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 670053
Summary
A facsimile tabloid newspaper from the series 'The War Papers'. This is Part 6, containing the Daily Sketch dated Tuesday, June 11th 1940, whose headline reads 'Italy Takes The Plunge', i.e. declaring war on the Allies. Folded at the centre of the newspaper is a colour-printed poster advertising Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr in the film 'I Take This Woman', featuring a photograph of Spencer Tracy and a drawing of Hedy Lamarr.
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