Maintenance and Care of Farm Machinery Accession Number: ARTV03424

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British Second World War poster describing the different ways of correctly maintaining farm machinery. The poster gives information on equipment such as ploughs, mowers, and potato diggers, and how to maintain them daily, during work, after work, and in storage. By adequately maintaining machinery, it meant it would last longer and therefore be less of a drain on essential war resources such as tractor fuel.

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Accession Number
ARTV03424
Artist
Unknown
Printer
H. Manly & Son
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 76 cm x 51 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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