Our boys want smokes. For 25 cents we send a dollars worth. Contributions received here for Canadas Tobacco Fund organized by the Over-Seas Club – Vintage 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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Step back in time with Our boys want smokes. For 25 cents we send a dollars worth. Contributions received here for Canadas Tobacco Fund organized by the Over-Seas Club, 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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Our boys want smokes. For 25 cents we send a dollars worth. Contributions received here for Canadas Tobacco Fund organized by the Over-Seas Club
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Few wartime appeals were as blunt about what soldiers wanted as this 1915 lithograph, which asks civilians to pay 25 cents so that a dollar's worth of tobacco can reach Canadian troops overseas. Its caption, "Arf a mo Kaiser!", gives the request a cheeky, soldierly voice and jabs at the German emperor, a stock target of Allied propaganda. Tobacco was a common comfort in the trenches, and funds like this one, gathered through the Over-Seas Club, turned small donations into cigarettes and pipe tobacco for men far from home. The poster shows how home-front campaigns mixed humor with a plea for everyday support.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 45 x 33 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. Caption: Arf a mo Kaiser! · United States. Fuel Administration funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Canada. War bonds & funds--Canada--1910-1920. Soldiers--Canadian--1910-1920. Smoking--Canada--1910-1920. Tobacco habit--Canada--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,561 × 5,703 px · prints to 15 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1584_Our_boys_want_smokes_Fo_1915 |
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