Dads on the line busy fighting. What are you doing for those he left behind. Subscribe now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund – Vintage Print
(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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A window into the past: Dads on the line busy fighting. What are you doing for those he left behind. Subscribe now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Dads on the line busy fighting. What are you doing for those he left behind. Subscribe now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund
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Rather than showing a soldier or a battlefield, this 1915 Canadian poster relies entirely on its words, which ask the reader directly what they are doing for the families "those he left behind." The appeal urges readers to subscribe to the Canadian Patriotic Fund, a private charity founded in 1914 to support the wives, children and parents of men who had enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Campaigns like this one reflected how the war was being fought on the home front as well, through donations that kept soldiers' households afloat while their breadwinners were overseas.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 69 x 50 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. No. 5. Poster is text only. · Canada Food Board funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Canada. War bonds & funds--Canada--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 5,079 × 6,305 px · prints to 17 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1303_Dads_on_the_line_busy_f_1915 |
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