Your pal in the trenches is waiting to shake hands with you / James Walker (Dublin) Ltd. – Historic Reproduction
![Your pal in the trenches is waiting to shake hands with you / James Walker (Dublin) Ltd., [S.l. : s.n., 1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/42/426b424057d8-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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This rare vintage poster captures Your pal in the trenches is waiting to shake hands with you / James Walker (Dublin) Ltd. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Your pal in the trenches is waiting to shake hands with you / James Walker (Dublin) Ltd.
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A handshake is the whole argument of this poster: a soldier already at the front reaches out to the civilian who has not yet enlisted. The caption, "Your pal in the trenches is waiting to shake hands with you," frames recruitment as friendship and loyalty rather than duty. Dublin printer James Walker produced it in 1915, when Britain still depended on volunteers and recruiters in Ireland were working to fill new units such as the 10th (Irish) Division. The poster shows the personal pressure placed on Irish men to join up as casualties were mounting.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 74 x 25 cm. |
| Genre | War posters Irish 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. 30,000-H.M.S.O. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Ireland--1910-1920. Hands--1910-1920. Shaking hands--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,027 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1081_Your_pal_in_the_trenche_1915 |
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