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title: 'Domestic Front: Make-Do and Mend (Household & Clothes Economy Exhibition)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-domestic-front-make-do-and-mend-exhibition-1939/
description: Two cheerful walking figures built from saucepans, a spoon, a sieve, a thimble, cotton reels and a ball of wool carry a sign reading 'Mend and make-do
section: Collection
---

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[![Domestic Front: Make-Do and Mend, 1939 UK poster: Two cheerful walking figures built from saucepans, a spoon, a sieve](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-domestic-front-make-do-and-mend-exhibition-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-domestic-front-make-do-and-mend-exhibition-1939.jpg)

# Domestic Front: Make-Do and Mend (Household & Clothes Economy Exhibition)

Two cheerful walking figures built from saucepans, a spoon, a sieve, a thimble, cotton reels and a ball of wool carry a sign reading 'Mend and make-do to save buying new'. The household objects themselves play ordinary people, the plain-folks tell, and the blank box below is left for local exhibition details.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
DOMESTIC FRONT

MAKE-DO AND MEND

MEND AND
MAKE-DO
TO SAVE
BUYING NEW

HOUSEHOLD & CLOTHES ECONOMY
EXHIBITION

PRODUCED FOR THE BOARD OF TRADE BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION
PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY MULTI MACHINE PLATES LTD. LONDON E.C.4. 51-3685
```

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