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Description: | Concept: civilian effort, health / safety, civilian personnel, workers, industry, animals, cartoons, humorous, medical / convalescence, anatomy Description: whole: The poster is double-sided. Side 1: the six images occupy the majority, each held within a narrow black border. The title and text are separate and placed along the top edge and bottom edge, in black. Further text is integrated and located in the upper left, in red outlined black, and lower right, in black. All set against a white background. Side 2: the image is positioned in the upper three-quarters. The title and text are separate and placed in the lower quarter, in black, held within a white inset, and in brown. image 1: the first five images show the character of Percy Vere, accompanied by a small dog, discovering an open manhole. He lifts a wooden board off the ground to cover it, not realising the board already covered another manhole. Percy then proceeds to fall down the newly uncovered manhole. In the final image, the dog holds a sign stating 'Watch Your Step'. image 2: a close-up depiction of a finger, with a small scratch on its tip. text 1: (No.21) PERCY VERE by Mendoza MANHOLES MUST BE KEPT COVERED WATCH YOUR STEP 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. MLK/227. Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD. text 2: F. KENWOOD GILES GET FIRST AID AT ONCE 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. MLFA/228 Printed by LOXLEY BROS. LTD. | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Mendoza (recto) & Giles, F Kenwood (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=3370... | Go to resource |
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