Your own hands are best. Take care of them

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Artist/Maker	Ministry of Labour and National Service (publisher) Unknown (designer)
Place of origin	Britain (published)

Colour poster. On the back is an alternative poster.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Your own hands are best. Take care of them (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour process engraving Process Engraving
Brief description	Your own hands are best. Take care of them. Poster issued by the Ministry of Labour and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, 1945. Colour process engraving. Printed on the back is an alternative poster by P.C. Keely.
Physical description	Colour poster. On the back is an alternative poster.
Dimensions	Sheet height: 75.6cm Sheet width: 49.8cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Associated object	E.2697-1962 (Part)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2697A-1962

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Record created	March 31, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1193950/your-own-hands-are-best-poster-unknown/

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