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Mothers Let Them Go - Give Them a Chance of Greater Safety and Health

Mothers Let Them Go - Give Them a Chance of Greater Safety and Health
Name: 
POSTER
Mothers Let Them Go - Give Them a Chance of Greater Safety and Health
circa 1940
Country: 
Great Britain London
Accession: 
1993.1.49
Unknown, Designer His Majesty's Stationery Office Publisher J. Weiner Ltd., London Printer
Collection: 
Object
Posters and Printed Ephemera
War and Political Propaganda
Subject: 
Children , Government , Safety , Health/Hygiene , Propaganda , War/Military , World War II 1940-1945
Inches 30 20, Centimeters 76.2 50.8
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, Gift of The Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
URL: 
1993.1.49.JPG
Tags: 
Health, Hygiene, and Fitness~War and Political Propaganda~Posters and Printed Ephemera
Ink on paper poster encouraging the evacuation of children during World War II; image depicts a black and white photographic image of children tucked under bed coverings and seated on a couch in a bomb shelter set against a brick wall located in the background.
Mothers Let Them Go - Give Them a Chance of Greater Safety and Health
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  • Title :     Mothers Let Them Go - Give Them a Chance of Greater Safety and Health
  • Artist:     Unknown, Designer His Majesty's Stationery Office Publisher J. Weiner Ltd., London Printer
  • Accession:     1993.1.49
  • Country:     Great Britain London
  • Date:     circa 1940
  • Dimensions:     Inches 30 20, Centimeters 76.2 50.8
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Posters and Printed Ephemera
  • Collection Theme:     War and Political Propaganda
  • Subject:     Children , Government , Safety , Health/Hygiene , Propaganda , War/Military , World War II 1940-1945
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, Gift of The Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
  • URL:     1993.1.49.JPG
  • Tags:     Health, Hygiene, and Fitness~War and Political Propaganda~Posters and Printed Ephemera
Description:
Ink on paper poster encouraging the evacuation of children during World War II; image depicts a black and white photographic image of children tucked under bed coverings and seated on a couch in a bomb shelter set against a brick wall located in the background.
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