Poster, 'Rally Round The Flag'

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Title

Poster, 'Rally Round The Flag'

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Letterpress text posters such as this one were common in the First World War, both in New Zealand and Britain, when governments needed to quickly and effectively make proclamations in an era without television or radio. Red, white and blueMany British First World War posters were printed in the colours of the Union Jack flag - red, white and blue - to lend authority to the message and subtly appeal to patriotic public sentiment, and simply to catch the eye. This poster is particularly poignan...

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Format

Image

Date created

October 1914

Creator

Parliamentary Recruiting Committee / Hanbury, Tomsett and Co. Ltd.

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/894168

Related subjects

Flags / War / World War, 1914-1918 / recruiting / ink / paper / political posters / United Kingdom / London

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