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Description: | Concept: civilian effort, health / safety, civilian personnel, industry, workers, humorous, cartoons, animals Description: whole: The poster is double-sided. Side 1: the image occupies the upper half. The title is separate and positioned in the lower half, in orange and black. The text is separate and placed in the lower quarter, in green. All set against a white background. Side 2: the six images occupy the majority, each held within a narrow black border. The title and main text are separate and positioned across the top edge, in black. Further text is integrated and placed in the images, in black. All set against a white background. image 1: a depiction of two dogs, each pushing a trolley piled high with wooden crates. They crash into each other, causing the crates to fall. image 2: in the first image, the character of Percy Vere reads a poster which advises workers to wear a safety belt. In the second image, Percy puts on a safety belt. In the third, fourth and fifth images, Percy climbs a ladder up the side of a high building. In the final image, Percy reaches the top of the building, where a sign warns that ladders must be tied safely. As Percy reads the sign, his ladder begins to tip backwards away from the building. text 1: LEWITT-HIM PULL YOUR LOAD IF YOU CAN'T SEE OVER IT ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE AND PRODUCED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS TERMINAL HOUSE - 52, GROSVENOR GARDENS - LONDON, S.W.1. ML/69 With acknowledgements to the G.P.O. text 2: PERCY VERE by Mendoza 1 WEAR A SAFETY BELT 2 STORES 3 WEAR A SAFETY BELT 4 5 6 LADDERS MUST BE LASHED Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Terminal House, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1. ML/77 Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD. Object: trolley, ladder, safety belt, sign, poster | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Lewitt-Him (recto) & Mendoza (verso) Printer: Loxley Brothers Ltd, London and Sheffield Publisher/Sponsor: Ministry of Labour and National Service; Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3369... | Go to resource |
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