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A Mosquito
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
A De Haviland Mosquito aircraft with RAF camouflage scheme, white and black stripes on lower fuselage, known as 'invasion stripes'. These indicate that this is after D-Day, 6 June 1944.ART23488
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And now!
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Maker: Uptton, Clive Ministry of Supply Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British poster number 167 poster depicting a British soldier advancing past the bodies of German soldiers towards Japanese soldiers, the horizon is obscured by a Japanese flag (under the 'Beat Hitler...ARTV00049
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Appearance of a long-nosed Blenheim
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Maker: Nash, Paul
Depicts a Second World War Blenhein airplane emerging from a cloud filled sky. Nash was appointed as a British official war artist in March 1940 by the War Artists' Advisory Committee, working for the...ART26679
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Are your guards all present and correct
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
poster produced by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to increase awareness of need for safety guards on machinery, depicts a guardsman m...ARTV01682
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Back them up! Heavy Stirling bombers raid the Nazi Baltic part of Lübeck and leave the docks ablaze
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Maker: Nockolds, Roy Ministry of Information Fosh & Cross Ltd. H.M. Stationery Office
British poster depicting an air raid on the German port of Lübeck, showing fires and damage to the docks area and appealing to the public for support. The subtitle is 'Heavy Stirling bombers raid the ...ARTV02297
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Better pot-luck with Churchill today...
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Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food Perry Colourprint Ltd
During the Second World War, the British were faced with food shortages, due in part to a concerted campaign by the German Navy, who used U-boats to sink British supply ships. The British government i...ARTV02611
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Bombing up a Lancaster for Wing Commander Douglas
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Maker: Bowen, Stella
Loading bombs onto a Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster bomber for Bomber Command. Aircraft has protective cover over starboard wheel. Seen in the foreground are two loose bombs and a pair of universal bo...ART26261
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Careless talk costs lives: ".....but of course it musn't go any further!"
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Maker: Ministry of Information
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Information. It depicts two men talking in a railway carriage with Herman Goering and Adolf Hitler sitting in the luggage racks ove...ARTV02450
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Careless talk costs lives: "Don't forget that walls have ears!"
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Maker: Ministry of Information
British Second World War cautionary poster depicts two women having tea. The wallpaper is a repeat pattern of Adolf Hitler's head. This one of a series of 'careless talk costs lives' posters by Cyril ...ARTV02448
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Dear Daddy... don't get accidented
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
casualty; cautionary poster produced for the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting a child's letter to her father, which includes a s...ARTV01712
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Flight engineer
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Part of the interior of a Handley Page Halifax bomber, showing seated flight engineer in flying dress.ART25689
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Flight engineer in the cockpit of a Handley Page Halifax bomber
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Part of the interior of a Handley Page Halifax bomber, showing seated flight engineer in flying dress. Study for 'Flight engineer in the cockpit of a Handley Page Halifax bomber (ART25689).ART22982
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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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In the Armoury
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Armourers at work. Man in foreground is using a bench vice; man in background man is using a file.ART22966
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I wonder if I did?
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Maker: Giles, F Kenwood Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
civilian, bed and bedding; cautionary poster produced by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting a man alseep in bed, dreaming he i...ARTV01686
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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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Leading Aircraftman Arthur Adams
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Portrait of Leading Aircraftman Arthur Hope Adams, Q127611, RAAF in Britain.ART22359
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Mosquito on the tarmac
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Viewed from above, Adams depicts a de Havilland Mosquito aircraft standing on the tarmac, painted in RAF camouflage scheme.ART23474
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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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Percy Vere no.15
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Maker: Mendoza, Montague Philip Ministry of Labour and National Service and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Loxley Brothers Ltd
one of a series of cautionary posters from the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, depicting workers observing (or not observing) safety and ...ARTV01772