Our Dumb Friends League. A society for the encouragement of kindness to animals. Blue Cross fund for wounded horses at the front – Vintage Print
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Our Dumb Friends League. A society for the encouragement of kindness to animals. Blue Cross fund for wounded horses at the front in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Our Dumb Friends League. A society for the encouragement of kindness to animals. Blue Cross fund for wounded horses at the front
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Few posters of the First World War asked for money on behalf of horses, but this 1915 color lithograph does exactly that, appealing for donations to a Blue Cross fund for wounded horses at the front. Its text names the Our Dumb Friends League, a London society for kindness to animals, and directs gifts to its secretary, Arthur J. Coke, at an address on Victoria Street. Britain's armies depended on horses to haul supplies, guns, and ambulances across the Western Front, and the animals suffered terribly in the mud and shellfire. The poster shows how animal charities took up the war effort alongside human relief work.
| Created / published | 1915 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. Donations immediately to - Arthur J. Coke Secretary 58 Victoria Street London S.W. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Animals--Great Britain. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. Animal welfare organizations--England--1910-1920. Horses--England--1910-1920. War bonds & funds--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,025 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 182_Our_Dumb_Friends_League_1915 |
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