Quick Turnaround

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number ARTV02398
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 38 cm x 22 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description offset lithograph on paper
Maker F N
L.H.Q. Cartographic Coy., Aust. Survey Corps.
Place made Australia
Date made c.1939-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Australian Second World War poster urging people to return the containers quickly so that there is a faster turnaround of the valuable resource for the army. The image and title are integrated. The top half of the poster features a cartoon clown on a unicycle spinning empty petroleum cans. The title appears across the image in a red banner. The lower half of the poster features a stylised graphic of a petroleum can with the rest of the text written in it. (This is an Australian edition of a British poster ARTV09987)

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