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Recruitment poster1915Source 1 of 3

“Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?”

A father sits uneasily in an armchair while his young daughter asks what he did during the war, and his son plays with toy soldiers on the floor.

Colour lithograph poster produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, Britain.

OOrigin

Who made it, what type of source, when and where?

PPurpose

Why was it created? What was the author trying to achieve?

VValue

What does it usefully reveal to a historian?

LLimitation

What are the weaknesses, gaps or biases?

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