Handle Carefully (recto) Mind Your Toes (verso)

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Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training.
Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing.
Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee.

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Description

Object description

whole: The poster is double-sided. Side 1: the image is positioned in the upper two-thirds. The title and text are separate and positioned in the upper fifth and lower third, in pink, held within brown insets. Further text is separate and placed along the bottom edge, in brown. All set against a white background. Side 2: the image occupies the majority. The title is integrated and placed in the lower two-thirds, in pink. The text is separate and located along the bottom edge, in brown. All set against a white background. image 1: a depiction of a pair of hands, reaching to lift a metal casting that has a jagged top edge. image 2: a depiction of the right leg and hands of a worker. An artillery shell casing slips from his grasp, falling towards his right foot. A row of artillery casings lies in the background. text 1: HANDLE CAREFULLY BEWARE SHARP EDGES ON CASTINGS Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Terminal House, 52, Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1. MLA/115 Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD. text 2: MIND YOUR TOES Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Terminal House, 52, Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1. MLA/114 Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD

Physical description

MLA/115 (recto). MLA/114 (verso).

Object Details

Category

Posters

Related period

Second World War (content)

Creator

Unknown (Undefined)
Loxley Brothers Ltd, London and Sheffield (printer)
Ministry of Labour and National Service (publisher/sponsor)
Royal Society For The Prevention Of Accidents (publisher/sponsor)

Place made

Great Britain, United Kingdom

Materials

Support: paper

medium: lithograph

Dimensions

Support: Height 762 mm., Width 248 mm.

Catalogue number

Art.IWM PST 14458

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

Ministry of Labour and National Service
Royal Society For The Prevention of Accidents
Associated events

WW2 British Home Front
Associated places

Great Britain GB
Associated subjects

artillery shell
Associated keywords

civilian effort
health / safety
Industry
workers
civilian personnel
munitions / manufacture
Artillery

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Handle Carefully (recto) Mind Your Toes (verso)

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