Captain Alan Lennox-Short will speak here...

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Accession Number ARTV02194
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 76 x 51 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description offset lithograph on paper
Maker Unknown
Ministry of Information
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made 1942-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

This British Second World War poster was a generic poster produced by the Minsitry of Information to be distributed to different locations where Captain Alan Lennox-Short was speaking.

Captain Lennox-Short was a South African soldier who worked extensively with other commonwealth forces. This was the subject of his talks during the war.

During the Second World War, the Ministry of Information employed people such as Captain Alan Lennox-Short to give talks about other countries, cultures, and general war matters. This poster would have been distributed to the venues that she presented in ahead of time and they would have filled in the relevant details to advertise the talks. The poster also includes a short biography.

This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.