Record

TE - Tom Eckersley Collection
- 1 - Commercial advertising work
  - 4 - Post Office Savings Bank posters

Repository	University Archives and Special Collections Centre
Reference Number	TE/1/4/4
Title	Post Office Savings Bank
Description	The items are advertising the savings bank: The first features the slogan 'put your money to work to return with interest' either side of the central image in blues and black of a £ with a Union Jack superimposed on it. Measures, 51cm by 77cm, 1960, screenprint; The second features the slogan 'a good target a good balance' either side of a man with an apple on his head, the image is in bold block colours of green, pink and orange. Measures, 52cm by 78cm; The third features the slogan 'for growing needs...' either side of the image of a child's face with a graduation cap above it, the image is highly stylised and features block colours of pink, jade, black, red and orange. Where the colours overlap is a muted tone. Measures, 77cm by 51cm; The fourth features the slogan 'Just in case....' to the left of a central image of a man carrying a case. He is made up of block colours, has a green hat and yellow case. A footer line reads 'Deposit and withdrawal facilities at 20,500 Post Offices'. Measures, 89.5cm by 59.5cm. The fifth features the slogan "begin saving for me". Image has a photographic picture of a child's face in black and white. The child's face is in the middle of a pink cake with an orange candle indicating a first birthday. Some of the cake is semi-translucent and overlaps the photograph. Measures 49cm by 74cm. All backgrounds are in white.
Date	c.1943-1960
Related Material	Images: 033; 032; 034; 076.
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Extent	5 items.
Level	File
Access Conditions	Only the digital image can be accessed, for preservation reasons.