Picture No | 10699396 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | Patriotic slogan on a London Zoo tortoise, WW1 |
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A tortoise, Methuselah, at London Zoo using his shell to advertise the need for more shells (of a different kind), during the First World War. The full message reads,'We can't do without our shells; but they will serve to remind you that there are others - which your country needs.'
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Source | Photograph by Central News in The Sketch, 7 July 1915 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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