Britishers, you're needed--Come across now / Lloyd Myers. – Vintage Print
![Britishers, you're needed--Come across now / Lloyd Myers., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4b/4b993c2fa968-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Britishers, you're needed--Come across now / Lloyd Myers.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Britishers, you're needed--Come across now / Lloyd Myers.
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Few posters on this board speak so directly to one audience. This lithograph targets Britons living in the United States, urging them to "come across" and enlist. It was issued by the British and Canadian Recruiting Mission, which worked in American cities during the war to reach the many men born in Britain and Canada who had settled abroad. The handshake at its center was a common wartime device, suggesting a personal appeal and comradeship. The poster shows how overseas recruiting framed national duty for emigrants far from home.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 104 x 71 cm. |
| Genre | War posters 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | British and Canadian Recruiting Mission; Albert Frank & Co. N.Y. agents. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--British--United States. Shaking hands--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,580 × 4,443 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1072_Britishers_youre_needed_1917 |
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