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• STRATEGIC AIR POWER 1914-1939

  part of "MINISTRY OF WORKS OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Air raid precautions on the roof of Buckingham Palace, London during the First World War. The screens were to deflect incendiary devices.

• London's Week - You Can Help - Buy War Bonds

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918

  whole: the title and text are placed across the bottom, laid over the image. image: a British tank, seen from below as it moves left to right firing its guns. In the background British infantrymen advance alongside. text: LONDON'S WEEK YOU CAN HELP. BUY...

• River Plate Pageant

  (art) Made by: PEARS, CHARLES 1918

  image: A large rowing boat that appears to be carrying the King and Queen, passes under London Bridge during a ceremonial pageant. There are further boats on the River Thames in the background and Tower Bridge can also be seen through one of London...

• California House for Disabled Belgian Soldiers

  (posters) Made by: de Smet, Leon (artist) 1916

  whole: the image occupies the majority, with the title and text separate and positioned across the bottom edge, in black. image: three-quarter length depiction of a wounded Belgian soldier, with a crutch under his left arm, who is being supported by a...

• The First Zeppelin Seen From Piccadilly Circus, 8th September 1915

  (art) Made by: Gow, Andrew Carrick (RA) 1915

  image: A dark and gloomy evening scene in Piccadilly Circus with a German Zeppelin airship and barrage balloons visible in the night sky illuminated by the beam of a searchlight. In the foreground Piccadilly Circus is busy with civilians and traffic,...

• Friendly Aliens and the British Army

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the title is positioned across the top, in red, with the main text located centrally, in blue. Further text, in red, is placed over the lower quarter. All are set against a plain white background and framed within a red and blue border. image:...

• Where to Enlist for the Regular Army

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1914-09

  whole: the title, headed by the Royal Charter, is positioned in the upper quarter, in blue, with the text below occupying the remainder, in red and in blue. All set against a white background and held within blue and red borders. image: text only. text:...

• Men of London! - Each Recruit means Quicker Peace

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1915

  whole: the image occupies the upper third, with the title and text positioned below, in blue and red. image: a nocturnal vista of the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster Bridge viewed from the south bank of the River Thames. text: MEN OF LONDON...

• London's Week - You Can Help - Buy War Bonds

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918

  whole: the title and text are placed across the bottom, laid over the image. image: a British tank, seen from below as it moves left to right firing its guns. In the background British infantrymen advance alongside. text: LONDON'S WEEK YOU CAN HELP. BUY...

• First Grand Exhibition of British Battle Photographs in Colour

  (posters) Made by: Grafton Galleries (publisher/sponsor)

  whole: the image is positioned in the central third, held within a blue border. The title and text are separate and occupy the remainder, in blue. All set against a white background. image: a photograph showing eight British infantrymen going 'over the...