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COLL MISC 0719/2 - Protect your child and food from flies

Painting of a woman (centre) bending over a covered crib (left), with a covered jar and bottle in the foreground (right). In the centre of the picture, the caption is partially obscured by six large flies, realistically painted.
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Printer: Mospoligraf
Publisher: Gosmedizdat
Place of Production: Moscow
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COLL MISC 0719/3 - The vitamin content of food products: Fruits and Berries

Chart showing the vitamin content of various fruits and berries, including cherries, oranges, lemons, apples, peas, etc. with a warning that children will not grow and develop properly without them.
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Printer: Mospoligraf
Publisher: Gosmedizdat
Place of Production: Moscow
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COLL MISC 0719/1 - [The proper way to cut a child's fingernails.]

Five sepia illustrations relating to the proper way to cut a child's fingernails. In the first picture, a woman gnaws at the child's nails with her teeth. The next three small images illustrate good nail care. In the last picture, a mother cuts her child's fingers properly, with small nail scissors. Text captions beneath all images.
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COLL MISC 0719/4 - The vitamin content of food products: Vegetables

A still life of a birch? basket filled with vegetables, including tomatoes, cauliflowers, potatoes, carrots, onions, etc. Banner above image, and chart below showing the vitamin levels of the various vegetables.
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Printer: Mospoligraf
Publisher: Gosmedizdat
Place of Production: Moscow
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COLL MISC 0660/2/13 - "The Planting of National Welfare is the Job of the Workers Themselves

This poster shows two men planting a tree, one holding the tree and the other digging the ground. This painting is on a white background and is in different shades of blue. The poster has writing both above and below the image and at the top is an emblem of a snake curled around a chalice.
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COLL MISC 0660/2/11 - Red Army Poster Gazette

Soviet poster collected by the Labour Delegation to Russia. \nNews poster for members of the Red Army; in the centre of the poster is a picture of Leon Trotsky.
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COLL MISC 0660/2/3 - "The Birth of The Soviets and the Different Organs of Soviet Power"

This poster demonstrates by the use of six long drawings, which stretch across the whole poster, the hierarchy of the organisation of Soviet Power. The bottom picture shows a small hut with only several people in it alongside a drawing of the virtually untouched rural scene. This scene develops and changes through the next five pictures until the top. This top picture shows the same small building as a large, ornate building with a speaker preaching to a large assembled crowd, while the side scene has gone from countryside to a highly developed urban setting.
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COLL MISC 0660/2/2 - Let's speed up industrialization in the USSR with deposits to state labour

This painted poster depicts various forms and machinery from Industry. In the top left hand corner there is an industrial plant, while at the botton is a combine harvester with hay. The central feature of the poster, however, is a large wheel, spinning very fast, which covers most of the poster from the right hand corner, producingsavings books. This poster is in the Russian language.
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COLL MISC 0660/2/1 - "Away with private peasants!"

A peasant in bright clothing to the left of the poster, is hit by a huge fist from the right. The background shows the Russian countryside under a yellow sky.
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COLL MISC 0840/21 - Which?

Progressive Party. A workman looks at two posters on the wall. One recounts of the beneficial policies of the Progressive Party, the other the problems of the Moderate Party.
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Printer: David Allen and Sons Ltd
Publisher: Printer
Place of Production: London
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COLL MISC 0840/22 - Progressive and Moderate - The Motive Spirit

Progressive Party poster from the London County Council Elections of 1907. This poster depicts two men, one who represents a progressive member and the other a moderate. Behind the Progressive figure is a Angel like apparition handing him a scroll marked the 'People's Welfare'. Behind the Moderate is a Devil like figure handing him a sack marked 'Dividends'.
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Printer: David Allen and Sons Ltd
Publisher: Printer
Place of Production: London
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COLL MISC 0840/14 - Political Parable

Progressive poster from the London County Council Elections of 1907. Reprinted from the Westminster Gazette. This posters central feature is a long handwritten story written in nursery rhyme style. The text has cartoons at either side, showing a dog in a variety of situations.
The text at the bottom of the page reads,'Electors, beware of false names and Vote Progressive'.
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Printer: Carl Hentschel Ltd
Publisher: London County Council Progressive Election Committee
Place of Production: London
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COLL MISC 0840/16 - Progressive Party poster

Progressive Part poster from the London County Council Election of 1907. Text - Every vote for the Moderates is a vote for the Monpolists. Every vote for the Progressives is a vote for yourselves.
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Printer: Charles Fell and Son Ltd
Publisher: London County Council Progressive Election Committee
Place of Production: London
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COLL MISC 0840/19 - Progressive Party poster

Progressive poster from the London County Council Elections of 1907. Text: The Electors. The Borough Council 'Municipal Reformers' promised you
The text on this poster continues in alternate black and red.
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Printer: Smithers and Co Ltd
Publisher: London County Council Progressive Election Committee
Place of Production: London
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COLL MISC 0840/17 - How Moderates Borough Councils Are Raising the Rates

Progressive Party poster from the London County Council Elections of 1907. This poster shows, in table form, the rise in rates in various London Boroughs.
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Printer: Charles Fell and Son Ltd
Publisher: London County Council Progressive Election Committee
Place of Production: London
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COLL MISC 0840/20 - Quite Disinterested!

Progressive Party poster, LCC elections. The central feature of this poster is a painting which depicts a mugger, holding a club behind his back, handing a card, with 'Municipal Reform' written on it, to a man wearing regal robes and a crown marked London.
Around the corner walking towards them is a policeman with Progressive written on his belt.
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Printer: G.S. Christie Ltd
Publisher: London County Council Progressive Election Committee
Place of Production: London
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COLL MISC 0840/18 - Progressive Party poster produced by 'Tribune' for LCC elections

The central feature of this poster is the large cartoon in the middle. It shows the front of a house, with a woman answering the door to a man marked 'Moderate Party'. While they are talking, two men marked 'Dividends' and 'Private Monopoly' are breaking into her house via a side window. At the top of the poster in white letters on a black background is written,'Tribune', while at the bottom is written,'Vote for the Progressives'.
Artist: J.H.L
Printer: The Tribune
Publisher: The Tribune Ltd
Place of Production: London
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COLL MISC 0840/10 - At the Back of Every Moderate Candidate Lurks the Electric Trust

Cartoon reprinted from the Daily Chronicle newspaper for the London County Council Elections of 1907. This cartoon is split into two different pictures. The top picture shows a group of men walking, viewed from the front, all wearing sandwich boards which spell out 'Moderate Party'. The second picture shows this same group of men viewed from the back and their boards spell out 'Electric Trust'.
Artist: David Wilson
Printer: Daily Chronicle
Publisher: Printer
Place of Production: London
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COLL MISC 0840/7 - The Confidence Trick

Reprint of a cartoon from the London Chronicle newspaper. This cartoon depicts a man, smoking a pipe, to the left of the picture, who hlds several bits of paper marked 'Votes'. To the right of the picture, leaning over him are three large men, dressed in black and wearing top hats. They are marked 'The Co. Promoter','The Manager' and 'The Director' from left to right. Behind their backs they hold pieces of paper marked Co. Prospectus and Electric Trust.
Artist: David Wilson
Printer: The Daily Chronicle
Publisher: Printer
Place of Production: London
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