Mothers wives and sweethearts expect you to protect them. You may do so with the 73rd Royal Highlanders of Canada – 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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Mothers wives and sweethearts expect you to protect them. You may do so with the 73rd Royal Highlanders of Canada comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Mothers wives and sweethearts expect you to protect them. You may do so with the 73rd Royal Highlanders of Canada
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Under the banner line "Mothers, wives and sweethearts expect you to protect them," this 1914 lithograph recruits for the 73rd Royal Highlanders of Canada, a Highland battalion that drew on Scottish communities in Canada. After Britain declared war in August 1914, Canada raised the Canadian Expeditionary Force through local units like this one, and posters such as this one appealed to family loyalty and a sense of duty. The record also lists a United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation sponsor, a reminder that the print's later reproduction and distribution followed a different path from its original wartime purpose.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 96 x 61 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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,909 × 6,112 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 435_Mothers_wives_and_sweet_1914 |
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