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The Director of Public Information for National Salvage Office Wanted Scrap Metal To Make

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09654.21 Author/Creator: The Director of Public Information for National Salvage Office Place Written: Ottawa, Canada Type: Poster Date: 1939-1945 Pagination: 1 poster ; 45.8 x 30.4 cm. Order a Copy

One poster entitled, "Wanted Scrap Metal To Make" printed by the director of Public Information for National Salvage Office, dated 1939-1945. Poster features types of scrap metals falling into the title. Under the title are images of tanks, shells, and guns. The poster has a section to write in a telephone number, with a note to get in touch with your local salvage officer. There is the text' "Canada, ODPI," on the back of the poster.

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