Collection items

Booklet 'Women's effort in war time'

Booklet, Illustration

The title of this booklet translates as ‘women’s effort in wartime’, published by the European Fashion Journal. It conta...

Christ is risen! An Easter greeting in the field

Booklet, Illustration

This is an example of the incredible number of religious publications during the war. The energised title ‘Christ is ris...

German book of First World War photographs

Book, Photograph, Illustration

These photographs show an idealised view of the Front, aimed at schoolchildren and teachers. The soldiers are sitting in...

German satirical map of Europe in 1914

Map, Illustration

A buck-toothed England looks grumpy – with Ireland growling at its back – and hesitates to mobilise its fleet. France is...

Hurray! A war picture-book for children

Book, Illustration, Children's book

These illustrations are from the children’s book Hurray! A War Picture-Book by the magazine illustrator and commercial a...

Our blue-jackets: A marine album

Illustration, Drawing, Photograph

This illustrated propaganda leaflet was a humorous way of reinforcing the strength of Germany in the minds of its people...

Pictures from the war: a colouring book for young...

Book, Illustration, Children's book

With every pencil stroke, children using this colouring book experienced the brutal everyday lives of their relatives at...

The mill in the Ardennes

Illustration

This is the story The Mill in the Ardennes – one volume in a series of penny magazines. Penny magazines were cheap bookl...