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Propaganda Collection (#8)

Background imagePropaganda Collection: I m not afraid of the Germans - Boy & Patriotic Bulldogs WW1

I m not afraid of the Germans - Boy & Patriotic Bulldogs WW1
WW1 - I m not afraid of the Germans - Boy sat between two Patriotic Bulldogs. Date: circa 1916

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW1 - Cute patriotic British postcard - emulating ancestors

WW1 - Cute patriotic British postcard - emulating ancestors
WW1 - Cute patriotic British postcard - a little boy strives to emulate the military feats of our ancestors, or in this case his elders! Date: circa 1916

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 - Home Front - Two boys playing on a see saw

WW2 - Home Front - Two boys playing on a see saw
WW2 - Home Front, November 1940 - Two boys playing on a see saw - happy and content and not afraid of the war raging around them

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 - Home front - British housewives queue to buy eggs

WW2 - Home front - British housewives queue to buy eggs
October, 1940 - British housewives queue to buy eggs, both domestically sourced and supplied from the Dominions - in this case, Canada. Date: 1940

Background imagePropaganda Collection: For The Empire! King giving his Two Sons to the War

For The Empire! King giving his Two Sons to the War
For The Empire! King George V giving his Two Sons to the War - on the left HRH Edward The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) (1894-1972)

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Election propaganda postcard for the Liberal Party

Election propaganda postcard for the Liberal Party, featuring a quote from The Chancellor of the Exchequer (and future Prime Minister) David Lloyd George on 30th July 1909

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Joseph Chamberlain as a Lion Tamer

Joseph Chamberlain as a Lion Tamer, taming his various opponents and enemies, named as the Radicals, the opposition Press and the Boer African Lion (bearing a suspicious likeness to Paul Kruger)

Background imagePropaganda Collection: John Bull standing at the parting of the ways

John Bull standing at the parting of the ways
The Parting of the Wats - John Bulls Rival Guides

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Patriotic Postcard, Signees of Declaration of Independence

Patriotic Postcard, Signees of Declaration of Independence
Flowers of Freedom - The Spirit of 1776 had for its motto: " Right, and not might, shall prevail." That motto still lives with Germanys Unconditional Surrender of May 8th, 1945

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 - Russian Propaganda - Repelling Germans in the Baltic

WW2 - Russian Propaganda - Repelling Germans in the Baltic
WW2 - New Years greetings to the Baltic - a Soviet propaganda postcard from 1942 showing a Russian soldier finishing off an Invading German in the Baltic

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 - Propaganda - parachuting safely back to his girl

WW2 - Propaganda - parachuting safely back to his girl
WW2 - Propaganda - the benefits of being a member of the Italian Airforce! Relief on the girls face as her man parachutes safely from his stricken plane to join her back on the ground

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 - Comic Postcard - Listening to Winston Churchill

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Listening to Winston Churchill
Churchill: " We Shall never stop, never weary

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Twixt Love and Duty - WW1 - Soldiers leaving for the front

Twixt Love and Duty - WW1 - Soldiers leaving for the front say goodbye to their loved ones at the railway station. Date: circa 1915

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Thessaloniki, Greece - Patriotic Ottoman Empire Card

Thessaloniki, Greece - Patriotic Ottoman Empire Card (when Thessaloniki was still under Ottoman control), showing a shooting exercise by Cavalry troops in the Champ de Mars. Date: circa 1903

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 - Royal Air Force pilot and positive poem

WW2 - Royal Air Force pilot and positive poem
WW2 - photograph of a Royal Air Force pilot accompanied by a positive patriotic poem by G. D. Wilkinson. Keep Smiling ! Date: circa 1943

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 - The Scales of Victory - Oil and Steel Output compared

WW2 - The Scales of Victory - Oil and Steel Output compared between the Free Labour of the British Commonwealth and the USA and the Slave Labour of Germany and her subject nations

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 - Canadian Patriotic Postcard - Land, Sea and Air

WW2 - Canadian Patriotic Postcard - Land, Sea and Air, We re over there. Date: circa 1943

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Home Grown

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Home Grown
" Every pound you lend today will hasten victory on its way." A little girl and boy proudly water their window box vegetable patch - doing their bit to dig for victory during WW2

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Nurses from Great Ormond Street Hospital examine bomb

Nurses from Great Ormond Street Hospital examine bomb
Nurses from The Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital examine fragments from the bomb which struck the building but (thankfully) caused no loss of life - September, 1940

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW1 Allies - Emblems of Freedom

WW1 Allies - Emblems of Freedom
WW1 Allied flags flying above a British Destroyer - Emblems of Freedom Date: circa 1915

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WWI - French drive the Prussians back into the Marne

WWI - French drive the Prussians back into the Marne
WWI - The failure of the Turkish Krupp cannon against the French Creussot cannon - French propaganda postcard, so this need be taken with a moderate dosage of salt... Date: 1914

Background imagePropaganda Collection: French WW2 Propaganda postcard - Siegfried Line leaking

French WW2 Propaganda postcard - Siegfried Line leaking
French WW2 Propaganda postcard showing the German Defensive Siegfried Line having been attacked and sprung a leak! The fish is wittily asking the bashed-up German soldiers

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WWI allies and their flags

WWI allies and their flags
The WWI allies and their flags - surrounding an inset portrait of King George V - United in defence of the right! Date: circa 1916

Background imagePropaganda Collection: French encouraged to pour their gold into French WW1 effort

French encouraged to pour their gold into French WW1 effort
Dramatic patriotic postcard encouraging the French population to pour their gold into the French WW1 war effort or to exchange their gold at banks for real money to contribute. Date: 1915

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Ministry of Propaganda and Information, Montevideo, Uruguay

Ministry of Propaganda and Information, Montevideo, Uruguay
Municipal Offices of Propaganda and Information, Montevideo, Uruguay Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePropaganda Collection: American Military Propaganda Postcard - WW2 era

American Military Propaganda Postcard - WW2 era
American Military Recruitment/Propaganda Postcard - WW2 era

Background imagePropaganda Collection: French patriotic WWI postcard - Debt owed to those who die

French patriotic WWI postcard - Debt owed to those who die
(transalation) To you who give your life - the flowers that you are owed from your Fatherland. Date: circa 1916

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Exposition Internationale Paris - Soviet Pavilion

Exposition Internationale Paris - Soviet Pavilion
Exposition Internationale Paris - The USSR Pavilion, designed by Iophan. Date: 1937

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Belgian King Albert stopped the barbarian hordes

Belgian King Albert stopped the barbarian hordes - propaganda postcard from Belgium dating from WWI

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Lord Kitchener - WWI era

Lord Kitchener - WWI era
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916) - WWI era - fantastic postcard showing Kitchener in full length, flanked by British soldiers early military aircraft and flags

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WWI - National Loan Scheme from French Bank Societe Generale

WWI - National Loan Scheme from French Bank Societe Generale
By supporting the National Loan Scheme from French Bank Societe Generale, this card gives the distinct impression one was aiding the French war effort against Germany! Date: circa 1916

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Loving Memory of the German Sausage - Kaiser Wilhelm II

Loving Memory of the German Sausage - Kaiser Wilhelm II Date: circa 1919

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 - Japan - Woman Factory Worker

WW2 - Japan - Woman Factory Worker working hard for her country. Date: circa 1940s

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Support the Armed Forces - USA - WW2 Propaganda

Support the Armed Forces - USA - WW2 Propaganda - " Give them the tools to Finish the Job". Date: 1943

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Patriotic Propaganda Postcard - WWII

Patriotic Propaganda Postcard - WWII
Belgian Soldier returnd from war and is reunited with his girl - Happy Days are here again! Date: 1945

Background imagePropaganda Collection: British Buldog chases off a German Dachshund

British Buldog chases off a German Dachshund
There ll Always be an England British Buldog chases off a German Dachshund who has dared to stand with paw on the Union flag! Date: circa 1943

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WWII - General Douglas MacArthur

WWII - General Douglas MacArthur
Portrait on a First Day Cover from 1942 of General of the US Army Douglas MacArthur (18801964)

Background imagePropaganda Collection: La Journee du Pas-de-Calais Charity card - WWI

La Journee du Pas-de-Calais Charity card - WWI
A postcard relating to a charity drive in the Pas de Calais region in France, calling on to the generosity of the public

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Patriotic French postcard - WWI era

Patriotic French postcard - WWI era
Patriotic French postcard, featuring a rather non-plussed model as French Heroic Archetype Marianne

Background imagePropaganda Collection: The Swedish Fleet

The Swedish Fleet
Swedish propaganda postcard - The caption reads: " The fleet is Swedens strength" Date: 1913

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Are We Downhearted? WWI postcard

Are We Downhearted? WWI postcard
Patriotic WWI poem - relating to the early part of the conflict and the Little Army sent in as the British Expeditionary Force to combat German advances in 1914/15

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Russian Boys playing war games

Russian Boys playing war games
Two young Russian Boys take sides in this propaganda postcard from the First World War era, one pretending to be the valiant Russian Forces, fighting from behind their defences (foreground)

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Sea Battle - Russo-Japanese War

Sea Battle - Russo-Japanese War
A depiction of an early 20th century Russian Sea Battle - possibly a propaganda painting from the early part of the Russo-Japanese War, prior to the decisive Japanese victories such as Tsushima

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Czech Republic - 14th All Sokol Rally in Prague

Czech Republic - 14th All Sokol Rally in Prague
14th All Sokol Rally in Prague

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Russian Bear trapped up a pole by the Japanese

Russian Bear trapped up a pole by the Japanese
Dudley Hardy - Stuck; Humorous postcard relating to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. The sender has added the comment " Good Old Japs" onto the pole. Date: circa 1905

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 poster, Scrap Heap

WW2 poster, Scrap Heap
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Scrap Heap -- When you scrap a job, you scrap all the labour thats gone on it. Please don t add to the heap! Date: circa 1942

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 poster, One way of finding out if the bus is moving

WW2 poster, One way of finding out if the bus is moving
WW2 poster by Fougasse, One way of finding out if the bus is moving is to step straight off it: a better way is to find out first

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 poster, Don t shine your torch on the driver

WW2 poster, Don t shine your torch on the driver
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Don t shine your torch on the driver -- shine it on yourself

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 poster, We don t play games in the road

WW2 poster, We don t play games in the road
WW2 poster by Fougasse, We don t play games in the road -- so why do we let our children

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 poster, Yes, theres just time to get across

WW2 poster, Yes, theres just time to get across
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Yes, theres just time to get across -- very nearly! Please don t take chances. Road Safety Campaign by The Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd. Date: 1940s

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 poster, I do wish our working hours were staggered

WW2 poster, I do wish our working hours were staggered
WW2 poster by Fougasse, I do wish our working hours were staggered! Issued in support of the Ministry of War Transports Road Safety Campaign by The Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd. Date: 1940s

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 poster, The conductress

WW2 poster, The conductress
WW2 poster by Fougasse, The conductress -- Give her a big hand -- with (if possible) the exact fare in it

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 poster, Although your bus fare might have gone up

WW2 poster, Although your bus fare might have gone up
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Although your bus fare might have gone up, it hasn t -- so what about investing the amount it hasn t gone up in War Savings Certificates? Lend to Defend

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Supplement of

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Supplement of
" Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Supplement of the journal " Ej鲣 ito Popular" (Popular Army), edited by the Propaganda Undersecretarys Office of Barcelona."

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Cobla Catalunya, poster by Antonio Clave Sanmartin

Cobla Catalunya, poster by Antonio Clave Sanmartin for the department of propaganda of Generalitat de Catalunya (1938)

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Visi󮠆utura (Future vision). Poster by Enrique

Visi󮠆utura (Future vision). Poster by Enrique
Visi󮠆 utura (Future vision). Poster by Enrique

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Spain. Second Republic (1931-1936). 6th October

Spain. Second Republic (1931-1936). 6th October

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Spain. Second Republic (1931-1936). 16th February

Spain. Second Republic (1931-1936). 16th February 1936. Poster on the victory of the Popular Front. Edited by the Comissariate of Propaganda of the Generalitat of Catalonia. SPAIN. Barcelona

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Spain (1919-1921). Poster about the repression

Spain (1919-1921). Poster about the repression

Background imagePropaganda Collection: NORTH KOREA. SOUTH PYONGYANG. Pyongyang. Poster

NORTH KOREA. SOUTH PYONGYANG. Pyongyang. Poster of communist propaganda in the center of the city

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Blitz in London -- bombed sub-station, South London, WW2

Blitz in London -- bombed sub-station, South London, WW2
Blitz in London -- a South London sub fire station was obliterated by enemy bombing

Background imagePropaganda Collection: London Fire Brigade canteen van used as publicity vehicle

London Fire Brigade canteen van used as publicity vehicle
Seen here at Brigade headquarters, Lambeth, the canteen van has been converted into a publicity vehicle during a recruitment drive for much needed auxiliary firefighters

Background imagePropaganda Collection: The USSR - Country of 189 peoples

The USSR - Country of 189 peoples
Poster promoting The USSR - The Country of 189 peoples 1934

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Britiannia Bides Her Time

Britiannia Bides Her Time
" Britiannia Bides Her Time.", Alick P. F. ritchie, The Bystander front cover, 19th August 1914

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Leaflet Raid at London Theatre, 1939

Leaflet Raid at London Theatre, 1939
A shower of leaflets descending upon the audience at the London Palladium which was staging its first wartime revue, The Little Dog Laughed

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Red Army distributing Moscow newspapers after invasion of Po

Red Army distributing Moscow newspapers after invasion of Po
Russian soldiers engaged in feeding the liberated Polish population with a plentiful supply of Bolshevik propaganda. The soldiers here are distributing Moscow newspapers to peasants near Vilna

Background imagePropaganda Collection: The Greater Game: WW1 and football

The Greater Game: WW1 and football
No doubt you can make money in this field, my friend, but theres only one field to-day where you can get honour. A severe looking Mr

Background imagePropaganda Collection: German Navy lampooned - World War One

German Navy lampooned - World War One
Propaganda postcard from the First World War lampooning the German Naval capability as a rusting weed-encasted hulk, unable to repond to the effective and nimble Allied naval fleet

Background imagePropaganda Collection: To Arms, Britons! First World War propaganda

To Arms, Britons! First World War propaganda
" Arms, Britons

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Suffragette as a goose

Suffragette as a goose
A superb propaganda postcard for Womens Rights, showing a goose in prison plummage, standing atop at bucket and speaking at a meeting of geese

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Propaganda posters

Propaganda posters
Propaganda Posters are produced in Germany during the Great War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imagePropaganda Collection: German planes over Paris, propaganda postcard, WW1

German planes over Paris, propaganda postcard, WW1
A propaganda postcard showing German planes flying over Paris during the First World War, with the Eiffel Tower, and an inset portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Date: 1914-1918

Background imagePropaganda Collection: German propaganda leaflet for American soldiers, WW1

German propaganda leaflet for American soldiers, WW1
A German propaganda leaflet dropped behind enemy lines for American soldiers during the First World War

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Cartoon - Boys playing at soldiers

Cartoon - Boys playing at soldiers

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Kissing his daughter goodbye

Kissing his daughter goodbye
I love a lassie - a sailor bids a fond farewell to his daughter in this touchingly sentimental card. Date: 1917

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Sailor with his daughter

Sailor with his daughter
A jolly Royal Navy sailor with his young daughter peeking over his shoulder. She is holding (and waving) a small white ensign flag

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Propaganda card for the Italian Red Cross

Propaganda card for the Italian Red Cross
An injured World War One Italian soldier is comforted by the personification of the Italian Health service in a patriotic propaganda card, encouraging Italians to contribute toward this noble cause

Background imagePropaganda Collection: British recruitment poster, WW1

British recruitment poster, WW1
A British recruitment poster during the First World War. A mother tells her son to Go! Its your duty lad. Join today. Date: 1914-1918

Background imagePropaganda Collection: D Annunzios propaganda drop over Vienna, WW1

D Annunzios propaganda drop over Vienna, WW1
Aerial view of the centre of Vienna, Austria

Background imagePropaganda Collection: German poster giving air raid instructions, WW1

German poster giving air raid instructions, WW1
A German poster giving air raid instructions, warning of danger from enemy aircraft, and telling vehicles not to stop in this location. Date: 1914-1918

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Cavalry Charge - World War One

Cavalry Charge - World War One
A propaganda patriotic postcard from World War One, showing a cavalry charge. " Theirs not ro reason why" For King and Country! Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Ten per cent more poster, 1948

Ten per cent more poster, 1948
Large poster with a personal message from Prime Minister Clement Attlee, asking the British public to put in maximum effort in to increase industrial production output by ten per cent

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Italian Sharpshooter - World War One era

Italian Sharpshooter - World War One era
Italian propaganda postacrd depicting a poised Sharpshooter - World War One era. The caption translates as: For King and Fatherland: this is the ideal of the Sharpshooters Date: circa 1916s

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Greek Anti-Plutocrat Propaganda Postcard

Greek Anti-Plutocrat Propaganda Postcard
An anti Plutocrat Greek postcard from the Second World War



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