If you cannot join the army - Try & get a recruit / Haycock-Cadle Co., Camberwell. – Historic Print
![If you cannot join the army - Try & get a recruit / Haycock-Cadle Co., Camberwell., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/82/824b6c227e23-L.webp)
(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: If you cannot join the army - Try & get a recruit / Haycock-Cadle Co., Camberwell., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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If you cannot join the army - Try & get a recruit / Haycock-Cadle Co., Camberwell.
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Nothing on this color lithograph but its lettering: it tells men who cannot enlist to bring in someone who can. The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in London issued it in 1915, when Britain still relied on voluntary enlistment and the government was looking for new ways to fill the ranks. It was printed by the Haycock-Cadle Company of Camberwell, and its plain, bold type was built to be read quickly on a hoarding or shop window. The appeal put responsibility on every reader, asking ordinary people to act as recruiters.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 74 x 48 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Poster no. 32. W. 345/402 10m. 4 15. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,007 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1439_If_you_cannot_join_the_1915 |
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