Someone forgot that food costs lives

Printer James Howitt & Son Limited British

Publisher H. M. Stationery Office British

ca. 1940–45

Not on view

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Title: Someone forgot that food costs lives
Printer: James Howitt & Son Limited (British, 1837–1999)
Publisher: H. M. Stationery Office
Date: ca. 1940–45
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 29 15/16 in. × 20 in. (76 × 50.8 cm)
Classification: Posters
Credit Line: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Object Number: Ref.BritishWWIIPoster.9
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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