Warning - Watch your handbag.
Poster
1961 (printed and published)
1961 (printed and published)
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| Place of origin |
This poster was one of several issued by the Home Office, and was designed to encourage people to be careful of their homes and possessions and to avoid giving opportunities to thieves.
Object details
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| Title | Warning - Watch your handbag. (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | (Edward) Reginald Mount(1906-1979) Don't Make it Difficult, Lady. Warning Watch Your Handbag, 1961 Central Office of Information Poster for the Home Office |
| Physical description | Cartoon-like outline of a man's face watching a woman shopping. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Prepared for the Home Office by the Central Office of Information. Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross Ltd.
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| Credit line | Given by Eileen Evans |
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| Summary | This poster was one of several issued by the Home Office, and was designed to encourage people to be careful of their homes and possessions and to avoid giving opportunities to thieves. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.556-1998 |
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| Record created | March 14, 2009 |
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