Canadiens-Franccedilais enrolez-vous! ... Reformez les reacutegiments de voltigeurs de Salaberry / A.H. Hider. – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Canadiens-Franccedilais enrolez-vous! ... Reformez les reacutegiments de voltigeurs de Salaberry / A.H. Hider.
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This color lithograph calls on French-speaking Canadians to enlist and to re-form the Voltigeurs de Salaberry, a regiment named for Charles-Michel de Salaberry, the French-Canadian officer who led the defense at the Battle of Châteauguay in 1813 during the War of 1812. The poster's title is in French and invokes that earlier victory, so the appeal rests on regional pride and heritage as much as on duty. Its design was credited to A.H. Hider. Recruiting in Quebec lagged behind the rest of Canada during the First World War, and posters like this one tried to connect the war effort with the memory of a French-Canadian military tradition.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 103 x 68 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · Garciacutea Ramis Gerardo 1956- artist. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Canada. Ethnic groups--Canada--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 5,519 × 6,844 px · prints to 18 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 814_CanadiensFranccedilais_1915 |
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