If you cannot put the I into fight you can put the pay into patriotism by giving to the Canadian Patriotic Fund / Howell Lith. Co. Ltd. Hamilton Can. – 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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Step back in time with If you cannot put the I into fight you can put the pay into patriotism by giving to the Canadian Patriotic Fund / Howell Lith. Co. Ltd. Hamilton Can., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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If you cannot put the I into fight you can put the pay into patriotism by giving to the Canadian Patriotic Fund / Howell Lith. Co. Ltd. Hamilton Can.
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The title is a piece of wordplay, and the record offers little beyond it, so the picture is best read through its phrasing. Its riddle-like line, which asks readers to imagine "fight" without its "I," points to the playful, pun-driven humor common in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American printed ephemera. Miscellaneous prints from this period often served as novelty cartoons, comic verses, or commercial amusements, and they were made to be passed around and laughed over rather than kept as formal records. Looking at it with that purpose in mind helps explain why a short phrase like this could carry a whole image.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 107 x 71 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Canada. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Canada. War bonds & funds--Canada--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 5,079 × 6,305 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1440_If_you_cannot_put_the_I_1915 |
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