I Need Your Scrap Metal: Put Out Your Scrap Metal for Salvage Accession Number: ARTV03394

Description

British Second World War poster promoting a drive for the donation of scrap metal. The poster depicts a soldier calling out with an open, outstretched hand and in the lower postion highlights all the different war-related uses for scrap metal.

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Accession Number
ARTV03394
Artist
Unknown
Printer
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 51 cm x 76 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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