Nous defendrons le precieux joyau de la liberte ... aiderons nous a ecraser la tyrannie? – 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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A window into the past: Nous defendrons le precieux joyau de la liberte ... aiderons nous a ecraser la tyrannie?, preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Nous defendrons le precieux joyau de la liberte ... aiderons nous a ecraser la tyrannie?
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Its slogan asks whether the reader will help crush tyranny while defending the precious jewel of liberty, and this copy carries an English version of a French-language appeal, which points to a bilingual audience in Canada. Canada entered the war in August 1914 with Britain's declaration, and volunteer enlistment for the Canadian Expeditionary Force began within weeks. Posters like this one leaned on ideals of freedom and the defeat of an aggressor to turn a distant conflict into a personal duty.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 93 x 62 cm. |
| Notes | English language version: POS - Can .A01 no. 31. 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 | 4,948 × 6,191 px · prints to 16 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 436_Nous_defendrons_le_prec_1914 |
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