The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian First World War poster issued by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) to promote the Snapshots - from - Home League of Australia. The Snapshots - from - Home League was established in Australia in early 1916 by Mr A.B. Pursell, a director of the YMCA (Sydney). He had been inspired by the work of the British League while working in London in 1915. The league aimed to help morale at the front by supplying soldiers with photographs from home to fight '...the invisible enemy of men at the front..hearthunger, loneliness, isolation, homesickness..." .
The YMCA distributed Snap Shots from Home application forms to the men at the front and then passed completed forms to members of the Local Leagues in Australia. Amateur photographers were asked to volunteer their time to take photographs of families for the league which were then forwarded for free again via the YMCA to the men at the front. Relatives at home could also apply to the League. During the First World War over 6000 amateur Australian photographers working for 800 local leagues sent a total of 150,000 photographs to serving men. The Snapshots from Home League of Australia was also active during the Second World War.
This poster is one of several Australian copies of a series of British posters commissioned in 1915 by the YMCA and featuring illustrations by the artist Fred Pegram. It features a central image of a group of soldiers, some on horseback, in a French village. They are smiling and sharing around snapshots they had just received from home. The YMCA emblem is positioned lower left with the title and text positioned top and bottom. Both the image and text are set against a white background within a black border.
Round enamelled brass badge with brooch fitting to reverse. The design features the words 'Snapshots From Home League' around the circumference on a white enamel background with the YMCA badge and let
Australian First World War poster issued by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) to promote the Snapshots - from - Home League of Australia. The Snapshots - from - Home League was established
Australian First World War poster issued by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) to promote the Snapshots - from - Home League of Australia. The Snapshots - from - Home League was established
Australian First World War poster issued by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) to promote the Snapshots - from - Home League of Australia. The Snapshots - from - Home League was established
Australian First World War poster issued by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) to promote the Snapshots - from - Home League of Australia. The Snapshots - from - Home League was established
Round enamelled brass badge with brooch fitting to reverse. The design features the words 'Snapshots From Home League' around the circumference on a white enamel background with the YMCA badge and let
Informal portrait of three unidentified women in the yard or a house. The reverse of this photograph has a stamp reading 'YMCA SNAPSHOTS FROM HOME LEAGUE' . The YMCA, which accompanied Australian tro
British First World War poster issued by the National War Savings Committee Poster (No. 81). The image is of a female figure wearing a green classical-style dress, her right arm raised holding a Union
Australian First World War recruitment poster issued by the South Australian Government targeting men aged 18 to 45. It features a full length portrait of a military despatch rider with a bandaged hea