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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk13:25, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your Britain. Fight For it Now, 1942 Abram Games poster
Your Britain. Fight For it Now, 1942 Abram Games poster
  • ... that Kensal House, the UK's first modernist block designed for the working class, was used by Abram Games for his 1942 poster "Your Britain. Fight For it Now" (pictured)? Source: "For the first time, a modernist block was to be occupied by the working class, rather than the middle classes." ([1]) and " 'Your Britain. Fight For it Now', 1942 Lithograph poster designed by Abram Games" ([2])
    • ALT1:... that when Kensal House (pictured) in London was completed in 1937, it was thought to be a prototype for modern living?

Created by Edwardx (talk) and Philafrenzy (talk). Nominated by Edwardx (talk) at 15:39, 6 June 2020 (UTC).[reply]

We could use Alt1 with the poster by changing the caption to "Kensall House on Second World War poster". Philafrenzy (talk) 13:00, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]