Can I afford to pay for freedom. Belgium must afford to pay for slavery. Canadians can and must provide for families of those men who are saving us from Belgiums fate. Subscribe now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund – Historic 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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Step back in time with Can I afford to pay for freedom. Belgium must afford to pay for slavery. Canadians can and must provide for families of those men who are saving us from Belgiums fate. Subscribe now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Can I afford to pay for freedom. Belgium must afford to pay for slavery. Canadians can and must provide for families of those men who are saving us from Belgiums fate. Subscribe now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund
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Printed entirely in text, this 1915 lithograph poses a single question, "Can I afford to pay for freedom?", and answers it by setting Canada's position against Belgium's, which German forces had occupied since 1914 and which wartime propaganda held up as a symbol of lost liberty. Its call to subscribe to the Canadian Patriotic Fund refers to a scheme begun in August 1914 to support the families of men serving overseas, and it relied on public subscription rather than government funds. The poster turns that charity into a civic duty, asking those at home to contribute to the war effort as directly as the soldiers did.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 69 x 50 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. No. 1. Poster is text only. · American Library Association funder/sponsor. |
| 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 | 1280_Can_I_afford_to_pay_for_1915 |
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