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Wars dominated this period and shaped the cultural identity of people across the globe, this selection of items show the bravery and sacrifices that were made, the social developments and rights that were won in the face of adversity as well as the cultural impact.
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Directory and Provisional Telephone Directory, 1944
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Letter from Virginia Woolf to Mrs. Easdale
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Satire (Volume 2, No.13), 1917
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Roll of honour: doing duty from here for king & country. Are you doing yours? Poster, 1914
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Satyagraha
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Sketch & letters relating to Gef the talking Mongoose with samples of hair and correspondence from Harry Price, paranormal investigator, 1935
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19 de julio de 1936: España
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Shall we join the ladies?
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Helen Duncan in séance
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‘V for Victory’, Ministry of Information, 1941
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Spanish Civil War Photographs: Anti-Fascist Salute
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Thurston, the Famous Magician, poster c. 1920s
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Procreant Hymn, 1926
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Bomb-damaged book, 1940
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Circular letter from the British Committee of the Library of the Burned Books, 1934
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Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne (1926)
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The Victor and his Family by Margarete Berger-Hamerschlag, c.1940s
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Sketch in pen of a camel by Rudyard Kipling, 1930s
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The construction of Senate House, 1936
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War map of àËÅöÊÓƵ (1944)
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Caroline Playne’s engagement diary (1916)