Please Put Litter in the Bin

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Object description

whole: the image is positioned in the upper four-fifths. The title is integrated and placed in the upper half, in brown and in black, held within a white speech bubble. The text is separate and located in the lower fifth, in black. All set against a white background. image: a full-length depiction of a railway worker, with both arms raised in the air. He stands at the end of a station platform, beside an empty bin, with various pieces of litter strewn on the ground all around him. text: PLEASE put litter in the bin WASTE PAPER HERE PLEASE Litter becomes Salvage if placed in the bin PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY HAYCOCK PRESS, LONDON. 51-4978

Physical description

51-4978.

Inscription

IWM: ART: 15532 (4) [deleted]

Inscription

1228

Object details

Category

Posters

Creator

Unknown (Undefined)
Haycock Press, London (printer)
Her Majesty's Stationery Office (publisher/sponsor)

Place made

Great Britain

Materials

Support: paper

medium: lithograph

Dimensions

Support: Height 1012 mm, Width 633 mm

Catalogue number

Art.IWM PST 6127

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