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Description: | Concept: communications, civilian effort, military personnel, women / womens work, postal services, costume / fashion, military personnel, uniform, military vehicles, empire / commonwealth Description: whole: the four images occupy the majority, each held within a narrow black border. The title is separate and positioned in the upper quarter, in red and blue. The text is separate and located beneath each image, in black. All set against a white background. image: four separate images illustrating a woman writing a letter to her soldier husband. The first image is a depiction of the woman, who is unable to write, asking a friend how she can get a letter written for her. The second image is a depiction of the woman dictating the letter to a clerk. The third image is a depiction of the woman taking the letter to a Post Office. The final image is a depiction of the woman's husband reading the letter in a military camp in the jungle. Another soldier sits nearby with no letter to read, looking upset. text: ANDIKIA ASKARI KILA MWEZI MWANAMKE HUYU HAJUI KUANDIKA: KWA HIYO ANAMWULIZA RAFIKI YAKE JINSI AWEZAVYO KUANDIKA ASKARI WAKE BARUA. ALIAMBIWA KWENDA KWA KARANI WA D.C. ANAYESAIDIA WATU KWA KUANDIKA BARUA ZA ASKARI. ANAWEKA BARUA YAKE POSTA; HALAFU ITAKWENDA KWA ASKARI WAKE. ASKARI WAPATAO BARUA WANAFURAHI KABISA. YULE WA KULIA HAKUPATA BARUA KWA HIYO ASIKITIKA SANA. 3,500/11/44 Reproduced by 157 (E.A. and S.R.) Base Svy. Coy., E.A.E. Nov 1944, for E.W. from sketches supplied. [Write to a soldier every month. This woman does not know how to write: so she asks her friend how she can write a letter to her soldier. She is told to go to the District Commissioner's clerk, who helps people write letters to soldiers. She posts her letter; then it will go to her soldier. Soldiers who get letters are very happy. The one on the right did not get a letter, so he is very sad.] Object: hut, headscarf, letter, truck, helmet | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Printer: 157 (East Africa and Southern Rhodesia) Base Survey Company, East African Engineers Publisher/Sponsor: 157 (East Africa and Southern Rhodesia) Base Survey Company, East African Engineers | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3429... | Go to resource |
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