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• FEMALE BUILDERS AT WORK, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  A group of female builders sit on a horse-drawn cart with some of their male colleagues on a building site, somewhere in Britain. They are listening to an address being given by a Colonel of the Royal Engineers, just back from Malta (not pictured).

• BELGIAN ARTIST: EVERYDAY LIFE FOR JOHN CLUYSENAAR AND HIS FAMILY, BARTON ST DAVID'S, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Belgian artist John Cluysenaar spends time with his wife, daughter Ann, and their donkey, geese, turkey and chickens in the garden of their home in Barton St David's in Somerset. Ann is feeding the pet turkey 'Stripey' who, according to the original...

• BELGIAN ARTIST: EVERYDAY LIFE FOR JOHN CLUYSENAAR AND HIS FAMILY, BARTON ST DAVID'S, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Belgian artist John Cluysenaar feeds pet donkey 'Donk' in the garden of his home in Barton St David's in Somerset, as his wife and daughter Ann look on. Also visible is a selection of the poultry kept by the family.

• RURAL WELFARE OFFICER: EVERYDAY LIFE FOR 'MRS R', HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  'Mrs R' (left), Welfare Officer for High Wycombe Rural District Council, visits a local hostel for evacuees. Here she can be seen with the warden of the hostel watching as the children play 'tug of war' in the garden of the hostel. About 20 chickens...

• RURAL WELFARE OFFICER: EVERYDAY LIFE FOR 'MRS R', HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  'Mrs R' (left), Welfare Officer for High Wycombe Rural District Council, visits a local hostel for evacuees. Here she can be seen chatting to the warden (right) as an evacuee shows off his rabbit in the garden of the hostel.

• MUNITION GIRLS' CLUB: WELFARE AT A MINISTRY OF SUPPLY FACTORY, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF LABOUR SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Munitions workers Nan Ensor (left) and Vanda Gillan play with a puppy in the lounge of the girls' club attached to a Ministry of Supply factory hostel, somewhere in Britain.

• Worth Fighting For - Worth Saving For

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1944

  whole: the image occupies the majority. The title is partially integrated and placed in the lower quarter, in green cursive script. The text is separate and located across the bottom edge, in red. All set against a white background. image: a full-length...

• Smooth Finish - Perfect Flight

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1939

  whole: the image occupies the majority. The title is integrated and positioned in the lower third, in black with white shadowing. All set against a blue background. image: a depiction of a bird, with overly elongated wings, flying against stylised blue...

• Save Kitchen Waste to Feed the Pigs!

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image is positioned in the lower two-thirds, with a smaller image placed in the lower centre. The title is partially integrated and located in the upper half, in white, held within a blue circular inset. The text is separate and placed along...

• BRITAIN HEARS NEWS OF END OF JAP WAR: CELEBRATING VICTORY IN JAPAN, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, c 15 AUGUST 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Civilians walk amongst the piles of torn up paper which have been thrown, 'ticker tape'-style, from the windows of offices, on Lower Regent Street, London, to celebrate the signing of the Peace with Japan. A young boy can be seen playing with the piles...