Power Struggles & Cultural Identity (1914-1944) Gallery
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.
Directory and Provisional Telephone Directory, 1944
Letter from Virginia Woolf to Mrs. Easdale
Satire (Volume 2, No.13), 1917
Roll of honour: doing duty from here for king & country. Are you doing yours? Poster, 1914
Satyagraha
Sketch & letters relating to Gef the talking Mongoose with samples of hair and correspondence from Harry Price, paranormal investigator, 1935
19 de julio de 1936: España
Shall we join the ladies?
Helen Duncan in séance
‘V for Victory’, Ministry of Information, 1941
Spanish Civil War Photographs: Anti-Fascist Salute
Thurston, the Famous Magician, poster c. 1920s
Procreant Hymn, 1926
Bomb-damaged book, 1940
Circular letter from the British Committee of the Library of the Burned Books, 1934
Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne (1926)
The Victor and his Family by Margarete Berger-Hamerschlag, c.1940s
Sketch in pen of a camel by Rudyard Kipling, 1930s
The construction of Senate House, 1936
War map of London (1944)
Caroline Playne’s engagement diary (1916)