Thank you says the soldier... Caring for evacuees is a national service Accession Number: ARTV01940

Description

British Second World War poster advertising and encouraging the care of domestic refugees. As Germany bombed urban centres such as London, Birmingham and Coventry, much civilian housing was destroyed. The Government encouraged civilians to open their houses to refugees. This poster praises this generosity by thanks from a fictional soldier.

This poster features a black and white photographic image of a woman reading her soldier husband's letter while holding a baby on her lap. In the upper left corner printed in black ink is a cartoon like drawing of a soldier writing home. Their imagined correspondence features in graphic of a handwritten letter blown up accross the page.

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Accession Number
ARTV01940
Artist
Unknown
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Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Overall: 76.5 cm x 50.5 cm
Medium
offset photolithograph on paper
Date Made
c. 1939-1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Transferred from the AWM Research Centre 1979
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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