment; recruiting poster depicting Beaufighters in action over an island, appealing for men to enlist as air crewARTV04281
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Rationale of the Horrocks test...
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Maker: Unknown
Australian Second World War poster issued by the Land Headquarters depicting water purification with chlorine and taste remover rationale. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commo...ARTV02488
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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: 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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Release a man. Join the A.W.A.S.
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Maker: McCowan, Ian AWAS Second Aust Army Svy Mob Reproduction Section
An Australian Second World War recruitment poster, emploring women to join the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) so that more men can be freed up for frontline service.ARTV01049
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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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Returned men attention...Watch your step, remember your pals and guard your tounge
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Maker: Victorian Railways
This national security poster was issued by the Military Intelligence unit, Army Headquarters in Victoria. It reminds troops returning from active service of the need to be mindful of giving away info...ARTV02585
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Return to civil life...
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Maker: Unknown Department of Post-war Reconstruction Unknown
1945-46; poster produced by the Ministry of Postwar Reconstruction, advertising a book for ex-servicemen and women which gives advice on a number of topics such as employment, medical, legal aid, farm...ARTV00535
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Ringed with menace!
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Maker: Northfield, James Beaufort Division of the Department of Aircraft Production
A poster produced for the Beaufort Division of the Department of Aircraft Production during the Second World War. The poster depicts a map of Australia ringed by threatening Japanese ships and aircra...ARTV09061
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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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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: 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 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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Save waste fats for explosives: take them to your meat dealer
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Maker: Koerner, Henry Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information , Washington US Government Printing Office
Office of War Information poster no. 63. issued by the Division of Public Inquiries to encourage citizens to save their waste fats and oils from cooking for use in the production of munitions. Henry K...ARTV05862
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Save waste fats for explosives: take then to your meat dealer
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Maker: Koerner, Henry Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information , Washington US Government Printing Office
Office of War Information poster no. 63. issued by the Division of Public Inquiries to encourage citizens to save their waste fats and oils from cooking for use in the production of munitions. Henry K...ARTV00410
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Saving is best
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Maker: Unknown Department of Treasury Unknown
A weathervane proclaiming 'Saving is best' surrounded by the words 'Whichever way the wind blows buy bonds and saving certificates'. This poster was used for the Fifth Security loan.ARTV04350
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Schaft uns jugendherbergen [Create Youth Hostels for us...]
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Maker: Hohlwein, Ludwig
Depicts a boy, or a boy in his early teens, wearing a uniform associated with the Hitler Youth Movement. After 1933 the Nazi government took control of the armed forces as well as the whole of German...ARTV10396
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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 more lamb: and help win the war in your kitchen
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Issued by the Department of Commerce this poster urges Australians to eat more lamb in support of the war effort. This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.ARTV02586
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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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Silence means security
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Maker: Unknown War Department US Government Printing Office
patriotism; cautionary poster, depicting a soldier with a hand over his mouth, warning against careless talkARTV05781
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Sinbad the Sailor
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Maker: Britz, Jock
Image advertising 'Grouse New-Year Panto', a performance of Sinbad the Sailor on New Years Eve 1944 in the Kuching POW Camp, Borneo.ART90631
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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