If you cant fight you can pay. Your loyal talk wont beat Germany. Men and money will. Enlist or pay to-day. Subscribe now to the Canadian 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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Step back in time with If you cant fight you can pay. Your loyal talk wont beat Germany. Men and money will. Enlist or pay to-day. Subscribe now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund, a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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If you cant fight you can pay. Your loyal talk wont beat Germany. Men and money will. Enlist or pay to-day. Subscribe now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund
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Few wartime posters argue as bluntly as this one, which tells viewers that loyal talk will not defeat Germany and that men and money will. Issued in 1915, it urges Canadians at home to give to the Canadian Patriotic Fund, a voluntary fund started in 1914 to support the wives, children and other dependents of soldiers serving overseas. With only text and no picture, the poster rests its force on the message, which treats enlisting and paying as two equal ways to serve. Canada's army was still made up of volunteers, so the call to pay reached people who could not or would not enlist.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 69 x 50 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. No. 6. Poster is text only. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Canada. War bonds & funds--Canada--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 5,519 × 6,844 px · prints to 18 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1437_If_you_cant_fight_you_c_1915 |
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