500 men wanted for the 237th Overseas Battalion C.E.F. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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500 men wanted for the 237th Overseas Battalion C.E.F. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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500 men wanted for the 237th Overseas Battalion C.E.F.
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This recruiting poster asks for a specific number of men, 500, for the 237th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. After Britain declared war in August 1914, Canada raised its forces through volunteer battalions, each recruited for a particular unit and then sent overseas, so posters like this one called on men to join a named battalion. The record also lists the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation as sponsor, an unexpected name on a Canadian call to arms that is worth noticing when studying the poster's origins.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : photolithograph ; 105 x 63 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 | 4,942 × 6,134 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 418_500_men_wanted_for_the_1914 |
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