Description
British Second World War poster advertising spring cabbage as a substitute for fruit. An image of two cabbages surrounds a block of orange on which the title is printed. The message in white lettering appears underneath this arrangement. The Ministry of Food logo is seen at the bottom centre of the poster. During the Second World War, Britain experienced chronic food shortages due to interruption of trade routes in the North Atlantic by German U-Boats. The British Government's solution was to promote home-grown vegetables, such as spinach and potatoes, as substitutes for imported foods.
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Accession Number
ARTV03458
Publisher
Ministry of Food
Printer
St. Michael's Press Ltd.
Measurement
Overall: 76 cm x 49.8 cm
Medium
Offset lithograph on paper
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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