Encourage Collection

Remember Belgium Poster
A WWI recruitment poster stirring memories of the horrors of the German invasion of Belgium to encourage young men to enlist in the armed forces

The Schneider Trophy, presented by French industrialist Jacques Schneider, himself a record- breaking balloonist; his aim, to encourage aviation. The cup is worth 67000 euros

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1940
The weeks food facts No. 6. If you eat more than you need, you are wasting food as surely as if you had thrown it away. So eat what you need, but no more. Buy wisely and cater strictly

Recruitment / Callot
Potential raw recruits are given the once over before they take the Kings shilling. Experienced troops on parade look dashing to encourage & lure those in two-minds

WW2, Digging For Victory
An illustration of a young boy helping with the Digging For Victory campaign set up by the British Ministry of Agriculture to encourage civilians to grow their own food during times of harsh

SPANISH JAVELIN POSTER
A powerfully built woman launches a javelin, on a poster designed to encourage health and fitness during the Spanish Civil War. Date: 1936-9

MADRAS SORCERY
Madras, India : to encourage a goddess to reveal where treasure is hidden, a lady kidnaps a child and buries it alive, backed by her family and the local magician Date: 1925

Freemasons planting banners outside the Porte Maillot; Paris
A group of Freemasons planting their banners in front of the Porte Maillot, during the Paris Commune, April 1871. The Freemasons were one of many groups who tried to encourage Thiers

Masonic Banners on the Paris Ramparts; Paris Commune 1871
Masonic banners flying on the Paris ramparts, near the Octroi Gate and Porte Maillot, 1871. The Freemasons were one of many groups who tried to encourage Thiers

EISTEDDFOD, WALES 1955
The Bardic Procession at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, at Ystradgynlas, Breconshire. The Eisteddfodau were established to encourage Welsh music, customs, languages etc. Date: 1955

Richard Lovelace in prison
(1617-1657). An English Royalist and poet. This is an artists impression of Lovelace imagining his poem To Althea, from Prison which was written by him in 1642 to encourage the Clergy Act 1640 to be

Women police officers in new Hartnell uniform, London
Two women police officers (WPS Josie Seed and WPS Marjorie McIntyre) in the newly designed Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968 to try to encourage recruitment. Date: late 1960s

WW2 poster, War Work Pictorial -- United We Stand! Poster sheet with news articles designed to encourage those doing essential work on the Home Front. Date: circa 1941

Woman police officer in Westminster, London
Woman police officer on duty in Westminster, central London, standing on steps with Big Ben in the background. She is wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968

Woman police officer in new Hartnell uniform, London
Woman police officer in the newly designed Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968 to try to encourage recruitment. Date: late 1960s

Customs / Harvest / China
At Harvest time, Chinese country folk offer sacrifices to the Harvest Moon, to propitiate and thank her for her bounty and encourage her to do the same again next year Date: circa 1840

Little boy and baby in garden with ice lolly
A little boy trying to encourage a reluctant baby to lick an ice lolly in a garden on a hot summers day. Date: circa 1960s

German postcard, young couple walking
German postcard showing a young Aryan couple walking in the countryside. The suggestion is to encourage young people to go for healthy walks rather than spend their time boozing! Date: circa 1930s

Scenes from a play, Tommy Atkins, at the Lyceum Theatre
Scenes from a play entitled Tommy Atkins, at the Lyceum Theatre, London. It was no doubt put into production to help encourage recruitment in the early days of the First World War

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1946
Is your child missing something ? You are, naturally, eager to do the best for your under-five child. And if you don t give him his Cod liver Oil and orange juice, you ve a reason

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1945
Something new in salad. Salad making gives full scope to your powers of invention. For almost all vegetables are at home in the salad bowl, and you can try them in almost endless combinations

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1944
Eggs are plentiful. Thanks to dried eggs, you can have at least three nourishing egg dishes every weeks. Small children can havemore

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1942
Home-guards of health. Of course you don t want to be a food crank. But it is useful to know that there are certain homely foods that can do a marvellous job of protecting you

Sheet music cover, Your King & Country Want You, a Womans Recruiting Song, dedicated by special permission to Her Majesty the Queen

Wounded Insurgent
A wounded insurgent is carried away on a makeshift stretcher, waving to encourage his comrades. Date: 27 July 1830

Answer Mr Wilsons Call, a song by Billy Gould
Answer Mr Wilsons Call, a song with words and music by Billy Gould. Sheet music cover, with a photograph of President Woodrow Wilson at the centre, a soldier on the left and a sailor on the right

Breton Bardic Festival
At Saint-Brieuc, Britanny, Breton bards hold a fete, to encourage the preservation of Breton traditions and culture Date: 1906

Lear / Nonsense / Whitehaven
There was an Old Man of Whitehaven, who danced a quadrille with a raven; But they said, Its absurd to encourage this bird! So they smashed that Old Man of Whitehaven

Children Racing Turtles at Hamburg Zoo, 1908
Illustration showing a group of children riding giant tortoises at Hagenbecks Zoological Gardens, Hamburg, 1908. Each of the jockeys is shown carrying a stick with a lettuce on the end to encourage

A Flight across the Herring Pool
Pitt and Dundas encourage the flight of Irish MPs across the Irish channel offering them places and sinecures. Colour Engraving. Isaac Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856). Published 20th June 1800

The Rotor Ship Buckau, 1924
Photograph of the experimental Rotor ship Buckau, on sea trials, 1924. Anton Flettner equipped the 680 ton schooner, Buckau, with two rotating cylindrical towers to test his Flettner rudder

Duck shooting with decoys, hoping they will encourage other ducks to alight on the water and be slaughtered

Bathers, Circa 1860
Children at the seaside : a girl holds her nervous little sister, while others encourage her

Street Kids Enlisted
Poulbots famous street kids are enlisted to encourage you to give money for soldiers comforts

Leaflet Drop on Brussels
Allied aircraft drop leaflets on Brussels in order to encourage its citizens to trust in the ultimate defeat of Germany

French Arms Africa
The French encourage the peoples of their colonial empire to take up arms

Russia / 3rd International
Celebrations in Moscow to mark the Communist Third International (Comintern), founded to encourage world revolution

Spirits of the Bed
TCH OANG-KONG and TCH OANG-MOU the female and male spirits of the bedchamber, and especially the bed, who protect couples from malignant demons and encourage procreation

Learn from Flying Fish 2
Now that birds have taught mankind to fly, flying fish encourage him to combine the submarine and the aeroplane. Date: 1911

Duhesme at the Rhine
At the crossing of the Rhine, general Du Hesme grabs a drum and beats it to encourage his men, despite a counter-attack by the Austrians

Eclipse & Crucifixion
Dionysius the Areopagite, during a voyage to Egypt, sees a solar eclipse coinciding with the crucifixion of Jesus, and this encourages him to espouse the Christian faith Date: circa 33

Animals Board the Ark
NOAHs ARK - Noahs sons encourage the animal couples to board the Ark

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