The thin khaki line keeps the fate of Belgium from your hearth and home. Get into khaki now! – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of The thin khaki line keeps the fate of Belgium from your hearth and home. Get into khaki now!. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Its slogan frames enlistment as a defense of Belgium: "The thin khaki line keeps the fate of Belgium from your hearth and home." That line reflects the shock of August 1914, when Germany's invasion of neutral Belgium drew Britain into the war and pushed Canadians toward recruitment. Canada raised its Canadian Expeditionary Force that year, and the first contingent sailed for Britain in October. The poster's appeal to "get into khaki now" points to the drab service uniform that new recruits were being issued as the army expanded.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 53 x 70 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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 6,123 × 4,897 px · prints to 20 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 438_The_thin_khaki_line_kee_1914 |
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