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• War Weapons Week in a Country Town

  (art) Made by: Ford, Michael 1941

  image: A street scene in a small town. A brass band, Girl Guides, Police and Home Guard participate in War Weapons Week outside a community hall and are watched by a crowd of civilians. Union flags are on display and a speech is being made from a...

• The Tube: October 1940

  (art) Made by: Topolski, Feliks 1940-10-01

  image: The interior of Leicester Square underground station with figures lying asleep on the floor of the station platform. There is a large man sitting smoking a pipe in the foreground, and several ARP wardens wearing helmets standing further down the...

• Building Planes

  (art) Made by: Armstrong, John 1940

  image: A view across a factory floor showing men working on the sub-structure of two aircraft. In the background, other figures working at lathes and machinery are spotlighted on the upper and lower floors of the factory.

• A Knitting Party

  (art) Made by: Dunbar, Evelyn Mary 1940

  image: A large room with a party of women sitting in chairs and knitting

• The Queue at the Fish-shop

  (art) Made by: Dunbar, Evelyn Mary 1944

  image: A long line of women queue outside the shop of H. Hill and Son, fishmongers, poulterers. The slabs are being washed down in anticipation of a fresh delivery.

• Housewives! WVS Needs Your Help!

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  No description available

• Boston Aircraft under Repair in Maintenance Hangars

  (art) Made by: Pitchforth, Roland Vivian (RA)

  image: a Boston aircraft, viewed from the front, partially stripped and held in a wooden scaffold in a hangar. Two men work on the underside of each of the wings while two others work on the undercarriage. In the foreground a fifth man works at a...

• Doctor Carrot - the Children's Best Friend

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image is placed left with the text, in black and orange, positioned right, set within a irregular yellow inset. All is set against a green background. image: 'Dr Carrot', a bright orange bespectacled carrot, skips left to right carrying a top...

• I'm a Protective Food - Says Potato Pete

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  1417402 PST 16979 is a variant in large streamer format

• Air Raid on the City of London, 1940

  (art) Made by: Golding, William A (ARIBA) 1940

  image: fire crews and Air Raid Wardens work within a series of bomb damaged buildings in the City of London, with various fire engines, vehicles and hoses scattering the scene. The huge intact dome of St Paul's Cathedral looms up in the background,...