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Collection StructurePoster collection
> We are the shoes of the "old" brigade,/ Not so good as the day we were made./ Wear us to work, we'll make you slow,/ We'll make you ache from top to toe ... [Verso:] These are the fruits of horseplay. Don't distract your mates.
Item Title
We are the shoes of the "old" brigade,/ Not so good as the day we were made./ Wear us to work, we'll make you slow,/ We'll make you ache from top to toe ... [Verso:] These are the fruits of horseplay. Don't distract your mates.
Collection TitlePoster collection
Artist
Golden, Grace
Issuing Body
Great Britain. Ministry of Labour
Printer
Loxley Bros.
Publisher
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
Date Created1939/1945?
Description
Painting of pairs of shoes at machinery. Verso: Painting of artificial limbs and a coffin.
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Country of Origin
Country of OriginGreat Britain
Place PublishedLondon, Great Britain
DimensionsOverall: 30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
FormatPoster
Medium
political posters
Color
color
Hoover IDPoster UK 2184
Record NumberXX343.18442
Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
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