What have you done for Ireland? / Alex. Thom & Co., Ltd., Dublin. – Historic Print
![What have you done for Ireland? / Alex. Thom & Co., Ltd., Dublin., [S.l. : s.n., 1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/72/7276125700f6-L.webp)
(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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What have you done for Ireland? / Alex. Thom & Co., Ltd., Dublin. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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What have you done for Ireland? / Alex. Thom & Co., Ltd., Dublin.
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Unlike many First World War recruiting posters, this one has no illustration, only a poem under the blunt title "What have you done for Ireland?" Printed in Dublin by Alex. Thom & Co. in 1915, it asks Irish men to answer that question by enlisting. The year fell in a period of active recruiting in Ireland, when appeals appealed to local loyalty and national pride as well as to the wider British war effort. Thom's was one of the largest printing firms in the city, so the poster also reflects the commercial printing trade of wartime Dublin.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters Irish 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. Poster is text only, with poem encouraging enlistment. (3336.) Wt.P.621 - .5000.3/15. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Ireland--1910-1920. Poetry--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,025 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1744_What_have_you_done_for_1915 |
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