Help to end the war by enlisting ... carry the fight into the enemy's country / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld. Harrow. London. – Vintage Wall Art
![Help to end the war by enlisting ... carry the fight into the enemy's country / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld. Harrow. London., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/10/10b4d83ff3a1-L.webp)
(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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Help to end the war by enlisting ... carry the fight into the enemy's country / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld. Harrow. London. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Help to end the war by enlisting ... carry the fight into the enemy's country / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld. Harrow. London.
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Few posters of the period rely on words alone, and this one, numbered 44 in its series, puts its whole appeal into one line: "carry the fight into the enemy's country." Issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in London and printed in color by David Allen & Sons of Harrow, it probably dates to 1915, when voluntary enlistment was still the main route into the British army. The committee was working to persuade men to join before conscription arrived in 1916. Its message frames enlistment as a way to end the war by taking it abroad rather than waiting for it at home.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 101 x 64 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. Poster no. 44. W. 10403 - 15M. - 1/15. 8-229603. Poster is text only. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,013 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224512 |
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