If you were a German aged 18-50 you would be fighting for the Kaiser! What are you doing for the King! – Antique Wall Art
(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 If you were a German aged 18-50 you would be fighting for the Kaiser! What are you doing for the King!, 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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If you were a German aged 18-50 you would be fighting for the Kaiser! What are you doing for the King!
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Here the appeal rests on a direct comparison: the title reminds viewers that a German of military age would already be fighting for the Kaiser, then asks what Canadians are doing for the King. Dated 1915, the poster belongs to the first full year of Canada's war effort, after the country entered the conflict in 1914 as part of the British Empire. Recruitment was voluntary at the time, since conscription did not arrive in Canada until 1917, so posters like this one carried real weight. The color lithograph shows how recruiters used sharp slogans and national rivalry to press men to enlist.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 72 x 53 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. No. 9. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Canada. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 5,519 × 6,844 px · prints to 18 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1442_If_you_were_a_German_ag_1915 |
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