Food: One weapon Australia is pledged to supply

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number ARTV02498
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 63 x 49.9 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description offset lithograph on paper
Place made Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Date made 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Australian Second World War poster. The poster reads 'FOOD / One Weapon Australia is pledged to supply'. The title Food takes up the majority of the poster and is almost three dimensional in appearance. During the Second World War Britain experienced an acute shortage of food. Australia, an ally of Britain, pledged to supply the allies.

This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.