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100,000 new friends for Potato Pete

1 Jan 1943

This advertisement will appear in the Fruit and Vegetable Trade Papers on January 2nd, 1943 100,000 NEW FRIENDS FOR POTATO PETE Here are a few of the visitors to POTATO PETE'S FAIR, the Ministry of Food's own "Potato Window Display" in Oxford Street, London. London retailers are now exchanging for extra potatoes the green "Potato Stamps" bought by visitors to the Fair. These stamps can be cashed by retailers as described below. Now what about YOUR window display? Are you playing your part in this great new drive to sell potatoes instead of bread and relieve the calls upon urgently needed shipping? The Potato Publicity Bureau offers cash prizes each week for photographs of potato window displays.
Collection ID
HATOM
Document Reference
HATOM/9/22
Document Types
Ephemera
File Reference
HATOM/9
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.hatom.000009.022
Keywords
Bread Civil Consumption Coupons Potatoes Publicity Retail Vegetables
Language
English
Locations Discussed
London
Pages
1
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
History of Advertising Trust: O&M wartime book no 9
Themes
Rationing Supply Retail Consumer Goods