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Look before you buy. Boycott the products of apartheid.

Poster
c. 1980 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Offset colour lithograph poster showing a photograph of South African food products including tins of pineapple and pilchards, plus loose fruits and glass drinks bottles. Some of have regular labels but others bear images of dead people, protests, and police brutality. The poster urges the boycotting of produce exported from South Africa under the apartheid regime.

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TitleLook before you buy. Boycott the products of apartheid.
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Brief description
Anti-apartheid poster, 'Look before you buy'. Britain, circa 1970s-1980s.
Physical description
Offset colour lithograph poster showing a photograph of South African food products including tins of pineapple and pilchards, plus loose fruits and glass drinks bottles. Some of have regular labels but others bear images of dead people, protests, and police brutality. The poster urges the boycotting of produce exported from South Africa under the apartheid regime.
Credit line
Given by Martin Bailey
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Collection
Accession number
E.534-2021

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Record createdSeptember 29, 2021
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