Collections Display - People's History Museum: The national museum of democracy

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Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.168.313

Object Name
Poster

Title
Soon He Will Be Leaving School And There Is No Job For Him

People
Communist Party of Great Britain

Description
Hand painted poster, from the Communist Party of Great Britain collection, around 1930s

This hand-drawn and painted poster shows a young man standing with a bicycle. The poster reads "Soon he will be leaving school and there is no job for him". This poster was obviously made to highlight high levels of unemployment in the country.

One of a series of hand-made posters from the CPGB collection in the same style.

"Hand painted poster" [NMLH.1994.168.313]