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Houses of Parliament and "Big Ben" - London, 1939 UK poster: A sepia photograph shows the Houses of Parliament and the Big

Houses of Parliament and "Big Ben" - London

A sepia photograph shows the Houses of Parliament and the Big Ben tower from Westminster Bridge, with buses, lorries, pedestrians and a column of marching soldiers on the bridge, above a large 'LONDON' title. The tell is the use of a national landmark as the image for a destination, which borrows its prestige for the place.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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Date
1939
Period
Second World War
Made by
Travel & Industrial Development Association, 6 Arlington Street, London (printed by Clarke & Sherwell Ltd.); photograph by Dixon Scott
Region
Western and Central Europe
Country
United Kingdom
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
NGO
Regime
Churchill Government
Leader
Winston Churchill
Audience
Foreign public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Theme
Home front
Event
World War II
Regime
Churchill wartime government
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; hosted by owner decision (British print, photograph credited to Dixon Scott)
Travel & Industrial Development Association; photograph by Dixon Scott; printed by Clarke & Sherwell Ltd. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-221.

Text on the object

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

Printed in England for the Travel & Industrial Development Association, 6 Arlington Street, London, by Clarke & Sherwell Ltd.

Photo by DIXON SCOTT

HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
AND "BIG BEN"
FROM THE COUNTY HALL

LONDON

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