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Description: | Concept: empire / commonwealth, civilian personnel, civilian effort, war loans / savings, animals, allegory, landscape, business / trading / markets, women / womens work, costume / fashion Description: whole: the image occupies the majority, set against a white background and held within a narrow black border. The title is integrated and positioned in the centre right, in black. The main text is separate and placed in the lower quarter, also in black, held within a grey inset with a narrow black border. Further text is integrated and located in the upper centre, in black. image: full length depictions of a Ceylonese man and woman standing together in front of a coconut palm. A snake - representing a profiteer - is wrapped around the palm's trunk. The palm's coconuts represent goods that the profiteer wishes to sell. text: [Sinhala text] [Black market Superfluous goods Goods that you can do without Goods that take up a lot of space on board the ship Racketeer [written on the snake] Would you want to climb up this tree and pluck these goods? Why don't you buy savings certificates instead and happily watch your investments grow For more information contact. Commissioner of War Savings, PO Box 541, Colombo]. J.N.A. 22827 - 3,500 (3/43). GOVT. PRESS, COLOMBO. Object: coconut, tree, umbrella, parcel, hat, handbag | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Printer: Ceylon Government Press, Colombo | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5140... | Go to resource |
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