Preacuteparation de la jeunesse franccedilaise au service militaire – 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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Step back in time with Preacuteparation de la jeunesse franccedilaise au service militaire, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Preacuteparation de la jeunesse franccedilaise au service militaire
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Few posters from 1918 speak as directly to France's boys as this color lithograph, whose French title calls for preparing young people for military service. Signed by William Malherbe and dated 1918, it was made while the country was still fighting on the Western Front, when the nation's defense increasingly depended on men too young to enlist. Posters like this one encouraged young men to see physical training and discipline as a civic duty, which makes the image a useful window into how wartime propaganda addressed the youngest generation.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 120 x 79 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Training French youth for military service. Signed: William Malherbe 1918. Woodward Lothrop donor. Promotional goal: Fr. J2. 1918. Item is no. 92 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. ABE · Marqueacutes Reneacute. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Military personnel--French. Boys--France--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,784 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 351_Preacuteparation_de_la_1918 |
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