Help win the war on the kitchen front

Place Europe: United Kingdom
Accession Number ARTV02888
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 38 x 25.3 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description offset lithograph on paper
Maker Unknown
H.M. Stationery Office
J Weiner 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 cautioning against the waste of food. With chronic food shortages in Britain during the Second World War, two issues faced the Government, food waste and the maintenance of a healthy population and labour force. This poster addresses the issue of food waste, depicting a woman shopping at a grocery barrow.

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