Go! It's your duty lad. Join to-day / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld. Harrow, Middlesex. – Antique Wall Art
![Go! It's your duty lad. Join to-day / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld. Harrow, Middlesex., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d1/d1f6b8b52f1b-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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Go! It's your duty lad. Join to-day / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld. Harrow, Middlesex. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Go! It's your duty lad. Join to-day / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld. Harrow, Middlesex.
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Addressed directly to a "lad" and urging him to "Join to-day," this poster is number 109 in the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee's numbered series. The committee was formed in 1915 to encourage voluntary enlistment as Britain's army grew far beyond its prewar size, and its posters were printed in large runs and displayed across towns. The blunt, personal wording, which frames enlistment as a young man's duty, was typical of the period's appeals. David Allen & Sons of Harrow, a leading commercial printer of such posters, produced this color print.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : color ; 102 x 127 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Photomechanical prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. Poster no. 109. W. 8188 - 15M - 8/15. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,056 × 5,000 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1823_Go_Its_your_duty_lad_Jo_1915 |
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