Young men of the Bahamas. ... Enlist to-day / The Gleaner Co., Ltd., Printers, Kingston, Jamaica. – Vintage Wall Art
![Young men of the Bahamas. ... Enlist to-day / The Gleaner Co., Ltd., Printers, Kingston, Jamaica., [S.l. : s.n., 1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3a/3a30bc9ea886-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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A window into the past: Young men of the Bahamas. ... Enlist to-day / The Gleaner Co., Ltd., Printers, Kingston, Jamaica., preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Young men of the Bahamas. ... Enlist to-day / The Gleaner Co., Ltd., Printers, Kingston, Jamaica.
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This text-only poster, headed to the young men of the Bahamas and printed in Kingston, Jamaica, makes its appeal entirely in words. Its printer, The Gleaner Company, was Jamaica's long-established newspaper and printing house, so the poster was likely produced locally rather than sent from Britain. Caribbean colonies sent volunteers to the war, and in 1915 the British West Indies Regiment was raised to serve in the Middle East, Europe and elsewhere. Recruiting notices like this one were part of an effort to draw men from across the empire into that service.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 93 x 62 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Title from item. |
| Subjects | Great Britain.--Army--Recruiting & enlistment--Jamaica--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,031 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224403 |
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