[Collection of black propaganda largely consisting of forged items created by Ellic Howe's department at PWE. Formerly known as Aerial Propaganda 2. This box comprises a number of files of photographs including: 1. Germany bombing industrial (51 b/w prints including aerial images); 2. General atom tests (2 b/w prints); 3. General bomb damage (7 b/w prints); 4. General children (6 b/w prints); 5. General London news (38 b/w prints); 6. Allied Supreme Command (69 b/w prints); 7. Miscellaneous (9 b/w prints); 8. General war destruction (18 b/w prints); 9. Moscow (1 b/w print); 10 Germany Wehrmachthelferinen (14 b/w prints); 11. Germany Wehrmacht (17 b/w prints and 1 newspaper cutting); 12. Germany Volksopfer (9 b/w prints); 13. Music personalities (11 b/w prints); 14. Royalty (12 b/w prints); 15. Welfare Services (21 b/w prints); 16. 20th July 1944 (21 b/w prints, 3 newspaper cuttings, 9 negatives); 17. WFDY (2 b/w print); 18. Russian personalities (9 b/w prints); 18. WIDF (3 b/w prints); 19. Girl Scouts (5 b/w prints); 20. Railways (5 b/w prints); 21. General ships (31 b/w prints)

This unpleasant-looking character is called the Squander Bug, and it was created during the Second World War by artist Phillip Boydell, an employee of the National Savings Committee. The cartoon bug appeared in press adverts and poster campaigns as a menace who encouraged shoppers to waste money rather than buy war savings certificates.

In 1942, the first of over 1.5 million American servicemen arrived on British shores in preparation for the Allied offensives against Germany during the Second World War. That year, the United States' War Department published Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain to help soldiers, sailors and airmen – many of whom had never travelled abroad before – adjust to life in a new country.