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"Save Britain's Coal Industry" [NMLH.2022.145]

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Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.145

Object Name
Poster

Title
SAVE BRITAIN'S COAL INDUSTRY

Date
1929

Description
A large poster in a mounted paper frame. Text reads: "SAVE BRITAIN'S COAL INDUSTRY" in red text and "VOTE LABOUR" in black text. This poter is from the Labour Party's election campaign in 1929 and depicts a shirtless man with a pickaxe chipping away at coal in a mine. The drawing is done in pencil and reproduced in ink.

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