Boys! Come along, you're wanted / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Middlesex. – Vintage Wall Art
![Boys! Come along, you're wanted / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Middlesex., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c4/c45dccaad8dd-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 Boys! Come along, you're wanted / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Middlesex. 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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Boys! Come along, you're wanted / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Middlesex.
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Poster number 80 in the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee's series speaks directly to boys, telling them to "come along" because they are wanted. The Committee was set up in 1915 to encourage voluntary enlistment in Britain's expanding army, and David Allen & Sons of Harrow, a major commercial lithographer, printed its posters. The catalog record tags the design with silhouettes, maps and soldiers, a mix of simple figures and military geography typical of the period's recruiting appeals. Posters like this one were pasted on hoardings and station walls across the country, making them among the most visible forms of wartime persuasion.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 51 x 76 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster no. 80. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Soldiers--British--1910-1920. Silhouettes--1910-1920. Maps--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,141 × 4,171 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1261_Boys_Come_along_youre_w_1915 |
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