The key to the situation. Are you helping to turn it? / printed by Seargeant Bros. Ltd., London & Abergavenny. – Vintage Wall Art
![The key to the situation. Are you helping to turn it? / printed by Seargeant Bros. Ltd., London & Abergavenny., London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fb/fbf2ca228aff-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 The key to the situation. Are you helping to turn it? / printed by Seargeant Bros. Ltd., London & Abergavenny. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The key to the situation. Are you helping to turn it? / printed by Seargeant Bros. Ltd., London & Abergavenny.
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A single oversized key dominates this 1915 poster, which asks viewers whether they are helping to turn it. The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee issued it in London during Britain's voluntary enlistment drive, before conscription began in 1916. The subject headings also link it to the war's economic and industrial demands, so the key can be read as a symbol of home-front work in factories and workshops, not only of enlistment. Seargeant Bros., which printed it in London and Abergavenny, produced the color lithograph.
| 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. 116. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. Keys (Hardware)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,176 × 5,169 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1140_The_key_to_the_situatio_1915 |
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