Why dont they come? ... join the 148th Battalion – Historic Reproduction
(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 Why dont they come? ... join the 148th Battalion in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Why dont they come? ... join the 148th Battalion
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Its headline, "Why don't they come?", poses a pointed question and puts social pressure on men who had not yet enlisted. Dated 1914, the year Canada entered the First World War, the sheet urges viewers to join the 148th Battalion, one of the many units raised to expand the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the conflict. Recruiting posters of this kind leaned on shame, duty and comradeship more than on details about service, which makes this one a useful example of how the war effort tried to fill its ranks. The catalog record also lists a United States Shipping Board sponsor, an unusual credit worth weighing when considering where the poster came from.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : offset lithograph color ; 105 x 70 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation sponsor. |
| Subjects | Canada. Canadian Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Canada. Soldiers--Canadian--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,919 × 6,128 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 440_Why_dont_they_come_joi_1914 |
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