“Put the lid on Hitler”

Poster with an illustration of Hitler sitting in a garbage bin and a large hand reaching down and closing the lid over him.
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Poster entitled ‘Help put the lid on Hitler by saving our old metal and paper’, 1939-1946, Catalogue ref: INF 3/203

  • Can you explain how words and image are used to persuade people to not waste metal and paper?
  • Look at the poster designed by Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird) used in the salvage campaign, Catalogue ref: INF 13/148
  • What is the message of this poster?
  • Which of these salvage posters is more effective in your opinion?
  • Why were people encouraged to salvage books during the war? Catalogue ref: INF 2/47
  • How could the book campaign be used to help keep up public morale?

Transcript

Help put the lid on Hitler by saving your old metal and paper

Return to Home Front 1939-1945 (part two)