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title: 'Fire Guard: an exhibition to help the great army of fire fighters (Charing Cross Underground Station)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-fire-guard-exhibition-charing-cross-1941/
description: A red-tinted photograph shows a man in hat and overcoat wearing a 'FIRE GUARD' armband, holding a stirrup pump and coiled hose and looking upward.
section: Collection
---

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# Fire Guard: an exhibition to help the great army of fire fighters (Charing Cross Underground Station)

A red-tinted photograph shows a man in hat and overcoat wearing a 'FIRE GUARD' armband, holding a stirrup pump and coiled hose and looking upward. The text invites visitors to an exhibition 'to help the great army of fire fighters', which frames joining as becoming part of a large existing force.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
FIRE GUARD
an exhibition
to help the
great army of
fire fighters
CHARING CROSS UNDERGROUND STATION
November 16th to December 6th
9.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. (Sundays included)
ADMISSION FREE
produced for the Ministry of Home Security
by the Ministry of Information
Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by H. Manly & Son Ltd. London. N.22. 51-2814
[armband:] FIRE GUARD
```

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