Join the Irish Canadian Rangers Overseas Battalion – Antique Print
(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.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures Join the Irish Canadian Rangers Overseas Battalion in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The poster asks men to join the Irish Canadian Rangers Overseas Battalion, a unit recruited in 1914, the first year of Canada's part in the war. Battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force were often built around local, regional or ethnic communities, and appeals like this one relied on that sense of shared loyalty to fill their ranks. The large color lithograph, about 104 by 70 centimeters, was designed to be read from across a street. Its catalog record also lists the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation as a sponsor, a reminder that printed material from this era often moved between institutions and countries.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 104 x 70 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation sponsor. |
| Subjects | Canada. Canadian Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Canada. Soldiers--Canadian--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,919 × 6,118 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 432_Join_the_Irish_Canadian_1914 |
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