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Description: | Concept: make do and mend, costume / fashion, civilian effort, children, women / womens work, emblems Description: whole: five separate images are located in the lower three-quarters. The title is separate and positioned in the upper quarter, in red. The text is partially integrated and placed in the upper centre, in black, and in the lower three-quarters, in white, held within red insets. The Board of Trade emblem is placed in the upper right. All set against a white background and held within a red border. image: a three-quarter length depiction of a young boy, seen from behind. He holds a ball under his arm, and wears clothes that have patches on the elbows and trouser seat. Surrounding him are four further images which illustrate ways to strengthen clothing: a sock with a reinforced heel and toe; a circular patch of cloth sewed behind a button; a blouse with extra stitching added; the hands of a woman who is knitting a sock. text: ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE BOARD OF TRADE REINFORCE CHILDREN'S CLOTHES They will last twice as long REINFORCE SOCK HEELS AND TOES REINFORCE INSIDE ELBOWS OR PATCH OUTSIDE AND BIND CUFFS DOUBLE-SEAT TROUSERS REINFORCE MATERIAL BEHIND BUTTONS WITH CIRCULAR PATCH STRENGTHEN BLOUSE BACK AND UNDER ARM KNIT EXTRA COTTON THREAD INTO HEELS AND TOES OF HAND-KNITTED SOCKS Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by H. Manly and Son Ltd. London. N.22. 51-3845. B.O.T. 1009 Object: sock, button, blouse, knitting needle, jacket, shorts, cotton reel | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Printer: H Manly and Son Ltd, London N22 Publisher/Sponsor: HMSO; Board of Trade | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=2827... | Go to resource |
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