Come into the ranks and fight for your king and country - don't stay in the crowd and stare. You are wanted at the front. Enlist to-day / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd., London. – Antique Print
![Come into the ranks and fight for your king and country - don't stay in the crowd and stare. You are wanted at the front. Enlist to-day / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd., London., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f0/f057e562078f-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 Come into the ranks and fight for your king and country - don't stay in the crowd and stare. You are wanted at the front. Enlist to-day / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd., London. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Come into the ranks and fight for your king and country - don't stay in the crowd and stare. You are wanted at the front. Enlist to-day / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd., London.
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Addressed to the crowd rather than the marchers, this poster scolds the idle onlooker with the line "don't stay in the crowd and stare." The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee issued it in London in 1915, and Roberts & Leete printed the large color lithograph, one of many such posters that covered Britain's streets in the early years of the war. At that point the army depended on volunteers, so recruiting material like this tried to shame bystanders into joining the columns they were watching. The contrast between the marching soldiers and the spectators on the pavement makes the appeal clear.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 95 x 63 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. Poster no. 74. W. 13481/369. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Soldiers--British--1910-1920. Marching--1910-1920. Spectators--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,985 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222400 |
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