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Allons-y [To Victory]
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Maker: Ministere des services nationaux de guerre
Canadian propaganda poster featuring a cartoon of a beaver, representing Canada, rushing to join a fight with a lion, representing Britain. Both have their swords drawn. This item has been digitised ...ARTV02579
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A L'Oeuvre: C'est Notre Guerre
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Maker: Aldwinckle, Eric Department of National War Services Department of Public Information
This poster was one of a number produced by Canadian artist Eric Aldwinckle during the Second World War. Also printed with English text, this poster depicts a man's muscular arm wielding a hammer, tha...ARTV02467
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Ansons on the Tarmac
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Avro Anson training planes at No.10 Air Observers School, a unit of the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), through which many trainees of the Royal Australian Air Force passed, on the tarmac ready to ...ART21983
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Avro Anson trainers near Rockies
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Avro Anson trainers being flown by RAAF personnel near the Canadian Rockies, a short distance from Calgary. Ralph Malcolm Warner was appointed Official War Artist in 1943, covering the activities of t...ART21280
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Beware: Spreading Vital Information Will Undermine Our War Effort
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Maker: Unknown The Department of Public Information
1942 Canadian Second World War poster promoting the importance of not spreading information. The poster depicts a caricature of Adolf Hitler looking down upon a conversation between soldiers of each o...ARTV02459
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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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Canadian Fall, near Ottawa
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Depicting the many colours which Autumn brings to the landscape of Canada. A scene typical of many witnessed by trainees of the Royal Australian Air Force who sojourned in Canada whilst training under...ART21998
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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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Cartoon for transport mural (North America)
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Maker: Millen, M J
Depicts a mural design of a stylised map of North and Central America, with the Statue of Liberty, an American flag, figures of native American Indians and teepees, an 18th century sailing ship, a map...ART28514
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Die Weltkarte mit dem Kolonialbesitz der grossen Machte [World map with the colonial possessions of the great powers]
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Maker: Unknown Unknown Unknown
A German map of the world showing the pre-Second World War extent of the empires, colonies and mandates of Germany, Italy, France, Britain, Belgium and Holland.ARTV09276
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Entraining at Calgary
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
General view of Canadian Pacific Rail depot showing Royal Australian Air Force personnel entraining for return to Australia on completion of their training at Canadian Air Schools under the Empire Air...ART22819
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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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Family allowances assist parents in providing for their children's basic needs: Food and Health
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Maker: Unknown [CANADA : S.N., N.D.]
Canadian Second World War poster depicting a photograph of a small boy drinking milk as part of a meal and a photograph of two children making a sandcastle on a beach, linking this to a healthy life. ...ARTV06523
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Farmyard, Rivers
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
An Avro Anson aircraft taking off on a training flight over a farmyard with hay stacks in foreground. The training flight is part of the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), Central Navigation School at...ART21980
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Fog bank across the prairie
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
Warm and cold fronts moving across the prairies produce many varied flying conditions. Vast fog-banks, looking like a mountain range, move majestically along, casting gloomy shadows ahead as the sun g...ART21965
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Gunnery flight Winter No. 3 B & 6 Manitoba
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
A Bolingbroke aircraft taking off for gunnery practice at No.3 Bombing and Gunnery School where Australian trainees are in training under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS). The plane towing the dr...ART24110
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Harvard conversion flight
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Maker: Warner, R Malcolm
An AT6 Harvard training aircraft from No.3 Services Flying Training School, on a flight over the Canadian Rocky Mountains, engaged on a conversion flight of the Empire Air Training Scheme under which ...ART21997
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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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John Dodds will speak here...
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Maker: Ministry of Information
This British Second World War poster was a generic poster produced by the Minsitry of Information to be distributed to different locations where John Dodds was speaking. Dodds was born in British Guya...ARTV02195
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Keep Them Both Flying
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Maker: Department of Munitions and Supply Northern Electric Company Limited
Canadian Second World War poster depicting a Hawker Hurricane flying behind a British flag. The title 'keep them both flying' refers to the both the Hurricane and the flag. The poster aims to both boo...ARTV02461