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Description: | Concept: civilian effort, health / safety, civilian personnel, industry, workers, humorous, cartoons Description: whole: The poster is double-sided. Side 1: the six images occupy the majority, each held within a narrow red border. The title and main text are separate and positioned across the top edge, in red. Further text is integrated and placed in each image, in black. All set against a white background. Side 2: the image occupies the majority. The title is separate and positioned in the lower quarter, in black. All set against a white background. image 1: in the first image, the character of Percy Vere tells a fellow worker that the way he is lifting a large tub of water is dangerous. In the second image, Percy demonstrates the correct way to lift. In the third image, Percy walks along with the tub of water. In the fourth image, Percy trips over his own bootlace. In the fifth image, Percy lands head-first in the tub of water. In the final image, the other worker shows Percy a poster which warns of the danger of tripping over bootlaces. image 2: a depiction of the boot of a worker who is about to stand on a broken rung of a wooden ladder. text 1: (No.11) PERCY VERE by Mendoza LIFTING LIKE THAT IS DANGEROUS ALWAYS BEND THE KNEES SIMPLE ? MIND YOUR [hidden] MIND YOUR BOOT LACES 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. MLA/147. Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD. text 2: Eckersley ASKING FOR TROUBLE 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. MLJ/152 Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD. Object: tub, ladder, bootlace | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Mendoza (recto) & Eckersley, Tom (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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