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Fix Things Up Now

Poster
ca. 1942 (made)
Artist/Maker
Ministry of Health and Central Council of Health Education (issued by)
Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd. (printers)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (made)

Central image of a bombed-out red house. Text.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleFix Things Up Now (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Paper
Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Poster issued by the Ministry of Health. UK. ca. 1942.
Physical description
Central image of a bombed-out red house. Text.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.4cm
  • Width: 50.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • You have a house (white on red)
  • your friends have a house (yellow on blue)
  • you may lose yours (white on red)
  • but they'll put you up for a time (yellow on blue)
  • FIX THINGS UP NOW (black lettering, 'NOW' in red - printed along lower margin)
  • Arrange with friends and relatives in another part of town to go to them if you are bombed out - and for them to come to you if they are bombed out. Your friends can apply for a temporary lodging allowance if they put you up.
  • Issued by the Ministry of Health
  • Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd, London, N.W.10. 51-2131 (bottom left)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
War
Propaganda
Safety
Bombs
House
Rubble
World War II
Place depicted
UK
Other number
LS.1887 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.731-2004

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Record createdSeptember 16, 2004
Record URL
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