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Electric heating

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  • A two-bar electric fire with the upper bar crossed out and only the lower bar switched on, to save power. Colour lithograph.
  • An electric fire protected by a guard, in front of which a little girl reads a picture book and a woman does some knitting. Colour process print after Jake and Joyce Jacobs.
  • A two-bar electric fire with the upper bar crossed out and only the lower bar switched on, to save power. Colour lithograph.
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    A two-bar electric fire with the upper bar crossed out and only the lower bar switched on, to save power. Colour lithograph.

    | Reference: 38539i
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    An electric fire protected by a guard, in front of which a little girl reads a picture book and a woman does some knitting. Colour process print after Jake and Joyce Jacobs.

    Jacobs, Jake, active 1940. | Date: [between 1940 and 1949?] | Reference: 38537i
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