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Never Such Innocence: British Images of the First World War

Never Such Innocence: British Images of the First World War

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sword_of_jusitce
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Take Up the Sword of Justice recruiting poster P. B. David Allen & Sons, London UK 198 C Poster collection Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Women of Britain Say—"Go!" E. J. Kealey Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Hill, Siffken & Co., London UK 194 B Poster collection Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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lusitania
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Irishmen, Avenge the Lusitania Central Council for the Organisation of Recruiting in Ireland John Shuley & Co., Dublin UK 524 Poster collection Hoover Institution Library and Archives The Lusitania was torpedoed by the German submarine, U-20, on May 7, 1915. The ship sank in just 18 minutes, eight miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, killing 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard. Because 128 Americans had died, the British assumed that the United States would enter the war; instead, President Wilson sent a formal protest to Germany.

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king_nor_kaiser
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"We serve neither King nor Kaiser but Ireland" The 12th of May publication Hoover Institution Library and Archives Poster Collection

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dad_with_children
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Daddy, What Did You Do in the Great War? Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Johnson, Riddle & Co., London, S.E. UK 187 Poster collection Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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german_terrorism
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The Kaiser’s Monster Carnival of Terrorism Harry Furniss The Cartoon Publishing Office, London, E.C. 1915 UK 1527 Poster collection Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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The Young Lions Arthur Wardle Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Straker Brothers Ltd., London UK 195 A Poster collection Hoover Institution Library and Archives The 1915 recruitment poster by Arthur Wardle, a famous painter of animals, shows Britain’s dominions—the “young lions” of the empire—coming to its aid. South Africa’s absence may be because, when it entered the war in August 1914, a group of Afrikaner nationalists protested the government’s decision.

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Turn Your Silver into Bullets Parliamentary War Savings Committee, London Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, Limited, London UK 7 Poster collection Hoover Institution Library and Archives Civilians at home could help defeat the enemy by contributing their savings that would buy bullets to kill Germans on the front line.

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Play the Greater Game Publicity Department Central London Recruiting Depot, Whitehall, London Johnson, Riddle and Co., Ltd., London S.E. UK 482 Poster collection Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Building Aircraft C. R. W. Nevinson The Great War: Britain’s efforts and ideals (lithographic print collection) Hoover Institution Archives

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What Did You Get in the Great War? The Labour Party David Allen & Sons, Ltd., London UK 1571 Poster collection Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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