Attention! ... Canadian Grenadier Guards now recruiting – Vintage Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Attention! ... Canadian Grenadier Guards now recruiting. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Attention! ... Canadian Grenadier Guards now recruiting
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Few recruiting posters from 1914 name a single Canadian regiment as directly as this one, which calls on men to join the Canadian Grenadier Guards, a Montreal militia unit. Canada entered the war in August 1914 when Britain's declaration automatically brought the dominion in, and within weeks the country was raising volunteers for what became the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The record also lists the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation as sponsor, an American agency with no obvious link to Canadian enlistment, so that credit is worth verifying when studying the piece.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 107 x 71 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation sponsor. |
| Subjects | Canada. Canadian Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Canada. Soldiers--Canadian--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,919 × 6,157 px · prints to 16 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 421_Attention_Canadian_Gre_1914 |
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