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On the Air Ministry roof everybody's a fruit and nut case

Poster
c.1965 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Young & Rubicam (producer)
Badham, Terry (designer)
Wilson, Bob (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'On the Air Ministry roof everybody’s a fruit and nut case'; Underground train placard advertising Cadbury’s fruit and nut milk chocolate bars; Colour offset lithograph.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleOn the Air Ministry roof everybody's a fruit and nut case
Materials and techniques
colour offset lithography
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
'On the Air Ministry roof everybody’s a fruit and nut case'; Underground train placard advertising Cadbury’s fruit and nut milk chocolate bars; Colour offset lithograph; Designed by Terry Badham and Bob Wilson; Produced by the advertising agency Young & Rubicam Ltd.; Great Britain; c.1965.
Physical description
'On the Air Ministry roof everybody’s a fruit and nut case'; Underground train placard advertising Cadbury’s fruit and nut milk chocolate bars; Colour offset lithograph.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.8cm
  • Width: 60.5cm
Dimensions taken from: Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'The layers of wrapper over / fruit and nut will disperse. / Soon there will be a break / in the chocolate followed / by heavy showers of nuts / and raisins in all areas. / For the rest of the period, / a settled outlook of steady / munching is forecast.' (Text as part of poster design.)
  • 'On the Air Ministry roof everybody’s a fruit and nut case' (Text as part of poster design.)
Subject depicted
Food Industry (The)
Bibliographic reference
Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other number
2/A7 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.550-1985

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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