Do your bit on the Food Front Accession Number: ARTV02452

Description

Australian Second World War poster depicting a woman wearing a headscarf, overalls and gloves. She poses smiling while she rests her right foot on a pitch fork. The poster declares 'Do your bit on the food front/ grow your own Vegetables for Victory'. Produced during the war, the poster's intention was to encourage savings and thrift, encouraging people at home in Australia to grow their own fruit and vegetables in an effort to reduce the source supply from growers and transport from interstate or overseas.

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Accession Number
ARTV02452
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
Department of Commerce and Agriculture
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: photolithograph in blue and black ink on paper
Measurement
Sheet: 76 cm x 50.8 cm
Medium
photolithograph in blue and black ink on paper
Date Made
1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
transferred from Private Records collection 1979
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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