Single men. Hundreds of thousands of married men have left their homes to fight for king and country. Show your appreciation by following their noble example / printed by the Abbey Press, 32 & 34 Gt. Peter St., Westminster, S.W. – Vintage Wall Art
![Single men. Hundreds of thousands of married men have left their homes to fight for king and country. Show your appreciation by following their noble example / printed by the Abbey Press, 32 & 34 Gt. Peter St., Westminster, S.W., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f1/f1a895d5b6d9-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 vintage poster of Single men. Hundreds of thousands of married men have left their homes to fight for king and country. Show your appreciation by following their noble example / printed by the Abbey Press, 32 & 34 Gt. Peter St., Westminster, S.W. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Single men. Hundreds of thousands of married men have left their homes to fight for king and country. Show your appreciation by following their noble example / printed by the Abbey Press, 32 & 34 Gt. Peter St., Westminster, S.W.
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This lithograph addresses unmarried men directly, urging them to follow the "noble example" of the married men who had already enlisted for king and country. It was issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in London in 1915, when Britain's army still needed far more volunteers than it had received. Printed by the Abbey Press in Westminster and numbered 120 in the committee's series, it shows how recruiters used public pressure and appeals to duty, not just patriotism, to draw men into the army.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 75 x 49 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster no. 120. W 8655 20M - 8/15. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Soldiers--British--1910-1920. Shooting--1910-1920. Domestic life--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,171 × 5,146 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 713_Single_men_Hundreds_of_1915 |
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