Catalogue Number
NMLH.2001.20.99
Object Name
Poster
Title
'Lend A Hand On The Land. Help The Potato Harvest At A Farming Camp. Ask For Details Here.'
Place
England, UK
People
Ministry Of Agriculture And Fisheries
Description
A woman in a blue apron and yellow top is laughing while holding a bucket of potatoes. A man and girl are emptying a sack of seed potatoes in the background, in a potato field with a tractor. The poster says 'Lend a Hand on the Land. Help the potato harvest at a farming camp.'
Ministry of Agriculture poster, about 1946. There were significant food shortages following the war. People were encouraged to go to farm camps to help grow more food. Farm camps were the only way that many people were able to take holidays.
