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Absence makes the war grow longer...
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Maker: Unknown Department of War Organisation of Industry Unknown
An Australian poster issued by the Department of War Organisation of Industry to discourage workers at home in Australia from taking unnecessary leave, investing in war loans and following austerity m...ARTV02274
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A mechanical press
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Maker: Ragless, Max
This depicts one of many large presses used to produce aircraft parts at Richards Industries, Ltd, Adelaide during the Second World War.ART23119
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A shadow across Hitler's path
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Maker: General Motors Holden
This Australian Second World War poster was produced by General Motors Holden (GMH) in 1941, and was likely produced for use in one of their factories. The poster is aimed at factory workers, attempti...ARTV02146
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A six ton drop hammer
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Maker: Ragless, Max
A worker operates a heavy hammer, as used by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation.ART23106
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Back them up!: The R.A.F.'s intensive bombing of Germany's war industries continues
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Maker: Nockolds, Roy H.M. Stationery Office Chromoworks Ltd
British poster depicting the RAF'S intensive bombing of Germany's industries. The subtitle is 'The RAF's intensive bombing of Germany's war industries continues'. Two Lancaster bombers are seen flying...ARTV03910
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Back them up!: The R.A.F.'s intensive bombing of Germany's war industries continues
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Maker: Nockolds, Roy H.M. Stationery Office
British poster depicting the RAF'S intensive bombing of Germany's industries. The subtitle is 'The RAF's intensive bombing of Germany's war industries continues'. Two Lancaster bombers are seen flying...ARTV06888
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Back them up!: The R.A.F.'s intensive bombing of Germany's war industries continues
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Maker: Nockolds, Roy
British poster depicting the RAF'S intensive bombing of Germany's industries. The subtitle is 'The RAF's intensive bombing of Germany's war industries continues'. Two Avro Lancaster bombers are seen f...ARTV02303
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[Battle scene in city]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts an imaginative and stylised battle against the backdrop of an industrial city. Numerous tanks swarm the foreground of the work as they move over rubble created by the fighting. Industrial chim...ART93163
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Be in the fashion - cover your hair
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Maker: Rothholz, Hans Arnold Ministry of Labour and National Service Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
British Second World War work safety poster commissioned by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and issued by the Ministry for Labour and National Service featuring photographs of women ...ARTV01036
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Blast Hitler
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Maker: General Motors Holden
This Australian Second World War poster was created by General Motors Holden for use in one of their factories. This poster, entitled "Blast Hitler" depicts a cartoon Hitler in the lower right hand ...ARTV02148
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Bow section of ship
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
This bow section of ocean-going cargo ship is bieng lifted into position for the Australian or American Army at the Commonwealth Shipbuilding Establishment at Tulloch's Yards, River, Rhodes in New Sou...ART21366
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Britain Expects That: You Too, This Day, Will Do Your Duty
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Maker: C F The Admiralty Chromoworks Ltd H.M. Stationery Office
British Second World War poster highlighting the national (patriotic) expectation that each Briton 'do [their] duty'. The poster depicts a flag-bearing signaler in the upper section, with a bodiless s...ARTV02087
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Britain Has Sent to Russia: Our Products Fight on Russian Fronts!
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Supply H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster depicting various military ordnance made by Britain and sent to the Russian armed forces. The different types of equipment are illustrated in a list down the left hand...ARTV03406
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Britain: The Sinews of War
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Maker: Taylor, Frederick LONDON : H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE, [N.D.] (S.L. : FOSH & CROSS)
This British Second World War poster aims at highlighting the importance of the those working on the home front in Britain as the key 'sinews' of war. The poster depicts a generic factory scene in the...ARTV02323
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Building Corvette, Mary River Maryborough
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
At one end of the town of Maryborough are the engineering works and shipbuilding yards of Walkers Limited, a very old Queensland firm building locomotives, sugar mill machinery, ships and every kind o...ART25567
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Building Lighters for the Navy at MacKay
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A new type of flat bottom 50 ton steel lighter was in construction at MacKay when the war against Japan came to and end. Designated a "lock-up" lighter, they made a colourful study in a coat of red an...ART25568
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Careening Cove
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Near Milson's Point, North Sydney, N.S.W., the site of Hayes and Sons Boatbuilding Yards, where small craft are being built for war purposes.ART21372
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Change over to a victory job
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a black and white photograph of a woman in overalls wearing a headscarf. She leans over a table, clenching her right fist with an emploring glare out to the viewer, to "Change over to a victor...ARTV01060
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Clothing is vital
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Maker: [AUSTRALIA : S.N.], 1943
This Australian poster was issued for display in clothing factories on the home front. It features a true to lifesize portrait photo of a soldier pointing his finger at the viewer. In combination with...ARTV01593
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Complete the jigsaw puzzle
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Maker: General Motors Holden
This all-text Australian Second World War poster was produced by General Motors Holden (GMH) likely in early 1942. It is aimed at factory workers, attempting to make workers be careful and take pride ...ARTV02145