Object details

Category
Souvenirs and ephemera
Related period
Second World War (content)
Creator
BOARD OF TRADE (Author)
MAKE DO AND MEND LEAFLET; NO. 3 (Author)
Her Majesty's Stationery Office (Publisher)
Place made
London
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 21cm., Pagination: [4]p. ill.

Catalogue number
LBY K. 74105-3

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