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Sixteen Year Olds Register- Teenagers Receive Their Adult Id Cards at the Labour Exchange, London, England, UK, 1945 D23869
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Sixteen Year Olds Register- Teenagers Receive Their Adult Id Cards at the Labour Exchange, London, England, UK, 1945
16 year old Patricia D Harding (left), a typist telephonist for a building contractor, registers for her new Identity Card at the Labour Exchange, Islington. According to the original caption, she goes to evening classes and is a member of a London girls' club called the 'Copenhagen Recreation Club'. Many other girls can be seen in the background, waiting their turn at the desk. Various posters are also visible around the room, encouraging people to join up to serve in the forces.
The UK Ministry of Information was established in 1939, at the outbreak of World War II. It was responsible for coordinating and controlling all government information and propaganda, both within the UK and abroad. The Ministry of Information was created to help the government communicate with the public and to ensure that important information was disseminated effectively. It was also responsible for managing the media and censoring certain types of information that might be harmful to morale or national security. The Ministry of Information played a crucial role in shaping public opinion during the war, and it worked closely with other government departments to develop and implement a range of propaganda campaigns. The Ministry of Information was dissolved in 1946, following the end of World War II.
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