EPHEMERA : POSTERS

Object Name: Political Poster
Maker: Workers Research Unit (Primary maker)
Date Made: c.1985
c.1985
Place Made: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast
Description: Poster issued by the Workers Party, printed white on black showing sugeons operating on a banknote, 'Medicine fro HEalth Not wealth, Oppose the Belfast Private Hospital.' The poster highlights the issue of a potential private hospital opening in Belfast. The Workers’ Research Unit was established in 1979 as a part of the Workers’ Resource Unit which operated in west Belfast. The Unit aimed to provide information on the effects of the economic recession.
Materials: paper
Place Collected
Catalogue Number: BELUM.Zg10198
Copyright: National Museums NI

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