What Will Your Answer Be: WWI recruiting poster, Enlist Now – Vintage Poster
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A window into the past: What Will Your Answer Be: WWI recruiting poster, Enlist Now, preserved in this vintage poster. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
What Will Your Answer Be: WWI recruiting poster, Enlist Now
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The question printed on this 1915 recruiting poster, "What Will Your Answer Be?", puts the decision directly to the viewer instead of describing the fighting. Posters of this kind appeared while the war in Europe was still being fought by volunteer armies, and they relied on personal appeals to duty and on the urgency of "Enlist Now." Recruiting material from these years often mixed patriotic language with a sense of immediacy, so the wording alone shows how governments hoped to reach men on city streets. What stands out is how little the poster explains and how much it leaves to the reader's own conscience.
| Created / published | 1915 |
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| Original scan | 5,141 × 4,137 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 881_What_will_your_answer_b_1915 |
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