Go easy with bread eat potatoes instead Accession Number: ARTV01558

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British Second World War poster advertising potatoes as a substitute for bread. The top half of the poster is dominated by an image of a dish of potatoes on a bread board with a bread knife, the title appears below. During the Second World War, Britain experienced chronic food shortages due to interruption of trade routes in the North Atlantic by German U-Boats. The British Government's solution was to promote home-grown vegetables, such as potatoes and spinach, as substitutes for imported foods.

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Accession Number
ARTV01558
Printer
Stafford & Co. Ltd.
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 76.3 mm x 50.7 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
c.1939-1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Transferred from the AWM Research Centre 1979
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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