File:Don't do it, Mother - Leave the Children Where They are Art.IWMPST8235.jpg

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English: Don't do it, Mother - Leave the Children Where They are

whole: the image occupies the upper half, with the title separate and positioned in the lower half, in red cursive script. The subtitle is separate and placed in the lower quarter, in black, held within a red inset. The main text is separate and located across the bottom edge, ion black. Further text is integrated and positioned in the upper left, in red. All set against a white background. image: a depiction of a woman sitting with her two children under a tree in the countryside. A spectral figure of Adolf Hitler stands behind the woman, trying to persuade her to take her children back to the city. He taps the woman on the shoulder and points towards a view of London in the far right distance, where barrage balloons float over the outlines of St Paul's Cathedral and Big Ben. The woman looks undecided. text: TAKE THEM BACK! TAKE THEM BACK! TAKE THEM BACK!.. DON'T do it, Mother- LEAVE THE CHILDREN WHERE THEY ARE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY J. WEINER LTD., LONDON, W.C.1.

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Date

between 1939 and 1945

Source

http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//153/media-153779/large.jpg

This photograph Art.IWM PST 8235 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.

Author

Unknown (artist), Ministry of Health (publisher/sponsor), J Weiner Ltd, 71/5 New Oxford Street, London WC1 (printer), Her Majesty's Stationery Office (publisher/sponsor)

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This poster was scanned and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The artwork was created by a commissioned military artist during their active service duties in the First World War. In the UK this these became controlled under the Crown Copyright provisions and so faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired after 50 years.

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Associated people and organisations
Ministry of Health, HMSO, Hitler, Adolf
Associated places
Great Britain GB, Germany (pre 1945 and post 1990) DE
Associated events
WW2 British Home Front
Associated keywords
barrage balloons, Family, Evacuees, civilian personnel, women / womens work, civilian effort, air raid / blitz, air raid precautions / shelters, politicians, medals / orders / decorations, Uniforms, children, Toys

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This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
It was published prior to 1974; or
It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
More information.

See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:55, 5 November 2017	2,341 × 3,508 (2.48 MB)	Ducksoup (talk \| contribs)	Resolution 472×707, replace with 2,341×3,508
	04:02, 7 February 2014	472 × 707 (123 KB)	Rcbutcher (talk \| contribs)	rotated to vertical and cropped off black border
	18:23, 27 January 2014	562 × 800 (67 KB)	Fæ (talk \| contribs)	{{User:{{subst:User:Fae/Fae}}/IWM \|description = {{en\|''Don't do it, Mother - Leave the Children Where They are''<br/> whole: the image occupies the upper half, with the title separate and positioned in the lower half, in red cursive script. The subtit...