Packing for War: Why This Job Is of FRONT LINE Importance... Accession Number: ARTV03232

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British Second World War highlighting the important role that packaging had in the overall war effort. The photographs and accompanying text highlight how packing assists goods in reaching their final destination and the front line importance of this work. This poster likely would have been designed to be hung in a packing factory or to recruit people to the same.

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Accession Number
ARTV03232
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
Ministry of Supply
Printer
Thos Forman and Sons
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 76 cm x 101 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
1939-1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated 1946
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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