Your Canteen in Action

whole: the three images are positioned in the lower three-quarters, each held within a narrow black border. An emblem featuring a ship and a crown is located in the lower right, held within a black circular border. The title and main text are separate and positioned in the upper quarter and lower half, in black. Further text is integrated and located in the upper left, also in black. All set against a yellow background and held within a white and green border. image: three images illustrating the use of a mobile canteen. The first image is a depiction of the preparation of mobile canteens, as four women load them with supplies. The second image is a depiction of an air raid on a British city. Air raid wardens direct civilians to shelters as searchlights illuminate the night sky. The third image is a depiction of civilians, firefighters and air raid wardens queuing up at a mobile canteen for food and hot drinks. In the background, firefighters use hoses to extinguish a fire in a bombed building. text: YOUR CANTEEN IN ACTION Presented by the peoples of the BAHAMAS Money subscribed by the Bahamas has bought a trailer canteen for Britain's war front. As the dusk falls, it gets ready for active service if the sirens should go. The sirens wail their warning to a sleeping city, and Air Raid Precaution workers and firemen get ready to fight the blitz. People run to the shelters. The bombs drop and the anti-aircraft guns reply. In the cold light of dawn the enemy bombers depart. The A.R.P. workers and firemen are tired and thirsty and many people have lost their homes in the night's blitz. They are glad to see the Bahamas trailer canteen arrive. A little group clusters around the canteen, enjoying hot drinks and food after a terrible night. Thank you, Bahamas! Other war gifts from Bahamas include the purchase of fighter aircraft, hospital supplies and comforts, lime juice and honey, subscriptions to British Red Cross and St. John Fund, Air Raid Relief, King George's Fund for Sailors, St. Dunstan's, Aid for Russia, Malta Relief, and many War Charities. COMMERCIA EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA [Translation: 'Commerce restored on the defeat of the pirates'] BAHAMAS PRINTED IN ENGLAND 51_3043

51_3043. This poster was printed in Great Britain for distribution in the Bahamas. Additional versions of the poster were produced for various other parts of the British Empire (see PST 15823 and PST 15824). Part of a series of similar posters distributed throughout the British Empire to thank the colonies for their contribution to the war effort (see PST 8260, PST 8261, PST 15349, and PST 15803 to PST 15866).

Colonial War Gifts - Bahamas