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EPHEMERA

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