His Majesty's Army ... vacancies exist – Historic Reproduction
![His Majesty's Army ... vacancies exist, [S.l. : s.n., between 1914 and 1918] (Aldershot : Gale & Polden, Ltd.) — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ac/ac4f5f54a7fd-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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Step back in time with His Majesty's Army ... vacancies exist, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Printed in Aldershot, a long-standing garrison town in southern England, this lithograph announces that "vacancies exist" in His Majesty's Army, a blunt appeal in the style of wartime recruiting. The record dates it to between 1914 and 1918, a period when Britain relied first on volunteers and then, from 1916, on conscription to fill its ranks. Gale & Polden, the local firm that produced it, were well known for military printing, which helps explain the regimental-style look of the design. The poster is a useful reminder of how the army presented itself to men at home during the First World War.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., between 1914 and 1918] (Aldershot : Gale & Polden, Ltd.) |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. |
| Subjects | Great Britain.--Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Military personnel--British--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,991 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1035_His_Majestys_Army_vaca_1914 |
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