Watch that prop... Accession Number: ARTV07128

Description

casualty, propeller, airman; cautionary poster produced by the Air Ministry, depicting airman walking under rotating propeller and being beheaded, text is word play on 'careless talk costs lives' - becomes 'careless walk costs lives'

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Accession Number
ARTV07128
Artist
R T P
Publisher
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Printer
James Hawthorn & Brother Ltd
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: photolithograph
Measurement
Overall
Medium
photolithograph
Date Made
1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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