Poster, 'Volunteer For National Service'

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Title

Poster, 'Volunteer For National Service'

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This poster was designed and printed in the first year of World War II. It calls for volunteers to join in the war effort at home. Design The poster details the official options available to both civilian men and women to contribute to the war effort in New Zealand. The imagery indicates the equality of these contributions by placing the man and woman on an even picture plane. However, their roles are prescribed – the woman is dressed as a nurse and the man as a member of the Home Guard. Home...

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Format

Image

Date created

Late 1940

Creator

E Paul

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/592709

Related subjects

Nurses / World War, 1939-1945 / paper / printing ink / political posters / photolithography / New Zealand / War / Wellington

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