In Town and Country

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Description

Object description

whole: the image is positioned in the upper two-thirds. The title is separate and placed in the upper quarter, in black, held within a white and grey inset. The main text is separate and located in the lower third, in white and in grey. Further text is integrated and positioned in the centre right, in black. All set against a red and white background. image: a depiction of a typical British high street, with shops on either side of a road. A bus, small truck, and car drive along the road. People walk along the pavements, and cross the road at the traffic lights. The Post Office is clearly shown on the right hand side of the street, with customers heading towards it. text: Bruce Roberts in TOWN and COUNTRY POST OFFICE There are 18,000 branches of the POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK P.B. 82. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Greycaines, Watford and London. 51-1989

Physical description

PB 82 51-1989

Object Details

Category

Posters

Creator

Roberts, Bruce (Undefined)
Greycaine Ltd, Watford and London (printer)
Post Office Savings Bank (publisher/sponsor)
Her Majesty's Stationery Office (publisher/sponsor)

Place made

Great Britain, United Kingdom

Materials

Support: paper

medium: lithograph

Dimensions

Support: Height 761 mm., Width 510 mm.

Catalogue number

Art.IWM PST 8526

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

Post Office Savings Bank
HMSO
Associated events

WW2 British Home Front
Associated places

Great Britain GB
Associated subjects

Light Truck, Soviet Union: GAZ 69
bus
car
traffic light
Associated keywords

war loans / savings
civilian effort
postal services
civilian personnel
motor vehicles
cityscape
Architecture
women / women's work

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In Town and Country

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