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London Underground / Seeing it Through: Firefighters. 1944.
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PAI-LXXI: Rare Posters
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Artist: ERIC HENRI KENNINGTON (1888-1960)
Size: 21 7/8 x 32 in./55.5 x 81.4 cm
Condition: B/ Slight tears.
Printer: The Bayard Press, London
Reference:
Key Words: Rail; WWII; Literary; Propaganda; Humanitarian
London Underground / Seeing it Through: Firefighters. 1944.
A second poster in the "Seeing it Through" series for London Transport, this one championing firefighters, addresses a curious side effect of Londoners' famous "Keep Calm and Carry On" attitude: a compartmentalization of mind. By 1944, it'd been four years since the Blitz. Like the years after 9/11, life had returned to 'normal'; as A.P. Herbert's poem reads, "Once upon a time we used to throw you [firefighters] roses; you don't see quite such a cloud of them today... But you are on the job still, we are in your keeping, / And one fine night we'll be glad of you again." In September 1944, London was terrorized by V-2 rocket attacks; the poem's sentiment dates this poster to 1944's earlier months.
Size: 21 7/8 x 32 in./55.5 x 81.4 cm
Condition: B/ Slight tears.
Printer: The Bayard Press, London
Reference:
Key Words: Rail; WWII; Literary; Propaganda; Humanitarian
London Underground / Seeing it Through: Firefighters. 1944.
A second poster in the "Seeing it Through" series for London Transport, this one championing firefighters, addresses a curious side effect of Londoners' famous "Keep Calm and Carry On" attitude: a compartmentalization of mind. By 1944, it'd been four years since the Blitz. Like the years after 9/11, life had returned to 'normal'; as A.P. Herbert's poem reads, "Once upon a time we used to throw you [firefighters] roses; you don't see quite such a cloud of them today... But you are on the job still, we are in your keeping, / And one fine night we'll be glad of you again." In September 1944, London was terrorized by V-2 rocket attacks; the poem's sentiment dates this poster to 1944's earlier months.
