I Need Bones for Explosives: Put Out Your Bones Salvage Accession Number: ARTV03396

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During the Second World War, to lighten the pressures of production for civil resources and thus allow greater resources to be pulled into war-related production, most governments around the world put great emphasis on the need to recycle and reuse. This particular poster highlights one such use for recycled products: using old bones in the production of explosives.

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Accession Number
ARTV03396
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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