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title: Civil Defence Artists 5th Exhibition
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-civil-defence-artists-5th-exhibition-1939/
description: A blue lettered notice, printed over a sheet of newspaper columns, announces the Civil Defence Artists 5th Exhibition in East London, 27 April to 24 May.
section: Collection
---

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# Civil Defence Artists 5th Exhibition

A blue lettered notice, printed over a sheet of newspaper columns, announces the Civil Defence Artists 5th Exhibition in East London, 27 April to 24 May, 11 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., at the Settlement, Berner Street, Commercial Road, with bus and tube routes. This is an event notice, not an argument. The only weak fit is transfer, since the civil-defence name lends the exhibition an official-service association; the poster makes no further claim.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
CIVIL DEFENCE ARTISTS
5TH EXHIBITION
IS IN EAST LONDON
April 27 - May 24
11 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.
THE SETTLEMENT, BERNER ST.
COMMERCIAL ROAD, E.1
ROUTES: TUBE TO ALDGATE. From Aldgate, Buses: 5a, 15, 40, 23. Trolley Bus: 65.
[imprint:] ARGUS PRESS LTD. London, E.C.4.
```

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