British political campaign posters, circa 1935-circa 1945s

Summary

Extent:

39 items? (posters) 39 digital objects

Language:

Collection materials are in English

Background

Scope and content:

Chiefly campaign posters from the 1935-1936 British elections and post-war election in 1945. The 1935 posters are from both Labour Party and National Government and were collected in 1935-1936 by Professor Charles Aikin of U.C. Berkeley. To these have been added, from an unknown source, other British political posters that are believed to date from 1945. Both Liberal and Conservative posters are present.

Acquisition information:

Items 1-17 from the Charles Aikin collection, from the British election of 1935-1936. Others from unknown sources.

Physical location:

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Rules or conventions:

Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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