"No, he didn't tell me what his regiment was..." or even his name - he must have been reading those posters.." Accession Number: ARTV07965

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hospital; poster depicting a young woman in a hospital bed with a new baby, her woman visitor is being told 'he must have been reading those posters' (about guarding against careless talk)

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Accession Number
ARTV07965
Publisher
517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers
Artist
517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: photolithograph
Measurement
Overall
Medium
photolithograph
Date Made
1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by Mr A W Sparkes 1968 (File 419/98/13)
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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