Ministry of Information poster entitled ‘Another great British Salvage campaign’ showing how books could be salvaged, 1942-1945, Catalogue ref: INF 2/47
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Another great British Salvage campaign
70 MILLION BOOKS COLLECTED
50,000,000 books in 11 months
70,000,000 books in 14 months – up to December 1943
Scrutineers sort the books into three categories…
1 Repulping for munitions
2 Restocking blitzed libraries
3 For Services’ reading