Title: Canada and Newfoundland - Their Natural and Industrial Resources Title Vads Collection: Imperial War Museum: Posters of Conflict - The Visual Culture of Public Information and Counter Information

Concept: empire / commonwealth, civilian morale, cartography, industry, agriculture / food, munitions / manufacture, emblems Description: whole: the image occupies the majority. The title is separate and positioned in the upper centre, in black, held within a green scroll design. The main text is se...

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Main Author: Artist: Gill, MacDonald Printer: A C Ltd
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1942
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Online Access:http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=51482
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Summary:Concept: empire / commonwealth, civilian morale, cartography, industry, agriculture / food, munitions / manufacture, emblems Description: whole: the image occupies the majority. The title is separate and positioned in the upper centre, in black, held within a green scroll design. The main text is separate and placed in the lower left, in black, held within a circular inset, and in white and in black, held within a white rectangular inset. Further text is integrated and located over the whole, in black and in white. The Canadian coat of arms is positioned in the upper right. image: a map of Canada and Newfoundland, with important areas of industry, agriculture, mining and manufacturing illustrated with small drawings. A key to the images is positioned in the lower left. text: CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND Their Natural and Industrial Resources A MARI USQUE AD MARE [Translation: 'From sea to sea'] [map has various place names] All the enormous material resources of Canada and Newfoundland have been pledged, voluntarily and wholeheartedly for the battle against the Axis. From fields, factories and forests, from mines and mills and foundries, flows an ever-growing stream of metal, munitions, arms and food. Canada's great rivers supply the inexhaustible power that turns the lathes and speeds the work. Canada's sons fight side by side with their British kin on battlefields throughout the world. KEY TO SYMBOLS IRON STEEL LEAD ZINC PYRITES PLATINUM METALS SODIUM SULPHATE MICA NICKEL NICKEL REFINING MOLYBDENUM SILVER GOLD COPPER COPPER REFINING ALUMINIUM REFINING TELLURIUM TITANIUM KAOLIN MAGNESITE FELDSPAR GYPSUM CHROMITE DIATOMITE RADIUM COAL ANTIMONY COBALT ASBESTOS AIRCRAFT FLOUR AND SEED MILLING PULP AND PAPER RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY SHIP BUILDING ELECTRICAL APPARATUS TEXTILES MACHINERY SLAUGHTERING AND MEAT PACKING AUTOMOBILES MacDonald Gill 1942 Printed in England by A.C. Ltd. 51/2324 Object: map, coat of arms