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All Clear for the Guns on British Railways Collection: NRM - Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills Object Name: poster Maker: Carr, Leslie; Railway Executive Committee; Waterlow and Sons Limited Date Made: 1940 Materials: paper |
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Description: Poster, Railway Executive Committee, All Clear for the Guns on British Railways by Leslie Carr, 1940. Coloured lithograph depicting two trains on parallel tracks. On the left is a passenger train, hauled by a green 4-6-0 locomotive numbered 1401 halted at a signal. At right is a black locomotive, numbered 2127, with a train of artillery pieces. In the centre are two permanent way workers, and a sleeper lying on the ground. Text beneath reads "All clear for the guns on British Railways". Printed by Waterlow and Sons Limited. |
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| Railway Executive Committee active until 1962, railway board, United Kingdom | |
| Waterlow and Sons Limited 1810-c. 1960, poster printer; printer, Dunstable and London | |
| British Railways 1948-1969, railways management company, United Kingdom | |
| Carr, Leslie active late 1920s-1950s, illustrator; poster artist; draughtsman, British | |
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