IMAGE
[Postcard]. Britain's call. The call - the response. "Philco" series no 2560. Printed in England. [ca 1914].
- Date
- 1914 - 1915
- Reference
- Eph-POSTCARD-Hearts-and-Minds-02
- Description
Shows the text of verses: the first from Britain summoning its Sons to help the Mother Country, Britain, in its time of need; and the second a response from the Sons.
The text is as follows:
The call: Foregather Sons of Empire, from corners far and wide, / Your Mother Country needs you, for the Teuton in his pride / Has called forth the Dogs of War, and Europe would bestride / With Carnage and with Blood. / Foregather Sons of Empire, with all your power and might,/ The Mad Monarch and his Junkers have challenged you to fight; / Then shew them what you're made of, and God defend the Right / For Justice and for Good.
The Response: We have heard the Parent call from near and distant shore, / We hasten to the Banner, as we have done of yore, / Our cause is just, and fight we must, peace and freedom to restore. / Your call is nobly amswered, from Prince to Peasant's son, / Your Empire's Sons are with you and will stand alike as one, / To do or die our Motto, until the work is done.
The verso contains a handwritten message from Kate Nelson to "you young soldier boy".
Used in Katherine Mansfield-related exhibition, "Hearts & Minds" in 1988.
Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard..
Physical Description: Photolithograph, on postcard 138 x 88 mm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Scanned from original. File print in Ephemera Room.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard., Ephemera, Photolithographs, Postcards, Photolithograph, on postcard 138 x 88 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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