Someone Forgot That Food Costs Lives Accession Number: ARTV03457

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British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Food advocating frugality. This poster features the image of a plate with the remains of a meal and a stubbed out cigarette on it. Beneath in a red block is the message "Someone forgot that food costs lives." During the war, shortages of food were acute, so the British Government conducted an advertising campaign to alert people to the issue of food wastage. This series of posters link domestic practice with the front line, associating the private with the public war effort.

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Accession Number
ARTV03457
Artist
Unknown
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 76.6 cm x 51 cm
Medium
Offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
c.1939-1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated 1946
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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