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"..but for Heaven's sake don't say I told you." Careless talk costs lives
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Maker: [Great Britain S.N., N.D.]
British Second World War poster depicts a man in a blue coat and yellow pants talking in a red phone booth, imploring the listener not to tell anyone that he had told them. The image is surrounded wit...ARTV07196
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Don't telephone or telegraph if a letter or a post-card will do
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Maker: Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British poster issued by the General Post Office to encourage citizens to reduce their use of telephones and telegraphs in support of the war effort. This item has been digitised with funding provide...ARTV02409
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Don't telephone or telegraph if a letter or a postcard will do
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Maker: Rothholz, Hans Arnold H.M. Stationery Office G.C.M. Printing Service
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...ARTV02408
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If you are 17 1/2 or 18 under 19: Volunteer ATS
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) (later the Women's Royal Army Corps) was a branch of the British Army comprised of young women engaged on war duties. These would be tasks such as operating ack...ARTV03347
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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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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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"So you don't know what your regiment is doing..."
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Maker: Unknown 517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers 517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers
civilian, woman; cautionary poster depicting a young woman in evening dress reclining on a sofa while talking to someone on the telephone who is not giving any information to her, and who 'must have b...ARTV07966
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Telephone less
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Maker: Reiss, Manfred LONDON : G.P.O., [N.D.] (LONDON : JOHNSON RIDDLE FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE)
This British poster depicts a telephone off its cradle, with the cord forming the 'less'. The poster was designed to encourage thrift during the Second World War.ARTV05374
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Telephone less
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Maker: Reiss, Manfred LONDON : G.P.O., [N.D.] (LONDON : JOHNSON RIDDLE FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE)
This British poster depicts a telephone off its cradle, with the cord forming the 'less'. The poster was designed to encourage thrift during the Second World War.ARTV05373
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Think ahead - Write instead
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Maker: Great Britain Post Office [LONDON] : G.P.O., [N.D.]
Second World War poster encouraging people to be thoughtful with their communications, this was for a number of reasons including security and to reduce pressure on mail freight.ARTV05375
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Think ahead - write instead. Telegraph less - telephone less.
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Maker: Great Britain Post Office
A British poster produced during the Second World War to encourage thrift in telecommunications.ARTV05376
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We're in It Together
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Maker: Henrion, Frederick Henri Kay General Post Office Henry Hildesley Ltd
British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of telecommunications and the way in which it brings people from all different areas together. The poster depicts a telephonist with a hands...ARTV03234
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Where skill and courage count
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Maker: Schlaikjer, Jes Wilhelm Brown & Bigelow
Recruitment poster for the Signals Corps of the United States Army issued during the Second World War. This image of a signal corpsman using a field telephone in the foreground, and in the background ...ARTV05873