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Title
Boys Come Over Here, You're Wanted
Object Name
Poster
Maker
David Allen & Sons Ltd (Primary maker)
Date Made
1915
1915
Place Made
Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast
Description
First World War recruitment poster, 'Boys Come Over Here You're Wanted.' Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster No.82. He stands against a yellow silhouette map of northern France and a red silhouette map southern England. English and French towns are marked, with Paris and London denoted by small images of the Eiffel Tower and St Paul's Cathedral. David Allen and Co. was a Belfast-based printing firm with offices in London and Dublin. During the First World War it shifted most of its operations to Dublin.
Materials
paper
Place Collected

Date Collected
1973
1973
Catalogue Number
BELUM.O482.1973
Copyright
National Museums NI
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