[The call, from English labor leaders to Jewish young people ...] / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd. London. – Vintage Wall Art
![[The call, from English labor leaders to Jewish young people ...] / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd. London., London : Joint Labour Recruiting Office, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7c/7cc9e5a18c80-L.webp)
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[The call, from English labor leaders to Jewish young people ...] / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd. London.
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Printed entirely in Yiddish with no pictures, this lithograph speaks to London's Jewish community as a community rather than to the public at large. Its title presents it as a call from English labor leaders to Jewish young people, urging them to support the war effort and enlist. Many of those readers lived in the East End, where families from Eastern Europe had settled over the previous decades and where Yiddish was the everyday language. Issued in 1915 by a joint labor recruiting office, when Britain still relied on volunteers, it shows how recruiters tailored their message to reach men that mainstream appeals might miss.
| Created / published | London : Joint Labour Recruiting Office, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only, in Yiddish, calling for Jewish support of the war effort, including enlistment. Title devised by Library staff. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. World War, 1914-1918--Jews--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,148 × 5,158 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1177_The_call_from_English_l_1915 |
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