"Stand to lend a hand": Hospital orderlies wanted for the " Royal Air Force"...

Place Europe: United Kingdom
Accession Number ARTV05223
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 75.8 x 50.8 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description lithograph on paper
Maker Woolley, Harry
Royal Air Force
Dangerfield Printing Co Ltd
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made 1919-1938
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A Royal Air Force (RAF) inter war recruitment poster. It is calling for men to ' Stand by to lend a hand' as hospital orderlies. It features a full-length portrait of a RAF orderly, in uniform with a red cross symbol on his left sleeve. He has his right foot propped up on a case, looking to the left at an RAF biplane flying in the yellow sky overhead. The title and text are positioned from the upper to lower left printed in black and in red ink. Both the image and text are framed with a black border and set against a white background.

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