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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...

• Gassed

  (art) Made by: Sargent, John Singer (RA) 1919

  image: A side on view of a line of soldiers being led along a duckboard by a medical orderly. Their eyes are bandaged as a result of exposure to gas and each man holds on to the shoulder of the man in front. One of the line has his leg raised in an...

• 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