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"Hand painted poster" [NMLH.1994.168.320]

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Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.168.320

Object Name
Poster

Title
After A Lifetime of Work 10/- per week

Description
Hand-painted poster, from the Communist Party of Great Britain poster collection, c. 1930s.

This poster shows an elderly women sitting by a table in a dress and shawl. The poster reads "After a lifetime of work 10/- per week" referencing old aged pensions.

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

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