Patriotic poster, Buy British, Merrie England once again!
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Buy British, Merrie England once again! Buy British and put a smile back into British trade. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis, reinforced by a speech by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), promoting the importance of buying from British farms and factories to reduce unemployment and boost the national economy, with the second choice being to buy from the British Empire
Picture No
12094752
Media ID
47666901
Size
2563px x 3848px
(1.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/Onslow Auctions Limited
Source
Poster design by Fred Bennett (b.1890), part of a set published by William Brown & Co Ltd, London, in the Onslow Auctions Collection
Date
1931
