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Description: | Concept: railways, transport, civilian effort, civilian personnel, costume / fashion, women / womens work Description: whole: the two images occupy the majority. The title is separate and positioned across the centre, in black, outlined white and black. The text is partially integrated and placed in the upper three-quarters, in blue, in yellow and in grey. Further text is separate and located in the lower fifth, in yellow, held within a blue inset. All held within a yellow and blue border, and set against a black and white background. image: the upper image is of a pair of scales, weighed down on the left side. A full-length depiction of a silhouetted man and woman stand on the left side, and a carton marked 'Goods' is placed on the right side. The lower image is also of a pair of scales, weighed down on the right side. A full-length depiction of a silhouetted man and woman stand on the left side, and a carton marked 'Food and War Supplies' is placed on the right side. text: BOSSFIELD 75% PEACE TIME GOODS 25% [SO]UTHERN RAILWAY 60% WAR TIME FOOD AND WAR SUPPLIES 40% THIS IS WHY PASSENGER TRAINS HAVE TO BE FEWER AND SLOWER SOUTHERN RAILWAY ADVERTISING Ad.5263/ 1500 1940 PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY McCORQUODALE and CO. LTD., LONDON. Object: pair of scales | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Bossfield Printer: McCorquodale and Co Ltd, London Publisher/Sponsor: Southern Railway | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3414... | Go to resource |
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