Church army hut day, Wednesday, April 18. Recreation huts urgently needed on all fronts. f100,000 required. Please buy a flag. Give a donation. Offer your service. A national work / Ernest Hasseldine 1917 ; David Allen & Sons Ld. Harrow.. – Historic Print
![Church army hut day, Wednesday, April 18. Recreation huts urgently needed on all fronts. f100,000 required. Please buy a flag. Give a donation. Offer your service. A national work / Ernest Hasseldine 1917 ; David Allen & Sons Ld. Harrow.., London and Oxford : Church Army Press, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1b/1b6d26d5526a-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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This vintage poster of Church army hut day, Wednesday, April 18. Recreation huts urgently needed on all fronts. f100,000 required. Please buy a flag. Give a donation. Offer your service. A national work / Ernest Hasseldine 1917 ; David Allen & Sons Ld. Harrow.. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Church army hut day, Wednesday, April 18. Recreation huts urgently needed on all fronts. f100,000 required. Please buy a flag. Give a donation. Offer your service. A national work / Ernest Hasseldine 1917 ; David Allen & Sons Ld. Harrow..
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A Church Army hut day on Wednesday, April 18, 1917, is the appeal this poster promotes, asking the public to buy a flag, give a donation, or offer service toward recreation huts "on all fronts." The Church Army, founded in 1882 by Prebendary Wilson Carlile, ran huts and canteens where soldiers could rest, write letters, and get a meal away from the front line. Artist Ernest Hasseldine personified the cause as Britannia, and the stated goal of £100,000 shows how heavily such wartime welfare work depended on civilian donations.
| Created / published | London and Oxford : Church Army Press, [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 50 x 38 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Founder & Hon. Chief Secretary: Prebendary Carlile, D.D., Marble Arch, W.1. Title from item. |
| Subjects | Britannia (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,991 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 363_Church_army_hut_day_Wed_1917 |
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