b'1591100 11011103HAROLD EMANUEL FREEDMAN (1915-1999),Men of Service,Victorian Railways Poster, No. 252,Colour lithograph, 1947,63 x 100cm.The summary poster with explanation. Not present in the NLA Collection and the only example seen by us.Soon after the end of the Second World War, Harold Freedman was commissioned by the Victorian Railways to create a series of posters to highlight the contribution of its staff, who had kept the railways operational during wartime. The series depicts male and female civilian railway workers in heroic three quarter length portraits doing their jobs. The series bears a striking resemblance to a 1944 series created by Eric Kennington for London Transport (LT) during the Second World War. TitledSeeing it through, that series combined portraits of male and female LT workers with text by poet A.P. Herbert to celebrate LTs contribution to the war effort.$1,0001,250 1104Two vintage Australia Post framed posters, circa 1950s,34 x 46cm and 44 x 33.5cm (2)$400600 1102'