Make-do and mend

Place Europe: United Kingdom
Accession Number ARTV01404
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 76.2 x 51 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description Offset lithograph on paper
Maker Unknown
Board of Trade
Fosh & Cross Ltd.
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made c. 1939-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

British Second World War poster advertising 'make-do and mend'. During the Second World War Britain experienced a shortage of clothes and materials, largely due to the problems the Merchant Navy were suffering in the North Atlantic and the Channel from German U-Boats. The 'make-do and mend' campaign encouraged people to reuse, repair and restore their clothes and household goods.

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