Dads at the front. What are you doing for those he left behind? Subscribe now to the Patriotic Fund – Historic Reproduction
(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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Dads at the front. What are you doing for those he left behind? Subscribe now to the Patriotic Fund comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Dads at the front. What are you doing for those he left behind? Subscribe now to the Patriotic Fund
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Its headline asks the viewer a pointed question: Dad's at the front, so what are you doing for the family he left behind? Printed in Montreal in 1915, the poster urges people to subscribe to the Patriotic Fund, which was set up in 1914 to support the dependents of men who had enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Donations were collected across the country, and posters like this one tied ordinary giving to the sacrifice of soldiers overseas. By focusing on the family at home rather than the battlefield, it shows how the war was presented to civilians as a shared responsibility.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 107 x 70 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · Stenberg Vladimir Avgustovich 1899- artist. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Canada. War bonds & funds--Canada--1910-1920. Families--Canada--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 5,079 × 6,305 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 857_Dads_at_the_front_What_1915 |
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