An appeal to you / M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, Ltd., Dublin & Belfast. – Historic Print
![An appeal to you / M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, Ltd., Dublin & Belfast., [Dublin] : Central Council for the Organization of Recruiting in Ireland, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e2/e2306e26aec3-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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A window into the past: An appeal to you / M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, Ltd., Dublin & Belfast., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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An appeal to you / M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, Ltd., Dublin & Belfast.
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Its caption, "Give us a hand old man!", sets this poster apart from many recruiting appeals of the war by speaking to a man in a familiar, friendly tone rather than a call to young volunteers. Issued in 1915 by the Central Council for the Organization of Recruiting in Ireland and printed by M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr in Dublin and Belfast, it belongs to a campaign to raise men across Irish communities as the war in Europe passed its first year. Recruiting drives of this kind drew on Irish Parliamentary Party leaders such as John Redmond, who urged enlistment in the hope of linking Irish loyalty to the promise of Home Rule. The poster shows how recruiters tried to reach men beyond the young soldiers they most wanted.
| Created / published | [Dublin] : Central Council for the Organization of Recruiting in Ireland, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 76 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters Irish 1910-1920.Chromolithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. Caption: Give us a hand old man! P. 209/7500. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Ireland--1910-1920. Soldiers--Irish--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,018 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 560_An_appeal_to_you_MCaw_1915 |
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