Come along, boys! Enlist to-day / W.H. Caffyn ; The Haycock-Cadle Co., London, S.E. – Antique Print
![Come along, boys! Enlist to-day / W.H. Caffyn ; The Haycock-Cadle Co., London, S.E., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9d/9d149f8052f7-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: Come along, boys! Enlist to-day / W.H. Caffyn ; The Haycock-Cadle Co., London, S.E., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Come along, boys! Enlist to-day / W.H. Caffyn ; The Haycock-Cadle Co., London, S.E.
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The caption on this color lithograph, "The moment the order came to go forward," casts the call to enlist as a scene of soldiers at a pause, and the pipe-smoking subject heading adds a homely touch that suggests camaraderie as much as combat. Issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in 1915, it belongs to the wave of British campaigns from the early war years, when voluntary enlistment was still the main way to raise the army. Its friendly address, "Come along, boys!", was typical of posters that tried to make service look like a shared undertaking.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 75 x 50 cm. |
| Notes | Caption: The moment the order came to go forward |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--England--1910-1920. Soldiers--British--1910-1920. Pipes (Smoking)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,018 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224094 |
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