Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.670
Object Name
Poster
Title
'Stop War! Vote Labour'
Place
UK, Ethiopia
People
Labour Party
Events
Elections, 1935 General Election, Invasion of Ethiopia, Invasion of Abyssinia, World War II,
Date
1935
Description
'Stop War! Vote Labour' is an election poster featuring an image of a baby wearing a gas mask.
Issued as a response to the Italian invasion of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in October 1935, this Labour Party poster caused considerable controversy. The Conservative Party denounced it as being inaccurate for showing a baby in a gas mask, and in bad taste. However within four years the government had issued 38,000,000 gas masks to civilians, including ones for babies.
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