'What will your answer be when your boy asks you..'
'What will your answer be when your boy asks you..'
'What will your answer be when your boy asks you..'
EPHEMERA
Title
'What will your answer be when your boy asks you..'
Object Name
Poster
Maker
Chorley and Pickersgill Limited (Primary maker)
Date Made
1915
18/1914
1915
18/1914
1915
Place Made
England: London
London
London
Description
First World War recruitment poster; 'What will your answer be when your boy asks you 'FATHER, - WHAT DID YOU DO TO HELP WHEN OUR EMPIRE FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM?'' Published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London; poster no.61. Classic recruitment poster, using the threat of generational shame you will bring to your children if you don't enlist and fight.
Materials
paper
Place Collected
Date Collected
1973
1973
1973
Catalogue Number
BELUM.O458.1973
Copyright
National Museums NI
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