Remember Scarborough! [...] Enlist now! / Harrison & Sons, Printers, St. Martin's Lane, W.C. – Vintage Print
![Remember Scarborough! [...] Enlist now! / Harrison & Sons, Printers, St. Martin's Lane, W.C., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9e/9ec472ecbc53-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: Remember Scarborough! [...] Enlist now! / Harrison & Sons, Printers, St. Martin's Lane, W.C., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Remember Scarborough! [...] Enlist now! / Harrison & Sons, Printers, St. Martin's Lane, W.C.
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The phrase "Remember Scarborough" refers to the German naval bombardment of the English seaside town on 16 December 1914, when warships shelled the coast and killed civilians. It was one of the first attacks on the British mainland in the war, and the raid was quickly turned into a rallying cry for recruiting and home-front morale. Posters and cards using the slogan urged men to enlist and kept the raid's memory alive through 1915. The short, direct wording was meant to do the persuading, with little need for illustration.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Intervening text: The Germans who brag of their culture" have shown what it is made of by murdering defenceless women and children at Scarborough. But this only strengthens Great Britain's resolve to crush the German barbarians. Germans bombarded Scarborough on 16 December |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,988 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224100 |
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