Some women are sending their men. Some men are giving their lives. What are you doing for the cause of freedom? Fight or pay. Subscribe now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund – 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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This rare vintage poster captures Some women are sending their men. Some men are giving their lives. What are you doing for the cause of freedom? Fight or pay. Subscribe now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Some women are sending their men. Some men are giving their lives. What are you doing for the cause of freedom? Fight or pay. Subscribe now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund
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Fight or pay" sets this 1915 color lithograph apart from many wartime appeals, because it presents a donation as a direct alternative to military service. It was issued for the Canadian Patriotic Fund, a charity founded in 1914 to support the wives, children, and other dependents of men who enlisted. Its slogans contrast women sending their men with men giving their lives, then turn the question on the viewer: what are you doing for the cause of freedom? Posters like this were a common tool of wartime fundraising, when voluntary subscriptions helped sustain families while the war asked so much of the men overseas.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 69 x 50 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. No. 2. Poster is text only. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| 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 | 1651_Some_women_are_sending_1915 |
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