Dunkirk Evacuation

Stagger Your Holidays

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Catalogue number
  • Art.IWM PST 15211
Place made
Great Britain
Subject period
Materials
  • medium: lithograph
  • support: paper
Dimensions
  • Support: Height 1017 mm
  • Support: Width 635 mm
Alternative Names
  • object category: Poster
Creator
Category
posters

Object description

whole: the images are positioned in the upper three-quarters. The title and text are separate and placed in the centre left and lower quarter, in black and in red. Further text is partially integrated and placed in the upper right and lower right, in red, held within white and grey banners. All set against a white background. image: the upper image depicts a busy seaside resort during July and August, with an overcast sky. Crowds of people mill around a bandstand, whilst others lie on the packed beach. A line of people, carrying suitcases, walk from this image towards the lower one. The lower image is the same resort in June and September. It is much quieter and a large sun shines overhead. text: JULY and AUGUST STAGGER YOUR HOLIDAYS JUNE and SEPTEMBER It's finer remember in June and September Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Elm Press (N.R.P. Co. Ltd.), London, W.C.1. 51-2186. Wt. 51651/P.6540.

Physical description

51-2186. Wt. 51651/P.6540.

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