Air Raid Wardens Wanted

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Object description

whole: the image is positioned in the lower three-quarters, with a Civil Defence emblem placed in the upper right. The title is partially integrated and positioned in the upper quarter, in blue and in orange. The text is integrated and placed in the lower third, in black held within an orange inset, in white and in grey. All set against a white background. image: a half-length depiction of an air raid warden, wearing a helmet and holding a whistle in his right hand. text: Air Raid Wardens WANTED W CIVIL DEFENCE ARP ARP ARP [A]RP ARP ARP AND THEY ARE WANTED NOW GET INTO TOUCH WITH YOUR LOCAL COUNCIL C W BACON '39 PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY FOSH and CROSS LTD., LONDON (51/4919) A.R.P. 88

Physical description

A.R.P. 88. (51/4919).

Object Details

Category

Posters

Creator

Bacon, Cecil Walter (Undefined)
Fosh and Cross Ltd, London (printer)
ARP [Air Raid Precautions] (publisher/sponsor)
Her Majesty's Stationery Office (publisher/sponsor)

Production date

1939

Place made

Great Britain, United Kingdom

Materials

Support: paper

medium: lithograph

Dimensions

Support: Height 760 mm., Width 508 mm.

Catalogue number

Art.IWM PST 13850

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

British Government, Air Raid Precautions
Associated events

WW2 British Home Front
Home Front, UK, Second World War
Associated places

Great Britain GB
United Kingdom
Associated subjects

helmet
whistle
Associated keywords

air raid / blitz
civil defence / ARP
civilian personnel
civilian effort
emblems
Uniforms
Associated themes

British Home Front 1939-1945

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Air Raid Wardens Wanted

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