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Due to a desire by
the Ministry of Information (MoI) to remain anonymous
information concerning Second World War posters is
very scanty, with dates and details of artists rarely
available.
Unless otherwise
stated, posters are British, and seen/assumed to be
the most common size: 20" x 30", with reproductions
taken from postcards or IWM copies.
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Fig.
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Title
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1
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'Britons [Kitchener]
wants YOU'
Date: 1914-1916
Artist: Alfred Leete
(1882-1933)
Printer: Victoria House
Printing Co. Ltd., London
Size: 291/2"
x 20"
Source: IWM PST 2734
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2
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'Klinom Krasnym bei Belykh'
(Beat the Whites with the
Red wedge)
Origin: U.S.S.R., 1919
Artist: El Lissitsky
Source: Lissitsky,
K. El Lissitsky, 1968, Plate 40
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3
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'Udarnuiu uborku bol'shevistskomu
urozhaiu'
(For shock-brigade reaping
and for a Bolshevik harvest)
Origin: U.S.S.R., 1934
Artist: Maria Voron
Size: 41" x 28"
Source: (Hoover Institution
Archives: RU/SU 1611) in Paret, P., Lewis,
B.I., and Paret, P. Persuasive Images:
Posters of War and Revolution, 1992, p115
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4
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'Und Du?'
(And you?)
Origin: Germany, 1932
Artist: Ludwig Hohlwein
Size: 34" x24"
Source: (Hoover Institution
Archives: GE1694) in Paret, P., Lewis, B.I.,
and Paret, P. Persuasive Images: Posters
of War and Revolution, 1992, p109
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5
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'Pneumatik'
Origin: Germany, 1926
Artist: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Source: Kostelanetz,
R. (ed) Moholy-Nagy, 1970, Plate 27
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6
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Cover for Bauhaus no. 1
Date: 1928
Origin: Germany
Artist: Herbert Bayer
Source: Willett, J.
The Weimar Years: a culture cut short,
1984, p45
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7
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'Hitler will send no warning
- so always carry your gas mask'
Date: 1941
Printer: J. Weiner
Ltd., London
Source: IWM PST 0415
(Opie, R. The Wartime Scrapbook: from Blitz
to Victory, 1995, p10)
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8
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'Gas Attack'
Date: 1941
Printer: Fosh and Cross
Ltd., London
Source: IWM PST 0136
(MO-A: Poster Inventory)
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9
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'Your courage, your cheerfulness,
your resolution, will bring us victory'
Date: 1939
Source: IWM PST 0052
(Hunt, J. and Watson, S. Britain and the
Two World Wars, 1990, p124)
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10
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'Go to it!'
Printer: Perry Colourprint,
London
Source: IWM PST 0661
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11
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'Mightier Yet'
Artist: Harold Pym
Printer: Greycaine
Ltd, London
Source: IWM PST 4086
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12
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'Firebomb Fritz'
Printers: Fosh and
Cross Ltd., London
Source: IWM PST 0199
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13
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'Let your shopping help
our shipping'
Printer: J. Weiner
Ltd., London
Size: 10" x 15"
Source: IWM PST 0708
(Briggs, S. Keep Smiling Through, 1975,
p155)
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14
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'Dig for Victory'
Printer: J. Weiner
Ltd., London
Source: IWM PST 0059
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15
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'Your Britain,
Fight for it now'
Date: 1942
Artist: Frank Newbould
(1887-1951)
Printer: Adams Bros
and Shardlow, Ltd.
Size: 197/8"
x 293/4"
Source: IWM PST 0069
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16
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'Your Britain,
Fight for it now' (Finsbury Health
Centre)
Date: 1942
Artist: Abram Games
Printer: Henry Hildesley
Ltd., London
Size: 197/8"
x 295/16"
Source: IWM PST 2911
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17
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'In spite of [Hitler] there's
work to be done
Source: Begley, G.
Keep Mum: Advertising Goes to War,
1975, p28
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18
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'..... but of course
it mustn't go any further!'
Date: 1940
Artist: Fougasse
Size: 24" x 40"
Source: IWM PST 3725
(M-O A: Poster Inventory)
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19
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'Nazi War Aims - Grab! Grab!! Grab!!!'
Size: 20" x 141/2"
Source: IWM PST 8151
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20
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'The Red Army's Fight
is Your Fight'
Date: 1941
Source: Freeman, R.A.
Britain at War, 1990, p55
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21
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'The Moscow Standard'
Source: H.M.S.O. Persuading
the People, 1995, p78
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22
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'Russia's Fight is Ours!'
Printer: William Brown
and Co. Ltd., London
Size: 393/4"
x 193/8"
Source: PRO, INF 13/123/19
(Cantwell, J.D. Images of War: British
Posters 1939-45, 1989, Plate 43)
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23
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'Maneater'
Source: IWM PST 0176
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24
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'You never know
who's listening!'
Date: 1940
Artist: Fougasse
Size: 121/2"
x 8"
Source: IWM PST 0142
(Darracott, J. and Loftus, B. (Imperial War
Museum) Second World War Posters, 1972,
p28)
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25
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'WHEN? it's up to us!'
Date: 1941
Source: Marshall Cavendish
Collection, Images of War, 1996
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26
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'Women of Britain,
arm him'
Printer: Stafford and
Co. Ltd., Nottingham
Source: IWM PST 3378
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27
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'Women of Britain, Come
Into the Factories'
Artist: Zec
Printer: Lowe and Brydone,
London
Source: IWM PST 3645
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28
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'Cover your hair
for safety. Your Russian sister does!'
Printer: Loxley Bros
Ltd., London
Source: IWM PST 3151
(McLaine, I. Ministry of Morale: Home Front
Morale and the Ministry of Information in
World War Two, 1979, Plate 10)
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29
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'Keep on Saving'
Printer: Chromoworks
Ltd., London
Size: 591/2" x
393/4"
Source: PRO, NSC 5/139 (Cantwell,
J.D. Images of War: British Posters 1939-45,
1989, Plate 65)
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30
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'Together!'
Date: Passed for publication
22/8/41
Printer: Lowe and Brydone,
London
Source: IWM PST 3158
and PRO, INF 2/3/277 (Cantwell, J.D. Images
of War: British Posters 1939-45, 1989,
Plate 37)
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31
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'Combined Operations
Include You'
Artist: Harold Pym
Printer: Chromoworks
Ltd., London
Size: 293/4"
x 193/4"
Source: PRO, INF 13/122/21
(Cantwell, J.D. Images of War: British
Posters 1939-45, 1989, Plate 44)
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32
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'Dig on for Victory'
Artist: Peter Fraser
Source: PRO, INF 3/96
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33
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'Is your
journey really necessary?'
Date: 1942-1944
Artist: Bert Thomas
Printer: Haycock Press,
London
Size: 243/4"
x 193/4"
Source: IWM PST 0144
and PRO, AN 2/1126
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34
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'Deserve Victory'
Publisher: Graham and
Gillies Ltd., London
Source: IWM PST 3107
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35
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'Coughs and sneezes spread
diseases'
Date: Early 1942
Artist: H.M. Bateman
Printer: Chromoworks
Ltd., London
Size: 2813/16"
x 1911/16"
Source: IWM PST 3429
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36
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'Turn this raw material
into war material'
Printer: W.E. Berry
Ltd., Bradford
Source: IWM PST 3757
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37
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'Paper, Metal, Bones,
Rags and Rubber for Salvage'
Artist: Fougasse
Printer: Flemings,
Leicester
Size: 40" x 24"
Source: IWM PST 3702
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38
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'A few careless words
may end in this'
Date: c.1940
Artist: Norman Wilkinson
Printer: Greycaine
Ltd., Watford and London
Size: 20" x 147/8"
Source: IWM PST 0740 and PRO,
INF 13/216/3 (Cantwell, J.D. Images of
War: British Posters 1939-45, 1989, Plate
20)
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39
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'They talked...'
Printer: J. Weiner
Ltd., London
Size: 91/2"
x 14"
Source: IWM PST 0709
(Life, 30/11/40, from a selection of
newspaper cuttings, collected by E. Embleton
1939-1946, held at the Imperial War Museum)
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40
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'She talked...'
Printer: Fosh and Cross
Ltd., London
Source: IWM PST 5239
(Life, 30/11/40, from a selection of
newspaper cuttings, collected by E. Embleton
1939-1946, held at the Imperial War Museum)
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41
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'He talked...'
Source: Life,
30/11/40, from a selection of newspaper cuttings,
collected by E. Embleton 1939-1946, held at
the Imperial War Museum
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42
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'ATS at the wheel'
Artist: Beverley Pick
Printer: Field Sons
and Co., Bradford
Size: 291/4"
x 191/4"
Source: IWM PST 4946
and PRO, INF 13/42/8
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43
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'Go through your
wardrobe'
Artist: Donia Nachshen
Printer: W.R. Royle
and Sons Ltd., London
Size: 293/4"
x 193/4"
Source: IWM PST 4773
and PRO, INF 13/144/1
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44
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'Join the ATS'
Date: 1941
Artist: Abram Games
Printer: Fosh and Cross
Ltd, London
Size: 283/4"
x 191/16"
Source: IWM PST 5207
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45
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'YOU are wanted too!
Join the A.T.S'
Date: 1941
Source: Sunday Express,
26/10/41 from a selection of newspaper cuttings,
collected by E. Embleton 1939-1946, held at
the Imperial War Museum
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46
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'Lend a hand on the
land at a farming holiday camp'
Artist: Eileen Evans
Printer: Chromoworks
Ltd., London
Source: IWM PST 0143
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47
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'Join the Women's Land
Army'
Printer: Fosh and Cross
Ltd, London
Size: 30" x 191/2"
Source: PRO, INF 13/140/19
(Cantwell, J.D. Images of War: British
Posters 1939-45, 1989, Plate 10)
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48
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'Careless talk costs lives.
Keep mum, She's not so dumb!'
Artist: G. Lacoste
Date: c.1940
Printer: Johnson, Riddle
and Co.
Size: 147/8"
x 97/8"
Source: IWM PST 2817
and PRO, EXT 1/119/20 (Cantwell, J.D. Images
of War: British Posters 1939-45, 1989,
Plate 19)
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49
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'Careless talk costs lives.
Keep mum - she's not so dumb'
Size: 143/4"
x 93/4"
Source: PRO, EXT 1/119/19
(Cantwell, J.D. Images of War: British
Posters 1939-45, 1989, Plate 18)
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50
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'Careless talk costs
lives. Tell nobody - not even her'
Size: 143/4" x 97/8"
Source: (Cantwell,
J.D. Images of War: British Posters 1939-45,
1989, Plate 16)
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51
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'Careless talk costs lives.
Tell nobody - not even her'
Size: 147/8" x 97/8"
Source: PRO, EXT 1/119/18
(Cantwell, J.D. Images of War: British
Posters 1939-45, 1989, Plate 17)
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52
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'Don't tell aunty & uncle,
or cousin Jane, and certainly not...'
Artist: G. Lacoste
Source: IWM PST 3733
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53
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'A maiden loved...'
Date: c.1939
Artist: G. Lacoste
Source: IWM PST 3417
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54
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'The Silent Column'
Source: McLaine, I.
Ministry of Morale: Home Front Morale and
the Ministry of Information in World War Two,
1979, Plate 3
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55
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'Hello boy friend, coming
MY way?'
Date: 1943-44
Artist: Reginald Mount
Size: 137/8"
x 91/4"
Source: IWM PST 0800
(Cantwell, J.D. Images of War: British
Posters 1939-45, 1989, Plate 35)
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56
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'Here comes the bride'
Date: 1942-44
Artist: Reginald Mount
Printer: W.R. Royle
and Son Ltd.
Size: 91/2"
x 14"
Source: IWM PST 3417
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57
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'Tomorrow's Citizen'
Printer: Henry Hildesley
Ltd., London
Size: 91/2"
x 14"
Source: IWM PST 3416
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58
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'We're playing one
'man' short -and that's YOU!'
(Rejected design)
Source: H.M.S.O. Persuading
the People, 1995, between pp44-45
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59
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'We're playing one
'man' short -and that's YOU!'
Source: H.M.S.O. Persuading
the People, 1995, between pp44-45
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60
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'Be in the fashion - cover
your hair'
Artist: Initialled
'aR'
Printer: Loxley Bros
Ltd., London
Source: IWM PST 3678
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61
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'She's in the ranks too!'
(Rejected design)
Source: H.M.S.O. Persuading
the People, 1995, between pp76-77
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62
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'Women wanted for
evacuation service'
Date: 1939
Artist: Jack Matthew
Source: IWM PST 5873
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63
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'If only they'd
tell us all what to do.'
Date: 1942
Artist: Fougasse
Source: Briggs, S.
Keep Smiling Through, 1975, p94
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If you wish to cite
from this page, please use the following citation:
Lewis, R.M., 'List
of Pictorial Illustrations, Undergraduate Thesis:
The planning, design and reception of British
home front propaganda posters of the Second World
War', <http://www.ww2poster.co.uk/research_project/ugrad/disslistofpictorialillustrations.htm>,
written April 1997, accessed Enter Date
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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