Newspaper facsimile
Peter Way and Marshall Cavendish Partworks Ltd...
Category
Ephemera
Date
1976
Materials
Paper
Measurements
290 mm (width); 370 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670052
Summary
A facsimile tabloid newspaper from the series 'The War Papers', part 4, containing the Evening Standard dated Friday, May 10th, 1940, whose headline reads 'Nazis Invade Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg - Many Airports Bombed'. Folded at the centre of the newspaper is a colour-printed poster of a soldier, standing by a railway ticket window, asking 'Is Your Journey Really Necessary?' with 'Railway Executive Committee' at the bottom.
Marks and inscriptions
In the bottom right-hand corner of the front cover: 'Wright'
Makers and roles
Peter Way and Marshall Cavendish Partworks Ltd..., engraver and publisher