University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival Items
Classification
Archival, Images
Archival, Military
Accession Number
002050383
Description
Faded paper poster made on a mimeograph or duplicating machine with purple ink depicting two men in uniform, one reading a newspaper, smoking a cigarette and the other shoveling sand into a tripod holding a canvas sand bag and dripping sweat.
Faded paper poster made on a mimeograph or duplicating machine with purple ink depicting two men in uniform, one reading a newspaper, smoking a cigarette and the other shoveling sand into a tripod holding a canvas sand bag and dripping sweat.
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine.
Dates
1940
1960
Date Remarks
Date mimeograph machine common in offices
Inscriptions
"THE ONE MAN SANDBAG // FILLER // B-----Y FINE // INVENTION // WEST OUT RE // EYE OPENER // B----Y ROTTONE // INVNETION // one thrid of the British Army is at present Filling sand bags - one sixth are // holding and one sixth are filling the bags // QEC"