Jump into your place in the Sportsmans Company of the Irish Canadian Rangers – Vintage 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Jump into your place in the Sportsmans Company of the Irish Canadian Rangers, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
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The poster's title, "Jump into your place in the Sportsmans Company of the Irish Canadian Rangers," shows how Canadian recruiters in 1914 tried to draw men into specific local units by appealing to athleticism and community loyalty. This color lithograph, roughly 99 by 62 centimeters, was made the same year Canada entered the First World War and began raising volunteers for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Its recruiting message, aimed at men who saw themselves as sportsmen, reflects the early enthusiasm for enlistment before the scale and cost of the fighting became clear. The record also notes a former German owner, the Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, a reminder that wartime posters from many countries were collected and studied well beyond their original audiences.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 99 x 62 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Canada. Soldiers--Canadian--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,703 × 5,802 px · prints to 16 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1486_Jump_into_your_place_in_1914 |
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