The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts a father sitting in an armchair with a look of concern across his face. His son plays with toys soldiers below him on the carpet, while his daughter sits on his knee, pointing to a page in her book and asking what he did in the Great War. Arguably the most remembered British First World War recruiting poster. It was recorded as a favourite with many soldiers, who displayed it, complete with appropriate answers, on the walls of their dugouts. Australia had its equivalent - Harry J Weston's poster incorporated a woman before a tattered Australian flag 'Were YOU there then?'.
A call to increase industrial production Carlu’s inspirational visualisation of the colloquial saying ‘give ‘em both barrels’ – meaning to give it everything or to attack somebody with great force – packs visual punch. Using the violent imagery of gunmen it equates the tools of munitions workers with those of frontline soldiers leaving no doubt in the viewers mind of the vital importance of these roles in defeating the enemy.
Depicts a father sitting in an armchair with a look of concern across his face. His son plays with toys soldiers below him on the carpet; while his daughter sits on his knee, pointing to a page in her
This poster is a reappropriation of a British First World War recruitment poster 'Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?' by Savile Lumley. Depicts a father sitting in an armchair at home looking at
Depicts a father sitting in an armchair with a look of concern across his face. His son plays with toys soldiers below him on the carpet; while his daughter sits on his knee, pointing to a page in her
This poster is a reappropriation of a British First World War recruitment poster 'Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?' by Savile Lumley. Depicts a father sitting in an armchair at home looking at
This is a sophisticated poster design by French artist Jean Carlu (1900-1997), who was working in the United States during the Second World War. The poster economically makes clear visual links betwee
British Second World War poster poster promoting the Army Education Scheme. This scheme was largely inspired by the need for returning soldiers to attain employment en masse following the First World
British First World War recruitment poster issued by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee (Poster No. 112). It features artwork by Lord Baden Powell of a soldier, a sailor, a boy scout, a nurse, a f
British recruiting poster produced early in the war. Depicts a portrait of Sir Lord Roberts of Kandahar (Field Marshal Earl Frederick Sleigh), draped in the Union Jack flag, with his sword, baton, an