The war of munitions. How Great Britain has mobilised her industries / G.K. – Vintage Wall Art
![The war of munitions. How Great Britain has mobilised her industries / G.K., [S.l. : s.n., 1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/19/195ad72d3403-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This vintage poster of The war of munitions. How Great Britain has mobilised her industries / G.K. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Titled *The War of Munitions*, this color lithograph turns attention from the battlefield to the factories that supplied it. The message reflects a lesson Britain learned painfully in 1915, when shell shortages at the front led to the creation of a Ministry of Munitions and a rapid expansion of arms production at home. Dated 1917, the poster presents industry as a national effort, one that relied heavily on women, who took up work in munitions plants in large numbers. Its bold color printing is typical of the wartime posters that circulated in Britain during these years.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 42 x 53 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. Ordnance industry--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,007 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1732_The_war_of_munitions_Ho_1917 |
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