London's patriotic recruiting meetings [...] Follow the bands / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd., London. – Vintage Print
![London's patriotic recruiting meetings [...] Follow the bands / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd., London., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a8/a812572a2436-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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This rare vintage poster captures London's patriotic recruiting meetings [...] Follow the bands / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd., London. 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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London's patriotic recruiting meetings [...] Follow the bands / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd., London.
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Its slogan, "Follow the bands," points to the open-air recruiting meetings held across London in 1915, where marching music drew crowds toward speakers urging men to enlist. The poster was issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, set up that year to encourage voluntary enlistment before conscription began in 1916. Printed in color by Roberts & Leete of London, it shows how wartime propaganda used music and public spectacle to fill the ranks.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 74 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | W. 14147/389. 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 | 4,154 × 5,147 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1530_Londons_patriotic_recru_1915 |
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