Why not join the army for the period of the war? You will like it. Your pals will like it. The Kaiser will hate it / Dollard, Dublin. – Vintage Wall Art
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(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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Why not join the army for the period of the war? You will like it. Your pals will like it. The Kaiser will hate it / Dollard, Dublin.
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Printed in color by Dollard in Dublin, this 1916 notice contains no pictures, only text urging men to join up "for the period of the war." It was issued by the Department for Recruiting in Ireland, and it appeared the same year as the Easter Rising, when enlistment was a contested question in Ireland. Its chatty tone, which invokes your pals and mocks the Kaiser, shows how recruiters tried to frame army service as a personal, social choice rather than a grim duty.
| Created / published | [Dublin] : issued by the Department for Recruiting in Ireland, [1916] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters Irish 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. Poster is text only. Wt. 6744. - 4.16. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Ireland--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 | 1755_Why_not_join_the_army_f_1916 |
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