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Did you know... 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)?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 13:25, 24 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

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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?

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

Y Article is long enough (2514 characters), new enough (created 30 May, nominated 6 June), and article is within policy
Y Hooks are short enough, interesting and well cited. I assume for ALT1 that you'd be using the house image (File:Kensal House, Ladbroke Grove.jpg) rather than the poster image, but I think ALT0 with its unique picture is more interesting anyway
Y File:Your Britain Fight For It Now poster L0023780.jpg (which I've requested on Commons to be renamed File:Your Britain Fight For It Now Poster.jpg) is a freely licenced photo (Crown Copyright on it has expired), used in article, and good at low resolution. File:Kensal House, Ladbroke Grove.jpg is also a freely licenced photo, used in article, and good at low resolution.
Y QPQ done
Overall this nomination passes, congratulations. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:20, 8 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

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