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Have/You ? [sic]/Bought/Your/Victory/Bonds (French-language version: CAN GEN 30) (text only; no images) Howell Litho, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 91 x 60 |
CAN GEN 01 |
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Our Best/Customer,/But –/He Needs Credit!/Buy/Victory Bonds Image is a full-length John Bull, with a swagger stick, standing in front of a fleet of ships Malcolm Gibson Victory Bonds – Canadian 90 x 60 |
CAN GEN 02 |
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Oh Please/Do!/Daddy/Buy Me a/Victory/Bond Image of a little girl, with a red ribbon in her hair and dressed in white with white shoes and socks; her hands are clasped in front of her in a pleading stance; before he, alphabet blocks spell out the words "Buy Me a Victory Bond" Sampson Victory Bonds 90 x 60 |
CAN GEN 03 |
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Faith In Canada/Use It All for/Victory/Bonds Image of an open, foot-locker-size chest on which lies a sword; in front of that chest is a much smaller treasure chest, also open, around which are scattered jewels and coins; beind the chests, in silhouette, are soldiers engaged in a battle Victory Bonds 90 x 59.5 |
CAN GEN 04 |
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Nothing/Doing –/ Without/Victory Bonds Image of machines (not in operation) and factory buildings (without smoke coming from the smokestacks and with no lights in the windows) Malcolm Gibson Victory Bonds 91 x 60.5 |
CAN GEN 05 |
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Rien à/faire –/sans/l'emprunt de la victoire (French-language version of CAN GEN 05) Malcolm Gibson Victory Bonds 91 x 60.5 |
CAN GEN 06 |
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Canada's /Weak Spot/1 in 23/of the/Population of/GREAT BRITAIN/Bought Victory Bonds/1 in 27/of the/Population of/U.S.A/Bought Liberty Bonds/1 in 187/of the/Population of/CANADA/Bought our last Loan/Are You Satisfied? (text only; no images) Victory Bonds 89 x 59.5 |
CAN GEN 07 |
| Point faible/du Canada/1 sur 23 …/1 sur 27 …/1 sur 187 …/Etes-vous satisfaits? (French-language version of CAN GEN 07) (text only; no images) Victory Bonds 89 x 60 |
CAN GEN 08 | |
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Doing My Bit/Four Years/Do Yours/Buy/Victory Bonds Image is a full-length portrait of a Canadian soldier, dressed in a kilt and wearing a tam, facing the viewer and holding up four fingers Victory Bonds 90 x 59.5 |
CAN GEN 09 |
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Come On!/Let's Finish the Job/Buy Victory Bonds Image of a Canadian soldier looking towards the viewer and laughing as he is putting on his jacket Victory Bonds 91 x 60.5 |
CAN GEN 10 |
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"Allons!/Finissons La Besogne/Souscrivons à/l'emprunt de la victoire" (French-language version of CAN GEN 10) Image of a Canadian soldier looking towards the viewer and laughing as he is putting on his jacket Victory Bonds 91 x 60 |
CAN GEN 11 |
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Victory/Bonds/5½%/As low as $50/You can sell at any time (text only; no images) Victory Bonds 91 x 60 |
CAN GEN 12 |
| Emprunt/de la Victoire/5½%/En Coupures de $50 et plus/Vous pouvez vendre en tout temps (French-language version of CAN GEN 12) (text only; no images) Victory Bonds 91.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 13 | |
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Pave the Way/to Victory/Buy/Victory Bonds Image of Canadian soldiers in a truck driving over a road paved with war bonds; two other trucks and soldiers, in silhouette, in the background on the same road Victory Bonds 60 x 90 |
CAN GEN 14 |
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Hâtons leur retour/[Let's Hasten Their Return] /En souscrivant à l'Emprunt de la Victoire (French-language version of CAN GEN 14) Victory Bonds 59.5 x 91 |
CAN GEN 15 |
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Every/Dollar/Spent in/Canada/Victory Loan/Prosperity Image of an arm reaching down from the sky with bills and coins spilling from its hand; on the arm are the words "Victory Loan"; below is a landscape that includes an agricultural piece (farmhouse, fields and a barn), a cityscape (multi-story buildings and a factory), and mountains; the word "Prosperity" is written over the rising sun "W.P. 6" Victory Bonds 91.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 16 |
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Chaque/piaster/Depensée/au pays/[Every Farthing Spent in the Country] Emprunt de la Victoire/Prospérité (French-language version of CAN GEN 16) Victory Bonds 91 x 60 |
CAN GEN 17 |
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Back Him Up!/Buy Victory Bonds Image is a full-length portrait of the back of a soldier, showing all his gear; he is facing a battlefield Victory Bonds 90 x 60 |
CAN GEN 18 |
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Bring Him Home/with the/Victory Loan (French-language version: CAN GEN 35) Image of a smiling Canadian infantryman sitting facing the viewer, either on a quayside or on board ship; the soldier's knapsack and a captured German Pickelhaube lie at his feet; in the background are the silhouettes of ships Victory Bonds 88.5 x 57 |
CAN GEN 19 |
| Doing/Her Bit/The Girls and Boys/of Canada Can Help/Give the Hen a Chance/to increase the food supply/for Home and Overseas/ … Canada Calls to Every Farmer/to add at least fifteen hens to his flock of fowls/this year. This means two more settings of eggs./This is National Service – Act Now/Dominion Department of/Agriculture, Ottawa/Hon. Martin Burrell, Minister/Please Post in a Conspicuous Place Image of a little girl, with a big red ribbon in her hair, and a hen with a couple dozen chicks, and a large basket of eggs; the girl is using her apron to carry some chicks Dominion Department of Agriculture Ottawa 68 x 35 several tears |
CAN GEN 20 | |
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Eat/Fish/A Pound a Week/Save the Beef and Bacon for our Men at the/Front by eating your pound of Fish this week Image of a fish Canadian Food Control Ottawa 28 x 36 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 21 |
| Buy Your Victory Bonds Victory Bonds 140.5 x 102 |
CAN GEN 22 ++ | |
| Souscrivez à l'emprunt de la Victoire/ [Subscribe to the Victory Loan] (In French) Victory Bonds 141 x 102 |
CAN GEN 23 ++ | |
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"Be Yours to Hold It High!"/Buy Victory Bonds Image of a Canadian soldier and a laborer in the foreground, a torch-bearing angel in the middle ground, and a town, with a cross from a church clearly visible, in the background. The soldier is carrying what is commonly known as the Union Jack (also known as the Royal Union flag). The poster has a The Union Jack was the national flag of Canada until it was replaced jubilant atmosphere, with the happy laborer resting his mallet over his shoulder, and the angel holding the torch of liberty up with a sense of calm resolve. |
CAN GEN 24 |
| "A nous de tenir le flambeau! "/Souscrivouns à ;'Emprunt de la Victoire (French-language version of CAN GEN 24) [Frank Lucien] Nicolet Victory Bonds 60.5 x 89.5 |
CAN GEN 25 | |
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"If Ye Break Faith –/We Shall Not Sleep"/Buy Victory Bonds Image of a Canadian soldier standing in a field of poppies, his head bowed as he looks down at a simple wooden grave cross; he holds his helmet in his left hand and has his rifle slung over his right shoulder; in the background are the ruins of a house. The quotation is from the poem "In Flanders Fields" Victory Bonds 60 x 88 |
CAN GEN 26 |
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"Pour que la terre/leur soit légère"/Souscrivons à l'Emprunt de la Victoire (French-language version of CAN GEN 26) Victory Bonds 60 x 88.5 |
CAN GEN 27 |
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Now!/Victory Bonds Full-length image of a Canadian soldier, facing the viewer, with his arms outstretched Sampson Victory Bonds 81.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 28 |
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Maintenant!/L'Emprunt de la Victoire (French-language version of CAN GEN 28) Sampson Victory Bonds 81.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 29 |
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Avez-/vous/souscrit/à/L'Emprunt/de la/Victoire? (text only; no images) (French-language version of CAN GEN 01) Victory Bonds 90.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 30 |
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Canada's/Grain/Cannot Be Sold/Unless You Buy/Victory Bonds Image is a wheat field with a grain silo in the background and a train stopped at the silo for the cars to be filled with grain Malcolm Gibson Victory Bonds 91 x 60 |
CAN GEN 31 |
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Le blé/Canadien/Pour Vendre Nos/Blés, il Faut/Souscrire à/l'Emprunt/de la/Victoire (French-language version of CAN GEN 31) Malcolm Gibson Victory Bonds 91 x 60 |
CAN GEN 32 |
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Victory/Bonds/Will Help Stop/This –/Kultur vs. Humanity Image of a Canadian soldier supporting the lifeless body of a nurse as he swims amid the wreckage of HMHS Llandovery Castle; in the background the U-boat that sunk the ship has surfaced, and two German sailors stand on the conning tower; one of them shoots at the survivors, while the Canadian soldier shakes his fist at him On the night of June 27, 1918, the German submarine U-86 torpeodoed and sank the hospital ship Llandovery Castle, resulting in the loss of 146 officers and other ranks, including 24 Canadian Nursing Sisters. Victory Bonds 90.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 33 |
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Souscrire/à l'Emprunt de/la Victoire/C'est Mettre Fin à la Piraterie (French-language version of CAN GEN 33) Victory Bonds 90 x 59.5 |
CAN GEN 34 |
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Hâtez son retour/en souscrivant à/l'Emprunt de la Victoire (French-language version of CAN GEN 19) Victory Bonds 89 x 60 |
CAN GEN 35 |
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Our Export Trade Is Vital/Buy Victory Bonds Image is a crowd of civilian workers gathered on a quayside next to a large cargo ship; a monumental-size allegorical female figure, wearing a wreath of maple leaves, stands in their midst, gestures towards the ship; smoke from the smokestack of a tugboat wafts up past the bow of the ship Arthur Keelor Victory Bonds 90.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 36 |
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Il Faut Exporter/Souscrivons/à l'Emprunt de la Victoire (French-language version of CAN GEN 36) Arthur Keelor Victory Bonds 90.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 37 |
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They Serve France/ How Can I Serve Canada?/Buy/Victory Bonds Image of the backs of three kerchief-wearing women, in traces, pulling a plow Adapted from photo by Brown Brothers Victory Bonds 88.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 38 |
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Elles/servent/la France/Tout le monde peut server/Souscrivons à/l'Emprunt/de la/Victoire (French-language version of CAN GEN 38) Adapted from photo by Brown Brothers Victory Bonds 88.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 39 |
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Votre/argent!/Plus/5½%/d'Intérêt/Le Canada est votre/garantie/Voyez les journaux/pour les détails / [Your Money! Plus 5½% Interest …] (In French) Image of a Doninion of Canada Victory Loan bond and a pair of cupped hands; coins are bursting out through a hole in the bond and drifting down to the cupped hands Victory Bonds 89 x 60 |
CAN GEN 40 |
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For/Industrial/Expansion/Buy/Victory Bonds Image of laborers working on building a bridge Arthur Keelor Victory Bonds 91.5 x 60.5 |
CAN GEN 41 |
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Pour/développer/l'industrie/Souscrivez à/l'Emprunt/de la/Victoire / [For Industrial Development …] (French-language version of CAN GEN 42) Arthur Keelor Victory Bonds 91.5 x 60.5 |
CAN GEN 42 |
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Yours/Not to Do and Die –/Yours But to Go and/Buy/Victory/Bonds/1918 Image of a group of Canadian soldiers, with bayonetted rifles, charging into battle from left to right Victory Bonds 90 x 60 |
CAN GEN 43 |
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Ils vaincront/si vous souscrivez/à l'Emprunt/de la/Victoire/1918 (French-language version of CAN GEN 43) Victory Bonds 90 x 59.5 |
CAN GEN 44 |
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Help Our District/Win This Flag/Honor Flag/Victory/Loan/1918/ Awarded by/His Excellency the Governor General of Canada/to Districts Exceeding Their Quota Image of a flag with a white background, red border, blue diagonal strips, and a shield representing the districts of Canada Victory Loan 90 x 60 |
CAN GEN 45 |
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Aidons notre région/à gagner ce drapeau/Drapeau d'Honneur/Emprunt/de la/Victoire/1918/Présenté par/Son Excellence le Gouverneur Général du Canada/aux Districts Qui Dépasseront leur Quote-Part (French-language version of CAN GEN 45) Victory Loan 90 x 60 |
CAN GEN 46 |
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"I Hope Every City/and District/Will Win My Flag"/H.R.H. Prince of Wales/Let us win the/Prince of Wales' Flag/Victory Loan 1919 Image consists of a photographic image of a smiling Edward, Prince of Wales, dressed in a military uniform, intersposed with a white ensign bearing the Union Jack in the upper left and the coat of arms of the Prince of Wales in the lower right Victory Loan 90.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 47 |
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"J'espère que chaque/ville et district/gagnera mon drapeau"/S.A.R. Le Prince de Galles/Gagnons le/Drapeau du Prince de Galles/Emprunt de la Victoire 1919 / ["I Hope Every City and District Will Win My Flag" …] (French-language version of CAN GEN 47) Victory Loan 91 x 60.5 |
CAN GEN 48 |
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Re-establish Him/It's Up to Us/Buy/Victory Bonds Image is a full-length image of a soldier whose back is to the viewer; flanking him are a cluster of factories and a farmhouse and barn set amid fields Victory Bonds 91 x 60.5 |
CAN GEN 49 |
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Pour le Réintégrer/Dans la Vie Civile/Souscrivons à/l'Emprunt/de la/Victoire" (French-language version of CAN GEN 49) Victory Bonds 91 x 60 |
CAN GEN 50 |
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To Maintain the Prosperity/of Canada/Buy/Victory/Bonds/5½ % Interest/Tax/Free Three images: (1) Men operating a combine harvester and a tractor to harvest corn in a field; (2) A cityscape in which the foreground is dominated by shipbuilding; (3) Interior of a factory where men are manufacturing cannon shells Victory Bonds 88.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 51 |
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Pour maintenir la Prospérité/du Canada/Souscrivez à/l'Emprunt/de la/Victoire/5½% d'Intérêt/Exempt/d'Impot/[To Maintain the Prosperity of Canada …] (French-language version of CAN GEN 51) Victory Bonds 90 x 60 |
CA GEN 52 |
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Keep/All Canadians/Busy/Buy 1918/Victory Bonds Image of a beaver working on taking down a tree; another beaver, with a branch in its mouth, is in the background Victory Bonds 60 x 44.5 |
CAN GEN 53 |
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Facilitons la vente/de nos Produits en Souscrivant à/l'Emprunt/de la/Victoire Image is a full-length depiction of a smiling farmer, facing the viewer, holding a large basket of vegetables; more vegetables lie on the ground at his feet; behind him is an enlarged Victory Bond; in the background, agricultural workers harvest a wheat field Victory Bonds 91.5 x 59.5 |
CAN GEN 54 |
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4/Reasons/for Buying/Victory/Bonds Image of the heads of four men probably representing the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria Victory Bonds 59.5 x 44.5 |
CAN GEN 55 |
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All Canada/Your Security/The full faith/and Credit of/Every Canadian/is behind Your/purchase of/Victory/Bonds (text only; no images) Victory Bonds 90.5 x 60.5 |
CAN GEN 56 |
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Le Canada entier/est/votre garantie/La Richesse/le Credit et/l'Avenir du Pays/constituent la/sécurité des/Obligations/de la/Victoire (French-language version of CAN GEN 56) (text only; no images) Victory Bonds 91 x 60 |
CAN GEN 57 |
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Safety/Income/Saleability/The Three Vital/essentials of an Invest-/ment Security/Nothing obtainable/contains These Three/essentials to the same/degree as/Victory/Bonds (text only; no images) Victory Bonds 90.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 58 |
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Sécurité/Rendement/Facilitè de Vente/…/Obligations/de la/Victoire (French-language version of CAN GEN 58) (text only; no images) Victory Bonds 91.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 59 |
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Increase/Your Income/Why be satisfied/with Less when/you can obtain/5½%/in/Victory/Bonds (text only; no images) Victory Bonds 92 x 60 |
CAN GEN 60 |
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Augmentez/votre revenue/Pourquoi accepter … 5½%/des/Obligations/de la/Victoire (French-language version of CAN GEN 60) (text only; no images) Victory Bonds 91.5 x 60.5 |
CAN GEN 61 |
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Cash – Quick!/Nothing in Canada/can be turned/into ready cash/as quickly and/as satisfactorily as/Victory/Bonds/and every holder knows it (text only; no images) Victory Bonds 89 x 60 |
CAN GEN 62 |
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Comme de/l'argent/Rien au Canada/ne peut être réalisé/aussi rapidement/et avantageusement/que les/Obligations/de la/Victoire (French-language version of CAN GEN 62) (text only; no images) Victory Bonds 89.5 x 59.5 |
CAN GEN 63 |
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Organize/for the/100%/Class/and Win the/Honor Emblem/Awarded to Commercial and/Industrial Establishments which/attain the 100% standard in the/Victory Loan/1919 Image of a shield [the Honor Emblem?], the top part of which is the Union Jack and the bottom part of which is a coat of arms of the Prince of Wales and the words "100% Victory Loan 1919" Victory Loan 91.5 x 60 |
CAN GEN 64 |
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Organisez-vous/pour être/dans la/classe/100%/et gagner/L'Emblème d'Honneur/Décerné aux établissements/commerciaux et industriels qui/atteindront leur quot-part dans/L'Emprunt de la Victoire/1919 Image of a shield [the Honor Emblem?], the top part of which is the Union Jack and the bottom part of which is a coat of arms of the Prince of Wales and the words "100% Emprunt de la Victoire 1919" (French-language version of CAN GEN 64) Victory Bonds 92 x 60 |
CAN GEN 65 |
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Investor/1919/Every Canadian Should/Consider It an Honour/to Wear This Button/Victory Loan/1919 Image is a button with a white ensign, bordered in red, bearing the Union Jack in the upper left and the coat of arms of the Prince of Wales in the lower right, and the words "Investor 1919" Victory Bonds 60.5 x 45.5 |
CAN GEN 66 |
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Do It Again/Daddy/Please!/Buy Me a/Victory/Bond Image of the same little girl in NEW F 01 and CAN GEN 03 but this time she's in a jumping-up-and-down-in-glee pose; at her feet are blocks spelling out "Buy Me A Victory Bond" Victory Bonds 61 x 45 |
CAN GEN 67 |
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Honor Button/Patriotic Owners/of Victory Bonds/Wear This Button/Victory Loan/1918 Image is a drawing of the honor pin which includes the words "Subscriber 1918 Victory Loan" and an image of the Honor Flag: a flag with a white background, red border, blue diagonal strips, and a shield representing the districts of Canada Victory Loan 60 x 45 |
CAN GEN 68 |
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Insigne d'Honneur/Portée par les/Obligataires de/L'Enprunt/de la/Victoire/1918 (French-language version of CAN GEN 68) Image is a drawing of the honor pin which includes the words "Souscripteur Emprunt de la Victoire 1918" and an image of the Honor Flag: a flag with a white background, red border, blue diagonal strips, and a shield representing the districts of Canada Victory Bonds 60 x 45 |
CAN GEN 69 |
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Victory/Bonds/Shorten the War/Help to Catch Huns "Donated to Victory Loan 1918/by the makers of Magic Baking Powder" Image of a Canadian policeman dragging a miniature German soldier and his dachshund along a country road Victory Bonds 35 x 52.5 |
CAN GEN 70 |
| 100% Emprunt de la Victoire 1919 (In French) Image is a pennant [the Honor Emblem?], the top part of which is the Union Jack and the bottom part of which is a coat of arms of the Prince of Wales and the words "100% Emprunt de la Victoire 1919" Victory Bonds 71 x 56 cardboard; one tear |
CAN GEN 71 | |
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Stick It/Canada!/Buy more/Victory/Bonds Image is the head of a soldier and his hand pointing at the viewer Victory Bonds 18.5 x 14 Box 7 bad tear; corner missing |
CAN GEN 72 |
| For Your King & Country This Certifies That [blank space for name] has subscribed for a Canada Victory Bond … November 1917 Verso: This certificate to be/prominently displayed/at your place of business (Your Desk, Bench or Machine) Signed by the Canadian Minister of Finance; includes image of that office's coat-of-arms Victory Bonds 12 x 16 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 73 | |
| Repondez/à/l'appel !/Souscrivez à/l'Emprunt de la Victoire / [Answer the call ! Subscribe to the Victory Loan] (In French) Image of a young lady dressed in a military-style uniform beating on a snare drum Victory Bonds 20 x 14 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 74 | |
| Stick It/Canada!/Buy more/Victory/Bonds (slightly larger version of CAN GEN 72) Victory Bonds 20.5 x 15 Box 7 very bad tear up the center |
CAN GEN 75 | |
| Have/You/Bought?/Victory/Bonds (text only; no images) Victory Bonds 15.5 x 15 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 76 | |
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Avez-/vous/souscrit à/l'Emprunt/de la/« Victoire »?/[Have You Subscribed to Victory Bonds ?] (In French) (text only; no images) Victory Bonds 15.5 x 15 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 77 |
| I Am A Canadian and This Is My Creed I Believe That Canada was actuated by the noblest spirit and the loftiest motives …/That, failing Canada in her time io need, I deserve neither shelter nor protection, nor prosperity, nor even the respect of loyal citizens/This being my Creed, I solemnly dedicate/my endeavor and my means to the/success of Canada's Victory Loan, 1919,/and thus qualify myself to wear the/Honor Button of the Campaign/Witness my hand and seal this day/Investor, 1919 Image of the Investor 1919 button Victory Loan 35.5 x 28 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 78 | |
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1919/Emprunt/de la Victoire/Le Coup de Balai (In French) Image of a broom sweeping Victory Bonds 34.5 x 26.5 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 79 |
| Souscripteur/Emprunt de la Victoire/1918 / [Subscriber/Victory Loan/1918] (In French) French version of CAN GEN 81 Image of a Victory Loan flag of honor; the image is printed on card stock and was to be displayed in one's home Victory Bonds 18 x 14 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 80 | |
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Subscriber/Victory Loan/1918 Image of a Victory Loan flag of honor; the image is printed on card stock and was to be displayed in one's home Victory Loan 17.5 x 13.5 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 81 |
| Investor/Victory Loan/1919 Image of a Victory Loan flag of honor; the image is printed on card stock and was to be displayed in one's home; design on the flag is different from that of CAN GEN 81 Victory Loan 17.5 x 13.5 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 82 | |
| Souscripteur/Emprunt de la Victoire/1919 Image of a Victory Loan flag of honor; the image is printed on card stock and was to be displayed in one's home; design on the flag is different from that of CAN GEN 81 Victory Bonds 17.5 x 13.5 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 83 | |
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Help the Work of/Reconstruction/Buy/War-Savings/Stamps Image of a soldier who has taken off his uniform and is rolling up his sleeves to begin the work of plowing a field; beind him is a rainbow and in the distant background is a city with smoke coming out of several smokestacks; the image is captioned: "After the Storm" In the lower right-hand corner is the Canadian War-Savings Stamps logo: a beaver sitting on the top of an inverted equilateral triangle containing the letters WSS. W.S.S. War Savings Stamps 59.5 x 44 |
CAN GEN 84 |
| Help the Work of/Reconstruction/Buy/War-Savings/Stamps (smaller version of CAN GEN 84) In the lower right-hand corner is the Canadian War-Savings Stamps logo: a beaver sitting on the top of an inverted equilateral triangle containing the letters WSS. W.S.S. War Savings Stamps 30.5 x 25.5 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 85 | |
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Help/Canada/Secure/Business/in/Foreign/Markets/Buy War Savings/Stamps Image of a busy quay; cranes are being used to load a cargo ship with crates and sacks of goods, including flour, food (eggs, butter, apples, cheese), steel and machinery In the lower right-hand corner is the Canadian War-Savings Stamps logo: a beaver sitting on the top of an inverted equilateral triangle containing the letters WSS. W.S.S. War Savings Stamps 58.5 x 43 |
CAN GEN 86 |
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"$5 for $4"/Make Your/Dollars Grow/Buy/War Savings/Stamps Image is a half-length depiction of an industrial worker reading a pamphlet about War Savings; in the background are factories with smoke pouring from their chimneys In the lower right-hand corner is the Canadian War-Savings Stamps logo: a beaver sitting on the top of an inverted equilateral triangle containing the letters WSS. W.S.S. War Savings Stamps 59 x 45 |
CAN GEN 87 |
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$5 For $4/Canada's War Savings Pledge/Make/Your Dollars/Grow/Buy/War Savings Stamps Image of a hand holding three Canadian dollar bills, set against a grey silhouette of the City Hall, Ottawa In the lower right-hand corner is the Canadian War-Savings Stamps logo: a beaver sitting on the top of an inverted equilateral triangle containing the letters WSS. W.S.S. War Savings Stamps 59 x 43 |
CAN GEN 88 |
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Buy/Thrift Stamps/Teach/Them/to/Save Image of a young girl sitting at a table pasting Thrift Stamps in a booklet; a doll and building blocks are also on the table In the lower right-hand corner is the Canadian War-Savings Stamps logo: a beaver sitting on the top of an inverted equilateral triangle containing the letters WSS. W.S.S. War Savings Stamps 59 x 43 |
CAN GEN 89 |
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He Is Wise/If He Could/He Would/Buy/Thrift/Stamps Image of an owl sitting on a branch; a maple leaf is silhouetted by a red moon behind the owl In the lower right-hand corner is the Canadian War-Savings Stamps logo: a beaver sitting on the top of an inverted equilateral triangle containing the letters WSS. W.S.S. War Savings Stamps 60 x 44 several tears |
CAN GEN 90 |
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He Is/Piling Up/His/Thrift Stamps/Are You?/Buy/Thrift Stamps [text on reverse entitled: "The Squirrel/Note – The teacher is asked to place this story near the poster where all the pupils will be able to read it/"; talks about squiarels, nuts and Thrift Stamps] Image of a squirrel, with a nut in his mouth; he is taking the nut to his collection of nuts in a hole in a tree In the lower right-hand corner is the Canadian War-Savings Stamps logo: a beaver sitting on the top of an inverted equilateral triangle containing the letters WSS. W.S.S. War Savings Stamps 59 x 43 |
CAN GEN 91 |
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"When I grow up/I'm goin' to belong/to the Circus"/"When I grow up/the Circus is going/to belong to me"/Buy/Thrift Stamps Image of two boys standing beside a wall bearing a circus poster featuring a clown and performing dog and horse. The boy on the left faces away from the viewer looking at the poster, whereas the boy on the right faces the viewer and holds "thrift cards" In the lower right-hand corner is the Canadian War-Savings Stamps logo: a beaver sitting on the top of an inverted equilateral triangle containing the letters WSS. [text on reverse: "The 'Circus Poster'/The teacher is asked to read the explanatory sketch [below] to the pupils and then to place it near the poster so that the pupils can read it for themselves."] W.S.S. War Savings Stamps 59 x 43.5 |
CAN GEN 92 |
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A True/Canadian/Working and Providing/for the Future/Buy/Thrift Stamps Image of a beaver next to the stumps of two trees that a beaver has cut down; the beaver, standing on a pile of branches, has a branch in its mouth; scattered among the pile are maple leaves In the lower right-hand corner is the Canadian War-Savings Stamps logo: a beaver sitting on the top of an inverted equilateral triangle containing the letters WSS. [text on reverse: "The Beaver/The teacher is asked to read this little story [below] to the pupils and then to attach it to the poster which it accompanies.] W.S.S. War Savings Stamps 59 x 43.5 |
CAN GEN 93 |
| War-Savings/Stamps/Help Win the War/…/For Sale Here (dated: 1918) (text only; no imags) National War-Savings Committee, Ottawa, Canada 34.5 x 26.5 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 94 | |
| War-Savings/Stamps/Help Win the War/…/$5.00 for $4.00/…/For Sale Here (dated: 1918) (text only; no images) National War-Savings Committee 67.5 x 52 |
CAN GEN 95 | |
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Canada/War-Savings Stamps/Buy Sixteen of These [images of Canada Thrift Stamps – Twenty-five Cents]/and Exchange for This [image of a Canada War Savings Stamp … Five Dollars]/Cost $4.00 January 1919/Worth $5.00 January 1st, 1924/Help Pay for the War Main image is a War Savings Stamp depicting a Canadian soldier on a battlefield using his rifle to wave his cap in the air; in his left hand he holds a Canadian flag; in the background, barbed wire fences and the barrel of an artillery gun can be seen; the stamp also gives details of how the cost of War Savings Stamps will rise during 1919; a smaller image is of nine 25-cent Thrift Stamps depicting the same scene National War-Savings Committee, Ottawa, Canada 68.5 x 52 |
CAN GEN 96 |
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Apply to/Post Offices, Banks, Railway Offices/and Stores for/Thrift Stamps/We/Licked/Them/at the/Front/You/Lick/Them/at the/Back Image is a Canadian soldier wearing a greatcoat and carrying a lot of gear pointing, with his right hand, to an image of two German soldiers surrendering and, with his left hand, to a sign that says "National Saving" National War-Savings Committee 68.5 x 52 |
CAN GEN 97 |
| Apply to/Post Offices, Banks, Railway Offices/and Stores for/Thrift Stamps/We/Licked/Them/at the/Front/You/Lick/Them/at the/Back Image is a Canadian soldier wearing a greatcoat and carrying a lot of gear pointing, with his right hand, to an image of two German soldiers surrendering and, with his left hand, to a sign that says "National Saving" (smaller version of CAN GEN 97) National War-Savings Committee, Ottawa, Canada 27 x 22 Box 7 |
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A Close Call/"Thank God and the/Workers & Savers at Home/That We Had Guns and/Ammunition Enough"/ "A War Savings Certificate/in Every Canadian Home/Will Help Win the War and/Pay You Over 5% Interest"/National Service Image of four Canadian soldiers, one of whom has a bandage on his head, firing a machine gun and a rifle at about 40 enemy soldiers, many of whom have fallen or are falling; in the cloud of battle over the heads of the enemy can be seen a couple biplanes E. Henderson National Service 51 x 34 |
CAN GEN 99 |
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"What have/YOU done/to help win/the WAR?"/A War Savings Certificate/in Every Canadian Home/Save/for Canada/for Yourself/Buy War Savings Certificates/at Post Offices or Banks/They Pay Over 5% Interest/National Service Image of two hands bursting out of a drawing of the map of Canada; the hands are holding a sign that reads: "What have YOU done to help win the WAR?" National Service 51 x 34 |
CAN GEN 100 |
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Avez-vous/$8.60?/ … De Ces Certificats …/En Vente à Toute/Banque ou à Tout Bureau de Bons de Poste (French-language version of CAN GEN 102) (text only; no images) Ministére des Finances Ministére des Finances 52 x 34 |
CAN GEN 101 |
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Have You/$8.60?/ … War Savings Certificates …/On Sale at/Any Bank or Money Order Post Office (text only; no images) Department of Finance Department of Finance, Ottawa, Canada 52 x 34 |
CAN GEN 102 |
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$25.00 for $21.50/Buy/War Savings Certificates/ … "Make Your Dollars Fight at the Front" (text only; no images) Department of Finance, Ottawa, Canada 69 x 51.5 |
CAN GEN 103 |
| A Suggestion/Loose Change Soon Flies/Fasten it down in Thrift/Stamps, and see your/Quarters become Dollars to/work for you./Take Your Change in Thrift Stamps (black and white) (text only; no images) Thrift Stamps 28 x 35.5 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 104 | |
| W-S/S Image of a beaver perched on one side of an equilateral triangle in which are printed the letters "W-S S" National War-Savings Committee, Ottawa, Canada 34 x 26.5 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 105 | |
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Make Your Dollars/Fight/at the Front/Buy Dominion of Canada/Three-Year/War Savings/Certificates … /Post Conspicuously (dated: Jan. 9,1917) (text only; no images) Department of Finance, Ottawa, Canada 69 x 25 several tears including one that almost splits the poster in half |
CAN GEN 106 |
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War-Savings and/Thrift Stamps/For Sale Here (black and white) (text only; no images) R.W. Stewart & Co., Windsor, Ontario, Canada 18 x 25.5 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 107 |
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Will You Take/Your Change in/Thrift Stamps? (black and white) (text only; no images) Thrift Stamps 17 x 24.5 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 108 |
| Take Your Coupon/Profits/in/Saving Stamps/Earn Interest Upon Interest Three images: (1) A hand holding a certificate; (2) A hand holding a war-savings stamp book; (3) A beaver perched on one side of an equilateral triangle in which are printed the letters "W-S S" W.S.S. War-Savings Stamps 14 x 35.5 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 109 | |
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Have You Bought Your/Thrift Stamps [?]/We sell them "No. 5" (text only; no images) National War-Savings Committee, Ottawa, Canada 13.5 x 34.5 Box 7 |
CAN GEN 110 |
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Can I Afford/to Pay for Freedom/Belgium Must Afford/to Pay for Slavery/Canadians/Can and/Must Provide/for Families of Those Men Who Are/Saving Us from Belgium's Fate/Subscribe Now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund (text only; no images) Canadian Patriotic Fund 69 x 50 |
CAN GEN 111 |
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Some Women/Are Sending Their Men/Some Men/Are Giving Their Lives/What Are You Doing/for the Cause of Freedom?/ Fight or Pay/Subscribe Now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund (text only; no images) Canadian Patriotic Fund 68.5 x 50 |
CAN GEN 112 |
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Fight or Pay/That Others May Fight/He who will do neither at this crisis/is not worthy of the Freedom we/enjoy as British Citizens/British Freedom/or/Prussian Militarism/Which?/Subscribe Now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund (text only; no images) Canadian Patriotic Fund 68.5 x 49 |
CAN GEN 113 |
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How Can You Cheer/for the Boys/When They/Come Home/If You Have Neither/Fought Nor Paid/Subscribe Now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund (text only; no images) Canadian Patriotic Fund 69 x 49 |
CAN GEN 114 |
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"Dad's on the Line/Busy Fighting"/What Are/You Doing/for Those He Left Behind/Subscribe Now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund (text only; no images) Canadian Patriotic Fund 67.5 x 49 |
CAN GEN 115 |
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If You Can't Fight/You Can Pay/Your Loyal Talk/Won't Beat Germany/Men and Money Will/Enlist or Pay To-day/Subscribe Now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund (text only; no images) Canadian Patriotic Fund 65 x 49.5 |
CAN GEN 116 |
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Will Your Subscription/Mean to Your Family/a Sacrifice/Equal to That of the Soldiers' Families?/Does Our/Common Cause/Not Demand As Much/Subscribe Now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund (text only; no images) Canadian Patriotic Fund 69 x 49.5 |
CAN GEN 117 |
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How Much/Should I Give?/It Averages $16 a Month/from the Patriotic Fund/to Keep the Family of a/Married Soldier/For $16 a Month/You Can Keep a Man at the Front/Subscribe Now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund (text only; no images) Canadian Patriotic Fund 68.5 x 49.5 |
CAN GEN 118 |
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Are You One of Those/Who at This Crisis in Our History/Are Neither/Fighting Nor Paying/That Others May Fight/and Are Still Enjoying the/Protection of/the Union Jack?/Fight or Pay/Subscribe Now to the Canadian Patriotic Fund (text only; no images) Canadian Patriotic Fund 68.5 x 49 |
CAN GEN 119 |
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Back Them Up/My Duty/Give to the/Canadian/Patriotic/Fund Image of an elderly man, with a mustache, digging into his pocket as he watches soldiers, in silhouette, marching toward the distance; also in the background are the buildings of a factory Howell Litho Co., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Canadian Patriotic Fund 103 x 69 |
CAN GEN 120 |
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"G'Bye Mary/The/Patriotic/Fund/Will Care for You"/How Much/Will You/Give Image is head and shoulder depictions of a Canadian soldier and his wife; the soldier is holding a baby; his wife is clasping her hands together and looking at her husband. Howell Litho Co., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Patriotic Fund 50 x 32 |
CAN GEN 121 |
| The Bayonet/Holds Back/the Hun!/Only /Money/Holds Back/the Wolf!/Pay to the Patriotic Fund/2½ Millions in 4 Days/(One way is to join the 50,000 Club) (text only; no images) Geo. Shepard Printing Co., Toronto, Canada Patriotic Fund 54 x 35.5 cardboard; broken into three pieces |
CAN GEN 122 | |
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If You Cannot/Join Him/You Should/Help Her Two images: (1) Soldier in a trench, leaning on sandbags as he aims his rifle; (2) a Canadian Patriotic Fund Office (per sign on windows); in the foreground is a woman, in street clothes, sitting on a chair with a little girl on her lap; next to her stands a little boy; in the background a woman at a desk is handing a piece of paper to another woman in street clothes Howell Litho Co., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Canadian Patriotic Fund 102 x 65 |
CAN GEN 123 |
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Give to the/Canadian/Patriotic Fund/Canadian Patriotic Fund/$2500 in Two Days/Little Current District/May 25th and 26th, 1917 … Two images: (1) Woman sitting at a table, writing a letter by oil lamp; enlarged copy of the first page of the letter is on the right-hand side of the poster; (2) Soldier, smoking a pipe, in a bunker writing a letter by candlelight; he is wearing a buttoned-up greatcoat and his hat, with its flaps down over his ears; enlarged copy of the first page of the letter is on the left-hand side of the poster Canadian Patriotic Fund 122 x 69 |
CAN GEN 124 |
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Give to the/Canadian/Patriotic Fund/How can you Cheer/for the boys/when they come back/if you have done nothing/towards helping their/families while they/have been away?/Canadian Patriotic Fund/$2500 in Two Days/Little Current District/May 25th and 26th, 1917 … Image of a man, facing the viewer, with his head down and eyes looking down and his hands in his pockets; in the background are rows and rows of soldiers marching by cheering men, women and children on the sidewalk and from the roof of a building; other buildings in silhouette behind the soldiers; a "Welcome Home" banner is strung across the street Canadian Patriotic Fund 118 x 68 |
CAN GEN 125 |
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Moo-Che-We-In-Es [man's name]/Pale Face, my skin is dark/but my heart is white/for I also give to/Canadian Patriotic/Fund/Canadian Patriotic Fund/$2500 in Two Days/Little Current District/May 25th and 26th, 1917 … Image of a Native American who lives on the Onion Lake Indian Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada, holding in one hand a letter he wrote about donating to the Canadian Patriotic Fund and, in the other hand, a dollar bill and two quarters; also in the foreground is a translation of the letter; in the background are several Native Americans, two teepees, an outdoor cooking fire, and a canoe in a body of water Canadian Patriotic Fund 121 x 68 |
CAN GEN 126 |
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If You Cannot/Put the "I"/into/Fight/You Can Put the/"Pay"/into Patriotism/by Giving to the/Canadian/Patriotic/Fund/Canadian Patriotic Fund/$2500 in Two Days/Little Current District/May 25th and 26th, 1917 … Two images: (1) Upper-torso image of a soldier, with backpack, who has plunged the bayonet on his rifle through the letter "I" in the word "Fight"; (2) Upper-torso image of a laborer, wearing overalls and a cap, putting a dollar bill into a box labeled "The Canadian Patriotic Fund"; behind the laborer are factories with smoke coming out of their chimneys; the image of the laborer is captioned "His Monthly Gift" Canadian Patriotic Fund 121 x 68.5 |
CAN GEN 127 |
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What Every Invalided Canadian/Soldier and Sailor Should Know/1. That his first business is to GET WELL and STAY WELL/…/26. That if he wishes further information, advice, or help, from the Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment … (dated: 1918) (text only; no images) Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment, Ottawa, Canada 80 x 53.5 |
CAN GEN 128 |
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CAN GEN 129 | |
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Give!/and Heal/The British Red Cross/Asks Your Help Now/for Your Stricken Defenders/on all the Battle Fronts Two images: (1) Group of people in a public place; a Red Cross nurse is collecting monetary donations from a man and a woman; a newspaper boy and a soldier look on; others pass by; (2) Men in uniforms with the Red Cross emblem carry an injured man to a Red Cross ambulance; a biplane flies overhead in the background where can be seen the explosions of battle W.S. Johnston & Co. Limited, Toronto, Canada British Red Cross 100 x 67.5 |
CAN GEN 130 |
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Sugar Makers Help!/The Red Cross Wants Maple Sugar/& Syrup for Our Wounded Soldiers/Help and Give! Two images: (1) A maple sugar famer carrying a pail of sap; (2) a Red Cross nurse offering a maple-sugar treat to a soldier, with a bandage on his head and an arm in a sling, sitting in a wheelchair R. Seiden Montreal Litho Co. Limited, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Red Cross 105 x 70 |
CAN GEN 131 |
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Sucriers; de l'aide!/La Croix Rouge a besoin de sucre/et de sirop d'erable pour nos/soldats blesses/Donnez et Aidez! (French-language version of CAN GEN 131) R. Seiden Montreal Litho Col, Limited, Montreal, Quebec, Canada La Croix Rouge 104 x 70 |
CAN GEN 132 |
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Help the/Red Cross/Funds Wanted for/Hospital Supplies and/Canadian Prisoners of War/Hon. Treas. Joint Patriotic Fund Red Cross Campaign/Room 303, Drummond Building, Montreal Image of a Red Cross nurse tending to an injured soldier; the image is centered on a very large Red Cross logo A.G. Racey Montreal Litho Co., Ltd., Montreal, Quebec, Canada Red Cross Campaign 105 x 71 |
CAN GEN 133 |
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Aidez la Croix Rouge/On a beson d'argent pour/les hôpitaux et pour les prisonniers/de guerre canadiens/Trés. Hon. De la Campagne Conjointe du Fonds Patriotique et de la Croix Rouge/Chambre 303, ?difice Drummond, Montr?al (French-language version of CAN GEN 133) A.G. Racey Montreal Litho Co., Ltd., Montreal, Quebec, Canada Croix Rouge 105 x 71 |
CAN GEN 134 |
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Uphold The Flag/Help Those Who Help You/Give One/Day's Pay Image is set against the background of a stylized sun, the hands of an unseen man hold up a Canadian flag on a flagpole; the two smaller images depict hands putting banknotes into collection boxes of the Canadian Red Cross Fund and the Canadian Patriotic Fund Howell Lith. Limited, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Canadian Red Cross & Patriotic Fund 106 x 69 |
CAN GEN 135 |
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If You Cannot/Give a Life/You Can/Save a Life/by Helping the Canadian Red Cross (text only except for the Red Cross logo) Canadian Red Cross 61 x 45 |
CAN GEN 136 |
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Our Boys Must Face the/Ravages of War/They Need Not Face the/Ravages of Disease/Help to Keep/the Lads Fit by/Subscribing to Canadian Red Cross (text only except for the Red Cross logo) Canadian Red Cross 60 x 45.5 |
CAN GEN 137 |
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Every Life Saved/by Efficient Medical Aid/Is a Blow Struck at the/Heart of the Enemy/Strike a Blow/To-day/by Helping the Canadian Red Cross (text only except for the Red Cross logo) Canadian Red Cross 60.5 x 46 |
CAN GEN 138 |
| [Except for border, CAN GEN 138a is a duplicate of CAN GEN 138] Canadian Red Cross 60.5 x 46 |
CAN GEN 138a |
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The Empire's Need/Men/Munitions/Money/Which Are You Supplying! [sic] Image of a Union Jack 68 x 50 |
CAN GEN 139 |
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The Empire's Need/Men/Munitions/Money/Which Are You Supplying? (same text as CAN GEN 139 but in different coloring and fonts; also a little smaller) Image of a Union Jack 61.5 x 45.5 |
CAN GEN 140 |
| Free Service to/Soldiers En Route/Red Triangle Campaign/ May 5 to 9 1919 Image of two young women, wearing white dresses with blue armbands with the Y.M.C.A. triangle, serving coffee and doughnuts [?] to soldiers; behind them are several hundred soldiers flanked by a train and a ship; above the table, on chains, hangs a sign: Free/Service/Canadian/Y.M.C.A. Sampson Canadian Y.M.C.A. 69 x 51.5 |
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| Big 4 Drive May 5-9 [1919] Bound Together to Repay Man in khaki-colored knickers and shirt, wearing a red neckerchief and a Boy Scout leader-style hat, poling a raft down a river; each log of the four-log raft is labeled: "War Veterans"; "Y.M.C.A."; "Community Service"; and "Repatriation League" Canadian Y.M.C.A. 70 x 51.5 several tears |
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| Big 4 Drive/$1,500,000/War Veterans/Y.M.C.A./Community Service/Repatriation League/Driving/Together/for/Repatriation Image of a charioteer wielding a whip over the heads of four white horses; chariot is not in view Y.M.C.A. 70 x 51.5 several tears |
CAN GEN 143 | |
| The Big 4 /$1,500,000/War Veterans/Y.M.C.A./Community Service/Repatriation League/Working/Together/for/Repatriation Image, in silhouette, of a windmill and church with a steeple in front of a rising/setting sun; on each of the four blades of the windmill are the words/phrases "war veterans"; "Y.M.C.A."; "Community Service" and "Repatriation League" Y.M.C.A. 69.5 x 51.5 several tears |
CAN GEN 144 | |
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Big 4/$1.500.000. [sic]/War Veterans/Y.M.C.A./Community Service/Repatriation League/Working Together for Repatriation/May 5-9 Head-and-shoulders image of a soldier looking at the viewer and holding up four fingers of his right hand War Veterans/Y.M.C.A./Community Service/Repatriation League 69 x 51.5 several tears |
CAN GEN 145 |
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Humanity/Knows No/Creed/Canadian Jewish War Relief Image of a despondent woman sitting in front of a destroyed house; kneeling before her and burying his face in her lap is a barefoot boy dressed in rags Lou Mayer Litho-Print Limited, Toronto, Canada Canadian Jewish War Relief 70 x 52 |
CAN GEN 146 |
| Soldiers/Homecoming/Campaign/"Help Her to Help Them"/Over There/Over Here/The Salvation Army/Million Dollar Fund/Jan. 19-25/First to Serve/Last to Appeal Image of a woman dressed in the Salvation Army uniform and bonnet, offering a glass of water to a man laying in a bed, his head propped up by pillows; a flag of the United Kingdom stretches across the bed and past the woman; behind them is an image of Jesus Salvation Army Soldiers Homecoming Campaign 69 x 51 |
CAN GEN 147 | |
| Knights of Columbus/Dominion-wide Appeal/September 15th to 23rd/$500,000.00 Needed/for His Sake/Give! Give! Give! Image of a knight of the Middle Ages genuflecting and bowing; in his right hand he holds a lance and in his left hand is a shield on which is the insignia of the Knights of Columbus; behind him, in silhouette are soldiers of the World War, several of whom are marching with bayonetted rifles T.O. or O.T. J.J. Gibbons, Limited, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg Knights of Columbus 52 x 33.5 |
CAN GEN 148 | |
| The Families of Our Brave Belgian/Allies Must Not Starve/You/Can Make This Vision a Reality/…/A Bag of Flour Supports a Belgian Family a Month/… Image of a distraught mother kneeling next to a bed [?]; image of a large bag labeled "Canada Flour" with a maple leaf between the two words Herald Press. Montreal, Quebec, Canada Relief Work for the Victims of the War in Belgium 70.5 x 51.5 |
CAN GEN 149 | |
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In Belgium/Help/A Bag of Flour Supports a Belgian Family a Month/Belgian Relief Work, 59 St. Peter Street, Montreal/Contributiosn May Be Handed to Local Committees NYSL copy has the section "A Bag … Local Committee" attached to the bottom of the poster Image is a half-length depiction of a woman wearing a red shawl clutching a distressed child Louis Raemaekers Belgian Relief Work 102 x 60.5 |
CAN GEN 150 |
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You Rely On Him/Can He Rely on You/to Protect/His Dependents?/"Sailors Week"/Sept. 1st to 7th Image of a sailor reaching out toward the viewer; in the background are a couple rowboats; men in one boat are helping a man out of the water Sailors Week [Relief] 34 x 26 Box 7 very bad tear; bottom half almost completely torn off |
CAN GEN 151 |
| He Protects/Your Liberties/You Can Protect/His Dependents/Sailor's Week/Sept. 1st/to 7th/Remember by Giving Image of a sailor standing next to two artillery pieces on a ship (on shore?); in the background is a silhouette of a battleship Sailor's Week [Relief] 52 x 34 |
CAN GEN 152 | |
| Proclamation/George The Fifth … calling for reports by the men comprised in the extension of Class 1, authorized y the regulations of 20th April, 1918, under the Military Service Act, 1917 (black and white) (text only; no images) State Department – Canada 61 x 30.5 |
CAN GEN 153 | |
| Proclamation/George The Fifth … requiring the people to register under the Registration Regulations approved by Our Governor General of Canada in Counci on the 22nd day of April, 1918 … (text only; no images) State Department – Canada 52 x 34 tears; one piece in an envelope |
CAN GEN 154 | |
| Public Notice/Canada Registration/Board/All Persons, male or female, British subject or alien, of the age/of 16 years or over, must on or before the/22nd Day of June, 1918/attend at one of the placed named below as early in the day as/convenient, and must truthfully answer the questions printed on the/Registration Card … (black and white) (text only; no images) Canadian Registration Board 51.5 x 34.5 several tears |
CAN GEN 155 | |
| Military Service Act/Important Announcement to All/Exempted Men/and to the Public Generally/ …/Exemptions Granted on False Grounds/…/Exempted Men Who Have Changed Address/…/Citizens Urged to Assist/…/Charles J. Doherty, Minister of Justice/… (black and white) (text only; no images) Military Service Act 57.5 x 39.5 tears |
CAN GEN 156 | |
| Public Notice!/P.C. 1433/At the Government House at Ottawa/24th May, 1917/… Application blanks for permit to leave Canada … may be secured from any Postmaster in Canada … (black and white) 48 x 31.5 tears |
CAN GEN 157 | |
| Public Notice/Documents to Be Carried/by every male person who is not on active service in any of His Majesty's Naval or Military Forces …/Age …/Marriage …/Nationality …/Active Service …/Clergy …/Exemption …/Other Class …/Failure to Carry Requisite Evidence …/Penalty …/False Certificate …/Issued by the Military Service Brance/of the Department of Justice/Ottawa, May 22, 1918 (black and white) (text only; no images) Department of Justice 84.5 x 30.5 |
CAN GEN 158 | |
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Fish & Vegetable/Meals/Will Save Wheat, Meat & Fats/for Our Soldiers and Allies Image of a fish on a plate surrounded by an assortment of vegetables; also logo of the Canada Food Board's S.O.S. Rous & Mann, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Canada Food Board 48 x 55 |
CAN GEN 159 |
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Canada's Butter Opportunity!/Canada must do better than this [selling so little butter to Britain]/"Keep Britain's Butter Plate Full" Poster shows four plates of butter, representing the amount of butter Canada sold to Great Britain before the war, the shortage of butter in Britain due to the war, and how much butter Canada had sold twelve years earlier and how much less Canada had sold two years earlier; also logo of the Canada Food Board's S.O.S. Canada Food Board 61 x 45 |
CAN GEN 160 |
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Buy/Fresh Fish/Save the Meat/for/Our Soldiers/and Allies Image of a butcher pointing at two fish on a plate as a female customer looks at them; in the background, on a shelf, are chunks of meat; in the background is a sign that reads "A Good Butcher"; also logo of the Canada Food Board's S.O.S. E. Henderson Howell Litho, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Canada Food Board 61.5 x 45 |
CAN GEN 161 |
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Are You Breaking the Law?/Patriotic Canadians/Will Not Hoard Food Image of a man and woman with bags of hoarded flour and sugar looking at the silhouette of a policeman walking by their blind-covered window; a Canada Food Board statement, detailing fines for hoarding, hangs on the wall; includes logo of the Canada Food Board's S.O.S. Howell Lith., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Canada Food Board 61.5 x 46 |
CAN GEN 162 |
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Canada's Egg/Opportunity/ "Very little eggs for such a big bird"/Canada must do better. Image of an enormous chicken and of two figures, one representing Great Britain and one Canada, plus four eggs, representing egg production in Canada and sales to Britain; includes logo of the Canada Food Board's S.O.S. Howell Lith., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Canada Food Board 61 x 45.5 |
CAN GEN 163 |
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Canada's Pork/Opportunity/"We're glad to/have it, Canada,/but we need/ten times more" Image of two figures, one representing Great Britain and the other representing Canada; Great Britain is offering money to Canada for a pig; also image of a large pig, indicating how many pounds of pork Britain buys, and a smaller pig indicating how much Canada sells; includes logo of the Canada Food Board's S.O.S. E. Henderson Howell Lith., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Canada Food Board 61 x 45 |
CAN GEN 164 |
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Canada's Beef/Opportunity/Speed up – We must do better Image of a large steer, indicating how many pounds of beef Britain buys, and a smaller steer indicating how much Canada sells to Britain; includes logo of the Canada Food Board's S.O.S. Howell Lith., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Canada Food Board 61 x 45 |
CAN GEN 165 |
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Boys to the Farm/Bring your chum and do your bit/S.O.S./"Soldiers Of the Soil"/This is the/Official Uniform/Authorized by the Canada Food Board/…/Manufactured exclusively by the/Montreal Shirt & Overall Co./Limited, Montreal Image of a boy in the "official uniform" of the "Soldiers Of the Soil" standing at attention and blowing on a bugle; behind him is a line of boys, some carrying farm tools, marching toward a field to help gather hay/wheat; includes logo of the Canada Food Board's S.O.S. E. Henderson Canada Food Board 61 x 45 |
CAN GEN 166 |
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"We Are Saving You/– You Save Food"/Well fed Soldiers/Will Win the War Image of a soldier pointing in the air; explosions in the background; includes logo of the Canada Food Board's S.O.S. E. Henderson Howell Lith., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Canada Food Board 61.5 x 45 |
CAN GEN 167 |
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Waste Not – Want Not/Prepare for Winter/Save/Perishable Foods/by/Preserving Now Image of a young woman and an older woman standing before a table of fruits and vegetables, and some canned foods; the older woman, who is wearing a white apron, is holding up a jar and gesturing toward the table; includes logo of the Canada Food Board's S.O.S. Howell Lith., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Canada Food Board 62 x 46 |
CAN GEN 168 |
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Are You in League/with the Kaiser?/(Extravagant Ones) [say:]/"Yes! War or no war,/we live as usual."/(The Kaiser)/[says:]/"Thank you, my Friends,/for you are indeed/my Friends." Image is a three-quarter-length depiction of Kaiser Wilhelm II, bowing before four British civilians grouped around a table; the two men sit smoking cigars, and the two women are adorned with jewelry; includes logo of the National Service E. Henderson Howell Lith., Toronto, Ontario, Canada National Service 52 x 34 |
CAN GEN 169 |
| Grow Wheat/The World Is Short of Bread/…/Essentials/1. Good Seed/2. Thorough Soil Preparation/3. Early Sowing …/Markets Branch, Dep't of Agriculture/Parliament Buildings (text only; no images) W.S. Johnston & Co'y, Limited Printers, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Agriculture 70 x 52 |
CAN GEN 170 | |
| For Your King and Country/A Public/Meeting/Will Be Held/…/This Meeting Is Held in the Interest of/British and Canadian Liberty/and the Safeguarding/of Your Home/Speakers: [none listed] (text only; no images) 70 x 52 |
CAN GEN 171 | |
| Patriotic Meeting/Under the Auspices of/Canada's/Colored Battalion/Will Be Held in/The First Baptist Church/King Street East/Friday, Oct. [no year]) …/A Patriotic Program is Being Arranged/This Battalion is composed almost entirely of Colored Men and Officers. Come and/hear the matter explained by Lt. Col. Sutherland./God Save the King (black and white) (text only; no images) Planet Print, Chatham, Ontario, Canada Canada's Colored Battalion 45.5 x 31 |
CAN GEN 172 | |
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Our Glorious Dead/"If ye break faith with us who die,/we shall not sleep though poppies grow/in Flanders' Fields"/Vote/Union/Government Image of a flag with a red field and the Union Jack in the canton, defaced with a domino shield, laying across a grave; also atop the grave is a helmet; at the head of the grave is a cross A.G. Racey Vote Union Government 66 x 93.5 |
CAN GEN 173 |