You love them fight for them: Join the A.I.F now! Accession Number: ARTV03921

Description

Australian Second World War recruitment poster features a woman against a light blue background holding her baby who is swaddled in a pink blanket. The image takes up the left half of the poster; on the right half a slogan in blue and red ink exhorts the viewer to join the AIF. The poster conflates notions of national loyalty and familial loyalty through military service.

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Accession Number
ARTV03921
Artist
Unknown
Printer
Unknown
Publisher
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Overall: 20 cm x 42 cm
Medium
Offset lithograph on card
Date Made
c. 1939-1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Transferred from the AWM Research Centre 1979
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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