Help your country. Invest five [shillings] to-day in the war loan / printers, Sir Joseph Causton & Sons Limited, London. – Vintage Wall Art
![Help your country. Invest five [shillings] to-day in the war loan / printers, Sir Joseph Causton & Sons Limited, London., London : published by the Parliamentary War Savings Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a2/a26a9bbc453b-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: Help your country. Invest five [shillings] to-day in the war loan / printers, Sir Joseph Causton & Sons Limited, London., preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Help your country. Invest five [shillings] to-day in the war loan / printers, Sir Joseph Causton & Sons Limited, London.
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Its appeal rests on a small, specific request: five shillings, to be handed in at the nearest Post Office. The poster, numbered "No. 4" in its series, asks ordinary people to lend the state modest sums toward the war loan. Britain paid for the First World War largely by borrowing, and the government's savings campaigns aimed to draw money from working families as well as wealthy investors. The lithograph was printed by Sir Joseph Causton & Sons of London for the Parliamentary War Savings Committee, and its plain slogan, "Help your country," shows how such campaigns tied private thrift to national duty.
| Created / published | London : published by the Parliamentary War Savings Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 49 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. Apply at nearest Post Office. No. 4. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,027 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1412_Help_your_country_Inves_1915 |
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