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Fill the Ships and We Shall Fill the Shops

SURF-VAM20K-02474·Poster·ca.1945·United Kingdom; London

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Alt text: Fill the Ships and We Shall Fill the Shops. Poster, ca.1945, United Kingdom; London, Sherborne. — from catalogue fields, for readers and machines; not an interpretive caption.

03Catalogue metadata

Designer / studioSherborne

Dateca.1945

Year1945

PlaceUnited Kingdom; London

Object typePoster

ThemeModern typography and layout

MovementNot recorded

05Source · Citation · Provenance

Source

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Source institution: V&A Collections API
Original record: Fill the Ships and We Shall Fill the Shops Open
Access: Captured 2026-07-29 · frozen snapshot at acquisition

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Modern Graphic Design Archive. “Fill the Ships and We Shall Fill the Shops”, Sherborne, ca.1945. United Kingdom; London. Poster. Record SURF-VAM20K-02474. https://mgdarchive.com/surfaces/SURF-VAM20K-02474

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Provenance

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Record status: Public record
Release: v49 — current public release (sealed)
Source verification: Verified source
Last verified: 2026, with the v49 freeze

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