Single men! Last days for voluntary enlistment / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., [Harrow], Mdx. – Antique Wall Art
![Single men! Last days for voluntary enlistment / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., [Harrow], Mdx., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ac/ac1c9af8337f-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: Single men! Last days for voluntary enlistment / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., [Harrow], Mdx., 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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Single men! Last days for voluntary enlistment / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., [Harrow], Mdx.
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This text-only poster addresses unmarried men directly and announces that the last days for voluntary enlistment are near. A paste-on slip added to the sheet gives "Last day March 1," a deadline that was likely added after printing to update the message. Britain relied on volunteers until the Military Service Act of 1916 introduced conscription, beginning with single men, so posters like this one pressed young unmarried men to enlist before compulsion took effect. The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee issued many such posters, and David Allen & Sons of Harrow was one of the largest commercial poster printers of the period.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 49 cm. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Poster no. 149. Last day March 1" pasted onto poster; paste-on bears small note |
| 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 | 4,176 × 5,147 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1644_Single_men_Last_days_fo_1915 |
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