Enrol Now As A Blood Donor
c1940s. Colour process lithograph, 45.8 x 36.9cm. Minor repaired tears to edges. Linen-backed. Text continues “Australian Red Cross Society. Blood means life. ARCS 261.” Held in NLA. More
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“Ring Memories”. Featuring Les Darcy’s Last Fight [Boxing Movie]
c1940. Process screen with letterpress, 101.1 x 38cm. Missing portions, discolouration, and repaired tears to edges and image, old folds. Linen-backed. Text continues “[Darcy fight] at Rushcutters Bay Stadium, Sept. 5th, 1915. Also, Jack Johnson v. Jess Willard; Joe Louis v. Max Baer; Gene Tunney v. Tom Heeney; George Cook..... More
Universal Business Directories Map Of The World
c1940. Colour lithograph, 58.3 x 101.8cm. Repaired missing portions, tears, pinholes and creases, trimmed lower margin. Linen-backed. Map contains a key for “British naval and air bases leased to USA (Sept. 1940)” and statistics on the “strengths of the principal navies [Britain, USA, Japan, France, Italy, Germany]” noting “Germany’s strength..... More
Freedom Shall Prevail! [“V” For Victory]
c1941. Colour process lithograph, 50.4 x 76.1cm. Repaired minor tears and surface loss to upper left corner, old folds. Linen-backed. Text continues “Reading right to left. First row: Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand. Second row: Southern Rhodesia, Newfoundland, South Africa. Third row: India. Fourth row: The Colonial Empire. Reading left..... More
They’ll Be Proud Of You In This. Join The AIF Now
c1941. Colour process lithograph, 27.5 x 20.3cm. Slight foxing, scuffs and repaired creases to edges of image. Linen-backed. Held in AWM. More
The Biggest Shop. The Littlest Prices In Australia [Bosari Emporium]
c1941. Colour linocut, 75 x 100.5cm. Repaired tears, creases and missing portions, surface loss, soiling. Linen-backed. Text continues “Send for price list. Corner of Lygon and Grattan Streets, Carlton, Melbourne. Lake & Sons Printers, 289 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 39303.” Poster for the Borsari Emporium, which commenced business in 1941..... More
Mister, Here’s Your Hat! Join The AIF Now
1941. Colour process lithograph, 27.5 x 20.3cm. Slight foxing, minor stains, scuffs and repaired creases to edges of image. Linen-backed. Australian Commonwealth Military Forces recruitment poster which is one of a series titled “Join the AIF.” Held in AWM. More
Fitters And Mechanics Wanted. Join The RAAF
1941. Colour process lithograph, signed in image centre right, 26.5 x 32.8cm. Old vertical fold, repaired minor tears to edges. Linen-backed. Text includes “This is a man’s job!” Held in AWM. More
Join The AIF Now!
c1942. Colour process lithograph, 74 x 46.9cm. Old folds, perforations, stains and repaired tears to lower portion. Linen-backed. Text continues “They’ll be proud of you in this.” Held in AWM. Depicts an Australian soldier walking arm-in-arm with his girlfriend and mother, who is holding his .303 rifle. More
Our Own Prime Minister Asks You. Buy 4th Liberty Loan Bonds
1943. Colour process lithograph, 76.3 x 48.7cm. Minor retouching to left margin, repaired old folds. Linen-backed. Text continues “‘The tide of war is turning. We are driving towards victory. Now is the time, with every shilling you can lend, to back the attack! So invest all you can in the..... More
Make Dad Proud To Say “My Boy - In The East.” Join The AIF
c1943. Colour and process lithograph, 74.3 x 49cm. Repaired slight tears and creases, foxing. Linen-backed. Text continues “SR5.C.” Held in AWM, with the comments “The photograph featured was taken for the Department of Information by photographer George Silk in 1941. It is of three Australian servicemen in Alexandria after their..... More
Make Her Proud To Say “We’re Engaged.” Join The AIF
c1943. Colour process lithograph, 75.5 x 49.7cm. Repaired tears, slight foxing. Linen-backed. Text continues “SR6.C.”. More
Make Her Proud To Say “My Son Overseas.” Join The AIF
1943. Colour process lithograph, 75.5 x 50cm. Slight foxing, light stains to upper portion. Linen-backed. Text continues “SR4.C” with the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces badge. The photograph shows Lieutenant William Patrick Ryan, 2/2nd IFN BN. A smaller format in different colours is held in AWM. More
Cole Bros. Circus. Australian Wallabies
1943. Colour lithograph in two panels, 75.1 x 71.3cm. Missing portions, repaired tears and creases, paper loss, some soiling. Linen-backed. Text continues “Greatest troupe of women acrobats ever seen. Bay City [Michigan], Thursday, June 24. Buy war bonds and stamps.” The Wallabies were a six-person trampoline troupe established by English-born..... More
Your Nest Egg For The Future. Invest In The 4th Liberty Loan
1943. Colour lithograph, 25.5 x 76.5cm. Minor foxing. Linen-backed. Text continues “Liberty loan bonds. 4L-26.” Held in AWM. More
The Magic Circle Of Victoria Proudly Presents Its Revue “Laugh & Laugh”
c1944. Process screen-print with letterpress, 37.3 x 24.8cm. Repaired minor tear to left edge, old folds and slight discolouration. Linen-backed. Text continues “Milly French, Lady Magician, Co-star of Mau. Chevalier. The Incomparable Sloggetts. Pat & Pete, Radio’s Lady Ventriloquist, and a host of other star attractions. Nicholas Hall, 148 Lonsdale..... More
Victoria, Australia
1944. Colour process lithograph, signed in image lower right, annotated “324” in an unknown hand in ink on image lower right, 100.7 x 63.9cm. Repaired slight tears and pinholes to edges. Linen-backed. Text continues “Pink Heath. Victoria’s proclaimed floral emblem. A slender shrub with pink, tubular, bell-shaped flowers. Government of..... More
Destination Tokyo
1944. Lithograph, 81.5 x 70.6cm. Repaired tears to edges, slight foxing. Linen-backed. Text includes “Surveyed by task group 70-5.” This poster was designed as a WWII goose game by the sailors on board the Australian HMAS Warrego (U73). Held in Dutch Navy Museum. One of the vignettes shows an unflattering..... More
Fighting Men From Overseas: Portraits From Life Of Men In The Forces From The Dominions And Colonies [WWII]
1944. Colour process lithograph, 47 x 63.9cm. Old folds. Linen-backed. Text reads “Pictorial Education Quarterly, June 1944.” Includes portraits of soldiers from Jamaica, S. Rhodesia, S. Africa, Canada, India, British Honduras, (French) Canada, Australia, British Guiana, New Zealand (Maori), Malta, Newfoundland, and Gold Coast [West Africa]. More
“Keep It Under Your Hat!”
c1940-1945. Colour lithograph, 38.2 x 25.3cm. Linen-backed. Text continues “Thoughtless talk takes toll of troops. Printed by AHQ Cartographic Company, Melbourne.” Held in Imperial War Museum, UK. More
“Captain Kidd”
c1945. Colour lithograph, 199 x 101.5cm. Major missing portions to right edge and corners, repaired tears, creases and surface loss, slight foxing. Linen-backed. Text includes “Benedict Bogeaus presents Captain Kidd. Starring Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton and Reginald Owen. Directed by Rowland V. Lee, original story by Robert N...... More
Air Crews Wanted For RAAF
1939-1945. Colour process lithograph, 24.8 x 33cm. Slight foxing. Linen-backed. Text continues “Apply now! The need is urgent. AF13.” Held in Imperial War Museum, London. More
Are You A Fifth Columnist? If You Spread Disease, You Are!
1939-1945. Colour process lithograph, 75.3 x 49.2cm. Repaired missing portions, creases and tears. Linen-backed. Text continues “Many hours are lost in war industries, due to influenza and common colds spread by droplet infection. Cover up each cough and sneeze, otherwise you’ll spread disease. Authorised by C.A. Kelly, Minister of Health..... More
You Love Them – Fight For Them! Join The AIF Now
c1945. Colour process lithograph, 28.1 x 20cm. Foxing, repaired minor perforations. Linen-backed. Held in AWM. More
So Here I Am, In The RAAF!
c1945. Colour process lithograph, 28.5 x 21.7cm. Slight scuffing. Linen-backed. Text continues “I asked myself: Would I prefer to live with British Freedom or under German tyranny? Who should fight for this Freedom? Him, me, or both of us? The RAAF Recruiting Drive Committee.”. More