If you cannot fight, lend your money. f1 for 15/6. Go to the post office to-day / printed by David Allen & Sons Ltd., Harrow, Mdx. – Vintage Print
![If you cannot fight, lend your money. f1 for 15/6. Go to the post office to-day / printed by David Allen & Sons Ltd., Harrow, Mdx., London : National Organising Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/72/72cc015fd611-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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This vintage poster of If you cannot fight, lend your money. f1 for 15/6. Go to the post office to-day / printed by David Allen & Sons Ltd., Harrow, Mdx. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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If you cannot fight, lend your money. f1 for 15/6. Go to the post office to-day / printed by David Allen & Sons Ltd., Harrow, Mdx.
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Unlike the illustrated recruiting posters that dominate many collections, this one is pure text. It asks the public to lend £1 for 15s 6d and tells readers to go to the post office that day. The offer reflects Britain's need to finance a war that was costing far more than taxation alone could cover, so the government and its allies turned to ordinary people, with loans and savings schemes meant to draw small investors as well as wealthy ones. The poster was issued by the National Organising Committee and printed in color by David Allen & Sons of Harrow, one of the country's leading poster printers during the war.
| Created / published | London : National Organising Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only, explaining the war loan. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,012 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1438_If_you_cannot_fight_len_1915 |
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