Halt! Who goes there? If you are a friend join the British ranks and help the brave lads at the front / printed by Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A. Ltd.), Grafton Works, London, N. – Historic Reproduction
![Halt! Who goes there? If you are a friend join the British ranks and help the brave lads at the front / printed by Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A. Ltd.), Grafton Works, London, N., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e1/e10573cb21b2-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Halt! Who goes there? If you are a friend join the British ranks and help the brave lads at the front / printed by Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A. Ltd.), Grafton Works, London, N.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Halt! Who goes there? If you are a friend join the British ranks and help the brave lads at the front / printed by Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A. Ltd.), Grafton Works, London, N.
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A sentry's challenge, "Halt! Who goes there?", gives this 1915 recruiting poster its hook: it asks anyone who counts as a friend to step into the British ranks and support the soldiers at the front. The London Parliamentary Recruiting Committee issued it during Britain's voluntary enlistment drive, before conscription was introduced in 1916. Hill, Siffken & Co. printed the color lithograph at its Grafton Works in London. Posters like this one were pasted up across the country to appeal to men's sense of duty and comradeship.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 98 x 62 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. Poster no. 60. W. 429 10M. 4/15. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Soldiers--British--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,987 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1397_Halt_Who_goes_there_If_1915 |
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