Collection of World War 1 posters, featuring cartoons by Norman Lindsay, for the purpose of promotin...

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Collection of World War 1 posters, featuring cartoons by Norman Lindsay, for the purpose of promoting enlistment in the armed forces.

About this item

Full title

Collection of World War 1 posters, featuring cartoons by Norman Lindsay, for the purpose of promoting enlistment in the armed forces.

Publisher

[Melbourne, Vic.] : [Director General of Recruiting], [1914-1918]

Date

[1914-1918]

Call Numbers

POSTERS 500/3 , POSTERS 500/4 , POSTERS 500/2 , POSTERS 500/1 , POSTERS 500/5 , POSTERS 500/6

Record Identifier

74VK7O2eymxZ

MMS ID

991022778329702626

Language

English

Formats

Pictures and Posters

Physical Description

Physical content

6 folded posters : colour ; 76 x 41 cm .

Content type

still image

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

sheet

Contents

Poster 1 -- Page 1. The Australian army [shows a line of marching Australian soldiers] -- Page 2. The glorious brotherhood [shows a group of Australian soldiers singing around a camp fire] -- Page 3. Will you join them [shows a woman in a long white dress with the word "Australia" on it gesturing to...

Poster 2 -- Page 1. Voice of Germany [shows a monster with a German helmet and a sword dripping with blood, sitting on a stone podium, surrounded by dead bodies] -- Page 2. The Gospel of frightfulness [shows a monster with a German helmet pulling a woman who holds a baby down into the ocean, a ship...

Poster 3 -- Page 1 Voice of Germany [shows a monster with a German helmet and a sword dripping with blood, sitting on a stone podium, surrounded by dead bodies] -- Page 2. The Gospel of frightfulness [shows a monster with a German helmet pulling a woman who holds a baby down into the ocean, a ship s...

Poster 4 -- Page 1. The military situation [shows three soldiers, one Australian, one German fighting with bayonets] -- Page 2. Australia's deadly peril [shows a group of women with a gigantic boot with a spur descending onto them] -- Page 3. Your help is needed [shows an Australian soldier standing...

Poster 5 -- Page 1. The cause of the war [shows a gloved hand placing a German helmet over the world which has flames under it] -- Page 2. Our reasons for entering the war [shows the Kaiser tearing up a paper representing international laws, his boot is on the neck of a woman who has the word "Belgi...

Poster 6 -- Page 1. German atrocities [shows the ship Lucitania about to sink surrounded by people in the sea] -- Page 2. A terrible record [shows a gigantic hand points to words denoting German attrocities, another holds a German soldier, a woman lies terrified on the ground] -- Page 3. The call of...

500/1 The Australian army. The glorious brotherhood. Will you join them. Join up!

500/2 Voice of Germany. The Gospel of frightfulness. The peril to Australia. Hurry!

500/3 Voice of Germany. The Gospel of frightfulness. The peril to Australia. Hurry!

500/4 The military situation. Australia's deadly peril. Your help is needed. Now!

500/5 The cause of the war. Our reasons for entering the war. Why we must win the war. Quick!

500/6 German attrocities. A terrible record. The call of humanity. Hasten!