This poster book reproduces the best of the Imperial War Museums collection of over 30,000 British Government wartime posters and proclamations, mostly from the First and Second World Wars, and most forgotten after their initial use.
100 eye-catching posters (with 62 perforated and detachable for display and framing) contain stirring messages that once exhorted citizens to do their bit for the war effort: Eat Greens for Health, Beer: A Necessity to the Strength of Britain, Fit Men Wanted, Victory is in the Kitchen, The Supreme Test of British Womanhood Comes Now.
“The posters crackle with wit and visual energy and powerfully evoke a
bygone era.” –The Wall Street Journal
“Quintessentially British (although well worth a read whatever your
nationality), and often very funny … a treasure of vintage
graphics.” –Irish Tatler
Today they seem charmingly innocent, and often very funny. The posters that bear them are a treasury of vintage graphics. Like the much-loved Keep Calm and Carry On poster, these proclamations are just what we need to keep a stiff upper lip and a sense of humour in our own troubled times.
- Book includes 62 high quality poster prints, perforated and detachable for display and framing
- Poster size 31.5×22.5cm.
Imperial War Museums (IWM) is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. Founded as the Imperial War Museum in 1917, the museum was intended to record the civil and military war effort and sacrifice of Britain and its Empire during World War 1. The museum's remit has since expanded to include all conflicts in which British or Commonwealth forces have been involved since 1914.