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Saucepans or steel helmets. Everybody knows that our normal peacetime standards of living must be cut during a war. Everybody knows that ships must carry war needs; that material and labour must all work for the war effort. But does everybody realise that while a shortage of supplies means inconvenience to the buyer, it must mean hardship to the seller? All honour then to the great mass of traders who accept the new conditions with good grace. Issued by the Board of Trade

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Title: Saucepans or steel helmets. Everybody knows that our normal peacetime standards of living must be cut during a war. Everybody knows that ships must carry war needs; that material and labour must all work for the war effort. But does everybody realise that while a shortage of supplies means inconvenience to the buyer, it must mean hardship to the seller? All honour then to the great mass of traders who accept the new conditions with good grace. Issued by the Board of Trade
Creator: Great Britain. Board of Trade
Date Created and/or Issued: 1941
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution
Collection: Hoover Institution Digital Collections
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Type: image
Identifier: XX343.23023
Relation: Poster collection

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