Object details

Category
Souvenirs and ephemera
Related period
Second World War (content)
Creator
BOARD OF TRADE (Author)
MAKE DO AND MEND LEAFLET; NO. 4 (Author)
Production date
1940
Place made
N.p.
Dimensions

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

Catalogue number
LBY K. 87 / 312-2

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