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
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Civil Defence Artists (exhibition organisers); printed by Argus Press Ltd., London, E.C.4
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; wartime London print, hosted by owner decision
Argus Press Ltd., London. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-138.
Text on the object
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.
