Purchase

They’ll be more opportunities to purchase posters, memorabilia and books soon (see a short bibliography, book reviews, Amazon, second hand vendors, vintage poster sellers, reproduction poster sellers, BBC History Shop). Links on this current page relate to the Imperial War Museum affiliate programme.

	Keep Calm & Carry On Poster £4.88 This wartime poster was produced by the Ministry of Information in 1939 and has currently enjoyed renewed popularity during these testing times. Poster 50.5cm x 76cm (approx 20 inch x 30 inch)
	Keep Calm and Carry On – Good Advice for Hard Times £4.99 Packed full of motivational and cheering quotes, proverbs, mantras and wry truths to help us through the recession, from such wits as Churchill, Disraeli and George Bernard Shaw. Funny, wise and stirring – it is the perfect source of strength to get us through these current times.
	Go Through Your Wardrobe Poster £4.88 Poster 50.5cm x 76cm (approx 20 inch x 30 inch)
	Dig for Victory Poster £4.88 The ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign launched at the outbreak of the war encouraged the cultivation of gardens and allotments. Millions of instructional leaflets were issued and by 1943 over 1.4 million people had allotments and were producing over a million tons of vegetables a year. British; Second World War. Poster 50.5cm x 76cm (approx 20 inch x 30 inch)
	Come into the Factories Poster £4.88 Poster recruiting women into the war effort: “Women of Britain come into the factories”. British; Second World War Poster 50.5cm x 76cm (approx 20 inch x 30 inch)
	Potato Pete and Dr Carrot Poster £4.88 Dig for Victory was a response to a wartime problem of food shortages but the campaign reflects things that we are concerned about today – having access to fresh healthy food and being active.Poster 50.5cm x 76cm (approx 20 inch x 30 inch)
	Kitchener Poster £4.88 The famous recruiting poster from the First World War: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener’s face and pointing finger is headlined ‘Britons’ and underneath ’… wants you. Join your country’s army. God save the King’ Poster 50.5cm x 76cm (approx 20 inch x 30 inch)
	Posters and Propaganda in Wartime£12.99 Produced in association with the Imperial War Museum this title packed with fascinating information, featuring full-colour posters from both World Wars and thought-provoking text examining issues of propaganda  and mass manipulation.
	War Posters £19.95 An exploration of the impact of poster design from the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War through to the present day. Now available, this title features over 250 of the posters from the London’s Imperial War Museum international collection.
	Home Front Poster Pack £ 9.78 Posters from the Home Front 1939-45, from the archives of the Imperial War Museum eight A3 posters illustrating aspects of civilian life during the Second World War.

See the bibliography for key texts and specific recommended titles, and PhD thesis design for further suggestions.