Savings are like the best books Accession Number: ARTV02431

Description

British Second World War poster issued by the National Savings Committee, London, encouraging savings. During the Second World War, the Government endorsed and advocated war savings as a device to stimulate economic growth and investment in the war.

This poster uses the analogy of good books to advertise investment. At the top of the poster is an image of a shelf of classic books including; Peter Pan; Tom Sawyer; the Holy Bible and The Jungle Book. Underneath this image is the title and in the foreground bottom centre is a National Savings Stamp Book which looks to have fallen off the shelf.

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Accession Number
ARTV02431
Printer
James Hawthorn & Brother Ltd
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 37 x 24.3 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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