Protection Collection

WW2 Poster -- Typhus, How Is It Spread?
Information poster on typhus and how it is spread. Colour lithograph, British Army anti-typhus medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper

WW2 Poster -- Malaria Strikes the Unprotected
Malaria Strikes the Unprotected, Darkness brings Danger, Be Prepared. Colour photolithograph poster published by the Times of India Press, Bombay, warning against malaria

WW2 Poster -- Tablet day
Tablet day! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. Medical related poster for British soldiers on active service in Italy

WW2 Poster -- Flies Foul Food -- Keep Food Covered
Flies Foul Food - Diarrhoea and Dysentery Follow. Keep Food Covered! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. Anti-dysentery

Poster: Fight the Moth. Its the moth grub that does the damage. Advice on how to protect your clothes from moth damage. 20th century

Poster: Heat plays havoc with shoe leather. With advice on how to look after your shoes so that they last as long as possible. 20th century

Girl with Parasol by David Wright
An elegant lady seated on a garden bench under the shade of a parasol. Date: c. 1950

Gordon Highlanders with barbed wire, Western Front, WW1
Gordon Highlanders with barbed wire, about to prepare entanglements on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Poster: Diphtheria is Deadly, Immunisation Protects. Showing a healthy, smiling child. 20th century

Poster: How to make woollens last longer. With advice about dirt, grit and moths, and hints on washing. 20th century

Mother O Mine - Young cavalry soldier
Mother O Mine A wistful young cavalry soldier thinks about home and his Mother, waiting for news of her son... Date: circa 1915

Advertisement for Madame Peau Fine de Caron

David Wright pin-up from Men Only, August 1952
Pin-up of a red haired woman in a large frilled sun hat and spotted bikini. Date: 1952

London bus during the General Strike, Route 1, destined for Kensington Church, the Aldwych and Notting Hill Gate. Alongside the driver, on the outside of the vehicle

Retro Couple modelling sunglasses, Shades, Matching, stylish circa 1970s

Dutch poster about blackout precautions during the Second World War. circa 1942

Woman with a Gun
This female motorist is wielding a light pistol, her own personal protection against attack by bandits when she is out driving in England. Date: early 1930s

Are We Downhearted? by Ethel Parkinson
A World War One postcard showing France, Britain and Belgium represented by three children snuggled up under the shelter of an umbrella together. c.1915

Advertisement for Du Pont Cellophane -- shows what it protects, and protects what it shows. Showing a girl and a boy buried up to their necks in cellophane-wrapped sweets and lollies. 20th century

Bi oro advertising poster
Poster advertising Bi-oro suntan oils and creams, showing a conker brown lady in a yellow swimsuit rubbing in more cream. Date: c.1948

Anti-Flu Masks
A man and a woman wearing anti-flu masks. These masks cover the nose and mouth and are designed to prevent germs spreading. They may work but they look very curious! Date: 1920s

German Gas Masks
German girls are taught the use of gas masks under the auspices of the Air Protection Society. Date: 1933

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