The Irishmen in the trenches are calling for you. Ask yourself squarely whether you are justified in turning a deaf ear to them / Alex. Thom & Co. Ltd., Abbey Street, Dublin. – Vintage Photo Print
![The Irishmen in the trenches are calling for you. Ask yourself squarely whether you are justified in turning a deaf ear to them / Alex. Thom & Co. Ltd., Abbey Street, Dublin., [S.l. : s.n., 1916] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3e/3e8285be96d7-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: The Irishmen in the trenches are calling for you. Ask yourself squarely whether you are justified in turning a deaf ear to them / Alex. Thom & Co. Ltd., Abbey Street, Dublin., 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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The Irishmen in the trenches are calling for you. Ask yourself squarely whether you are justified in turning a deaf ear to them / Alex. Thom & Co. Ltd., Abbey Street, Dublin.
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Ask yourself squarely whether you are justified in turning a deaf ear to them" is the question this lithograph puts to its reader, with no illustration to soften it. Printed in color by Alex. Thom & Co. of Abbey Street in Dublin, the text alone carries the appeal. Recruiting in Ireland during the war leaned heavily on loyalty and comradeship, especially after John Redmond's 1914 call for volunteers to serve. The record dates the sheet to 1916, a year of heavy Irish losses at the Somme, which gave such appeals particular urgency.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1916] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters Irish 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. Poster is text only. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Ireland--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,025 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1448_The_Irishmen_in_the_tre_1916 |
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