South Bank Exhibition - poster, 1951
1951 1951-1960 "South Bank Exhibition - poster, 1951" [BW0223], 1951, Trades Union Congress Educational poster published by the Bureau of Current Affairs showing a model of the Festival of Britain on London's South Bank. The Festival of Britain was an attempt to give the post-war peri...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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London
1951
United Kingdom |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/9A1AC3BB-9595-4E6A-B6FD-44C665CE33D4 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/8FEA77BD-A25C-4594-AC9E-6B2115329F14 |
| Summary: | 1951
1951-1960
"South Bank Exhibition - poster, 1951" [BW0223], 1951, Trades Union Congress
Educational poster published by the Bureau of Current Affairs showing a model of the Festival of Britain on London's South Bank. The Festival of Britain was an attempt to give the post-war period a feeling of recovery and progress and to promote better-quality design in the rebuilding of British towns and cities following the war. The Labour Party's Deputy Leader, Herbert Morrison, described it as "a tonic for the nation". |
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| Physical Description: | Poster TEXT |