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Army News Room

Poster
ca.1942 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Army Bureau of Current Affairs (issued by)
Henry Hildesley, Ltd. (printers)
Games, Abram (designer)
Place of origin
London (printed)

World War II poster advertising the 'Army News Room', depicting an open news-sheet with 'good news' stories. The poster depicts a partially opened newspaper or book, which could also be seen as a building. The cover / wall is red, and has the words 'Army News Room' emblazoned on it, and at the bottom, a door through which a stylised and abstracted hand points. The hand is partly illuminated by a light shining through the door, which also casts light in the lower part of the poster. The cover / wall is open just enough so the second page, which is yellow and covered in newsprint, can be seen. Several stories covering the war can be read, with headlines like, 'Vital to Help Britain's Effort', 'Free Holidays for Children After the War', 'Three Brave Men', and 'No Night Bombs Here'. The yellow newspaper can also be seen through the word 'News' on the 'cover', which appears as if cut-out.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Politics
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleArmy News Room (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Paper
Ink
Lithography
Brief description
World War II poster advertising the 'Army News Room', depicting an open news-sheet with 'good news' stories, designed by Abram Games for ABCA, London, about 1942
Physical description
World War II poster advertising the 'Army News Room', depicting an open news-sheet with 'good news' stories. The poster depicts a partially opened newspaper or book, which could also be seen as a building. The cover / wall is red, and has the words 'Army News Room' emblazoned on it, and at the bottom, a door through which a stylised and abstracted hand points. The hand is partly illuminated by a light shining through the door, which also casts light in the lower part of the poster. The cover / wall is open just enough so the second page, which is yellow and covered in newsprint, can be seen. Several stories covering the war can be read, with headlines like, 'Vital to Help Britain's Effort', 'Free Holidays for Children After the War', 'Three Brave Men', and 'No Night Bombs Here'. The yellow newspaper can also be seen through the word 'News' on the 'cover', which appears as if cut-out.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75.6cm
  • Width: 49.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ARMY / NEWS / ROOM' (Slogan, incorporated into the design. 'ARMY' in pink, 'NEWS' in yellow, with smaller black letters, 'ROOM', printed in black)
  • 'A. GAMES' (Artist's name, upper left corner of the image)
  • 'ISSUED BY A.B.C.A.' (Publisher's details, lower left corner)
  • 'PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY HENRY HILDSLEY LTD., LONDON. 51-303.' (Printers details, lower right corner)
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
Information
Books
Newspapers
Newsprint
Doorways
Hands
World War II (1939-45)
Other number
LS.2054 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1889-2004

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Record createdJune 28, 2006
Record URL
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