Save Fuel for Battle: Power Eats Fuel Accession Number: ARTV02010

Description

British Second World War poster highlighting the importance of saving energy, thereby saving fuel. The poster identifies that each power, steam and heat require fuel and that fuel should be saved for battle (and implicitly war-related industry).

This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government

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Accession Number
ARTV02010
Artist
Unknown
Printer
Stafford & Co. Ltd.
Publisher
Ministry of Fuel and Power
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 76 x 51 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
c.1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated in 1946
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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