Single men! Will you march too or wait till March 2 / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Mdx. – Historic Print
![Single men! Will you march too or wait till March 2 / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Mdx., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/98/987d0ae196dc-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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Single men! Will you march too or wait till March 2 / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Mdx.
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This poster addresses unmarried men directly, asking whether they will enlist now or wait to be called up. Issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in 1915, it is a text-only color lithograph, numbered 157 in the committee's series, printed by David Allen & Sons of Harrow, a firm that produced many of Britain's wartime posters. Britain was still relying on volunteers at this stage, and mounting pressure on single men foreshadowed the conscription that followed in 1916. With no pictures to lean on, the poster's force rests entirely on its wording.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 15 x 76 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Poster no. 157. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,180 × 4,159 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1645_Single_men_Will_you_mar_1915 |
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