Men on the March Pipes Tobacco League / designed by Frank Brangwyn A.R.A. printed by The Avenue Press Ltd. Bouverie St. London England. – Antique Print
(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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A window into the past: Men on the March Pipes Tobacco League / designed by Frank Brangwyn A.R.A. printed by The Avenue Press Ltd. Bouverie St. London England., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Men on the March Pipes Tobacco League / designed by Frank Brangwyn A.R.A. printed by The Avenue Press Ltd. Bouverie St. London England.
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Designed by the painter Frank Brangwyn, an Associate of the Royal Academy, this 1915 London poster asks civilians to fund tobacco for soldiers at the front. Its text gives the terms: a £5 subscription would supply each man in a regiment with an ounce of tobacco, or 5 shillings would provide the same for each man in a company. A quoted Red Cross worker in France testifies to how badly the fighters wanted it. The appeal rests on a small, ordinary comfort, which shows how much wartime fundraising relied on everyday needs as much as on patriotism.
| Created / published | 1915 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 101 x 63 cm. |
| Notes | Text continues: f5 subscribed to the League will provide each man in a regiment at the front with one ounce of tobacco or 5/- will supply each man of a company with a similar quantity. A Red Cross worker in France writes to us: I know now how greatly the fighters need tobacco. Please send a contribution to The Hon. Sec. Golden House Gt. Pulteney St. London E. (Eng.). Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. Soldiers--British--1910-1920. Military life--British--1910-1920. Smoking--1910-1920. Tobacco habit--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,019 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1191_Men_on_the_March_Pipes_1915 |
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