Look out! Keep your eye on the binlins

Place Europe: United Kingdom
Accession Number ARTV01579
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 73.5 cm x 47.8 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description offset lithograph on paper
Maker Ministry of Aircraft Production
H. Manly & Son
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

Ministry of Aircraft Production Second World War poster. It depicts a mythical pig-like creature called a 'binlin' who sabotages production and efficiency in warehouses - the binlin is inconsiderate and causes trouble by messing up the order of paper records, metal parts, and by littering and hoarding. The majority of the poster is a poem about the binlins printed in black on a red background. The binlins appear as a small cartoon characters several times amongst the text. The title is printed in black above and below the text.

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